Virtual Desktop Connection Broker Leostream 6.4 is Now Out

Submitted by Patrick on Wed, 04/07/2010 - 14:17

Leaostream this month announced the release of version 6.4 of its Leostream Connection Broker. The new version offers management flexibility, greater support and branding control to hosted virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) for will known vendors and for hosted applications and sessions, dedicated blades, physical desktops and other systems.  Other changes include the support of Microsoft SQL 2008 and more flexibility for resource assignment.

Leostream Connection Broker is an enterprise class, vendor neutral, connection broker that allow companies to centrally manage and deploy virtual desktop systems. Customers who virtualised on VMware, Citrix, Microsoft or Xen.org can use Leostream. The connection broker acts as the intermediary for connection issues including security between the virtual desktop and the user. Through the connection broker administrator can add specific policies for individuals or a group of users on how they interact with their desktop. No changes to certified systems such as authentication services and SSL VPNs are required.

New features of the Leostream Connection Broker 6.4 include:

  • Updated SQL Server Support: The Connection Broker now fully supports external databases stored in Microsoft SQL Server 2008.
  • Optimum Branding and Custom Web Browser Look-and-Feel: Custom logos and favicons can be specified on the Leostream Web Client and Administrator Web interfaces, allowing for seamless appearance and greater branding control. Leostream Connection Broker “skins” provide additional controls to specify colors used on forms, including all text and links.
  • Greater Flexibility for Resource Assignment:

Policies: Desktop Filters can now be applied across all pools in a policy or on a pool-by-pool basis, providing fine-grained controls over which desktops are offered to each user.
Authentication: Policies can be assigned to users based on advanced LDAP filter expressions, providing policy assignment based on the user’s membership in multiple authentication server groups.

  • More Powerful Monitoring Capabilities: New logging events allow SNMP servers and syslog to be used for tracking pool thresholds and Leostream Connection Broker metrics. System administrators are instantly alerted when pool levels reach lower thresholds.

“Leostream has more than 220 large-scale VDI deployments under its belt and enhancements to our product are based upon customer feedback from ‘real world’ situations,” said Michael Palin, CEO of Leostream. “As the industry has found, best-of-breed technologies such as ours are the only way to ensure large-scale virtualization success. With our vendor-neutral approach, we’re also often called in to help deal with the diverse technology environments that overwhelming exist today. Our goal is straightforward: continue to lead the industry in providing a vendor-neutral connection broker that truly makes hosted VDI work for enterprises.”

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