Access Fabric
A key aspect of the Desktone Platform is the Access Fabric. The Access Fabric uniquely links the separate environments of enterprise IT, service providers, and clouds. It allows enterprises to choose where to host desktops most cost-effectively, and in consideration of appropriate security and compliance. The Access Fabric knows how to transparently route users to the correct location where their virtual desktop resides across a hybrid DaaS cloud deployment. The Access Fabric establishes a user's entitlements and determines the best network path and service delivery for the user's virtual workspace. Designed for scalability and speed, it transforms the notion of a centralized connection broker into a distributed network service.
Platform Architecture
Service Grid
A unified Desktone Service Grid can be constructed to span multiple data centers across multiple geographies, in high availability configuration. The Desktone Platform is multi-tenant, allowing for sharing of infrastructure. Underlying hypervisor host and storage resources can be managed to improve resource utilization. Use of open source technologies reduces per-server licensing expenses. Automated procedures reduce the need for operator intervention and manual configuration. The Desktone Platform can be deployed on the service provider’s choice of VMware vSphere, XenServer, or Red Hat KVM hypervisors.
Tenant Self-Service
The Desktone Enterprise Center web console allows tenant IT administrators to provision dedicated desktops and shared pools for end-users based on existing or new gold patterns (master images). Desktop models, and associate service provider price plans, are easily selected during the process, much like ordering from hardware vendors over the Internet. Users are associated with entitlements via Active Directory groups and policies, whether for physical or virtual desktops.
