
Companies leverage system virtualization to lower costs and increase service availability. But the real value of virtualization is derived from the applications hosted on that virtual system. While most applications run unmodified in virtual environments, understanding system architecture from the application perspective allows us to create an optimal virtualized infrastructure. Hub City knows how to get it done. We understand the applications, how to integrate them, and how to create optimal system environments to host them. We apply these skills to our virtualization practice, using our skills in identity management to add a high degree of system security and user management to the virtual environments we design and implement.
Delivering applications via a zero-administration client is an idea that has been around for a while. But modern VDI solutions put more stringent demands on infrastructure. Creating a VDI solution that optimizes the end-user experience while delivering on the cost savings that VDI promises is critical – and while it’s easy to create “textbook” VDI solutions, it’s harder to create something that will actually work in the real world. But we do it every time.
At Hub City, our implementations start by gathering requirements and constraints on the virtual desktop environment. That’s how we create solutions that perform ideally for end-users – not just on paper. Our implementations maximize the performance of desktop applications by choosing the right desktop display, networking components, and session control, and virtualization software. We specialize in using the Sun Microsystems Sun Ray clients that have excellent network and display characteristics over both local area and wide area networks. We also plan carefully for provisioning of virtual desktops and users in order to maximize ROI.
Switching from physical to virtual infrastructure can pay huge dividends if done correctly. Virtual systems infrastructure can allow customers to make the most of their hardware purchases and improve reliability and scalability. Our core skills in software integration and application development give us a unique advantage in creating virtual systems infrastructure, because our architects and engineers understand in depth the demands of the applications that will run in that virtual environment - from application performance to reliability to scalability.
Our architects and engineers are expert at integrating solutions from Sun Microsystems, VMware, and other partners to create systems that deliver the promise of virtualization directly to the user. We maintain elite certifications with our partner products, and in fact we use them for our own infrastructure.