Kaviza offers a product they call “VDI-in-a-box,” which simplifies VDI deployments for small to medium sized environments by including all the important bits in a single virtual appliance. Currently, Citrix only has XenDesktop Express edition, which is pretty limited as far as functionality goes. The acquisition is another step for Citrix to be bigger player in the SMB, mid size world.
From the press release:
Kaviza VDI-in-a-Box
Kaviza VDI-in-a-Box gives SMB customers everything they need to “go virtual” with VDI in a single, easy-to-deploy software virtual appliance. This “all-in-one” solution simplifies VDI adoption for SMB customers with an innovative design that requires:
No separate connection brokers
No load balancers
No provisioning servers
No expensive shared network storage
