IndependenceIT, a desktop as a service (DaaS) provider, today announced enhanced support for vCloud Air and vCloud Director at VMworld 2015 to expand public, private and hybrid cloud infrastructure options for partners. Now generally available, single and multi-tenant virtual data centers (vDC) can be deployed on vCloud Air with the automation and workflow engine contained within Cloud Workspace Suite without requiring users to access, learn, or support the vCloud Air / vCloud Director interface.
As part of IndependenceIT’s “Bring your own Cloud” deployment initiative, support for vCloud Air allows for the management of IT as a Service (ITaaS) including workspaces, desktops, applications, and data in any cloud computing environment. vCloud Air’s platform allows users to migrate workloads from private deployment to the vCloud Air public cloud without sacrificing security or performance. Existing on-premise applications can be migrated to the public cloud or administrators can establish new application workloads using Cloud Workspace Suite in vCloud Air or their private data center using vCloud Director. These business-critical workloads can span the infrastructure of choice, all with the security and capable features of vCloud Air and vCloud Director.
Cloud Workspace Suite also features integration with vCloud Director and broader support for the vCloud Air hypervisor, allowing users to create and manage multi-tenant, session based workspaces in a variety of cloud environments. This integration allows administrators to traverse multiple virtual infrastructures, allowing user, policy, and workflow management across multiple virtual infrastructure resources, including data, networking, security, and availability.
“With a partner ecosystem that spans the globe, our partners depend on a range of internal or third-party cloud infrastructure to grow their operations,” said Seth Bostock, CEO, IndependenceIT. “Cloud Workspace Suite removes the barriers that limit what is possible with cloud infrastructure, providing the ability to define how and where mission critical applications and data are deployed. Support for vCloud Air furthers our cloud agnostic strategy and gives partners even greater flexibility in how they deploy cloud desktops and applications.”
Pricing and Availability
Cloud Workspace Suite with support for vCloud Air and vCloud Director is available immediately. The software is priced starting at $7.50 per user per month and scales based on volume.