Workspot to Disrupt the VDI Market With the First VDI Solution Built for Hyperconverged Infrastructure

SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwired - Nov 16, 2015) - Workspot (workspot.com), the leading provider of Workspace as a Service, announced today expansion of their offering to deliver VDI on hyperconverged infrastructure. The integration of Workspot's platform with hyperconverged infrastructure brings the first VDI solution designed from day one to amplify the speed and cost benefits of hyperconverged infrastructure platforms. Workspot's unique cloud control and rich clients with hyperconverged infrastructure provides the most disruptive solution for delivering complete workspaces with next generation VDI to any device.

With the combined force of Workspot and HCI, IT will have the most streamlined solution able to provision virtual desktops, apps and data to any user on any device in minutes. Workspot provides a single pane of glass in the cloud to deliver desktops and applications to any device, leveraging all the existing investment made in IT, as well as the best end-user client experience across all device types.

"Workspot enables users to securely and easily access any application from any device with our Workspace as a Service solution," Amitabh Sinha, Workspot CEO, said. "Today we forged ahead with VDI 2.0, extending our solution to deliver desktops purpose built for hyperconverged infrastructure taking a bite out of the high cost and complexity suffered by VDI deployments worldwide."

"The value of the virtual desktop is clear, but existing VDI implementations often suffer from limited appeal due to high overhead and difficult end-user implementations," said Fred McClimans, EVP of Strategy and Managing Director of Digital Trust and Security at HfS Research. "The idea of rethinking VDI to leverage hyper-converged infrastructure is a much needed step in the right direction to better enable the mobile workforce and leverage cloud-based scalability."

With this new HCI and cloud-controlled solution Workspot is disrupting the old world of VDI:

• Next generation VDI workspace solution combines the leading technologies architected specifically for the cloud, mobile and hyper-converged era.
  
  
• Easy to design and deploy for IT: Workspot plus HCI leverages sizing tools and reference designs to go from concept to production up to 30 times faster than traditional approaches, and realize the best ROI faster than any first-generation VDI solution.
  
  
• One workspace for end users: Workspot plus HCI deliver a unified workspace that enables IT to mix and match virtual desktops and applications in a single workspace on any device.
  
  

For more information about Workspot VDI 2.0, please visit www.workspot.com.

About Workspot
Workspot, the leading cloud-based provider of workspace solutions, is the fastest and simplest solution for enterprise mobility and remote access. In 60 minutes, Workspot solves the corporate challenge of securely delivering apps, desktops and data to any device with a single frictionless user experience across mobile, Mac and PC platforms. Workspot connects users to all apps and data leveraging existing investments in the datacenter and without migrating data to the cloud. Based in Cupertino, California, Workspot is recognized by Gartner as a "Cool Vendor" in endpoint computing. For more information, visit www.workspot.com.