NextIO Introduces vCORE Express 2070Q Appliance

NextIO, the premier provider of next-generation I/O consolidation and virtualization solutions, has announced the newest addition to the vCORE Express product line, the vCORE Express 2070Q appliance.

The newly introduced 2070Q computing solution has been designed to complement any Microsoft (News - Alert) desktop virtualization strategy and to deliver a rich media desktop experience without sacrificing CPU performance.

Company officials said that the vCORE Express 2070Q enables rich media VDI desktops using Microsoft RemoteFX. This further allows larger numbers of VDI users to harness the power of hardware accelerated graphics from a single graphics device.

Microsoft RemoteFX enables a superior rich media experience for VDI environments which was never before possible in a virtualized environment.

The vCORE Express 2070Q provides more powerful VDI environment experience, when combined with a Microsoft Hyper-V desktop virtualization environment. It also features the NVIDIA (News - Alert) Tesla M2070Q GPU, the Fermi-based enterprise-class GPU purpose-built for VDI and remote visualization.

“When it comes to virtual clients, all end users want at the end of the day is a better, higher-quality desktop experience. Existing VDI solutions steal cycles from the CPU to deliver only the basics of what the user needs,” said Will Wade, senior product manager, Quadro Virtualization and Remoting, NVIDIA, in a press release.

“With the vCORE Express 2070Q, NextIO has taken our data center-class product and allows those same virtual deployments to deliver not only basic computing needs, but what the user wants — a great graphics experience in a virtualized environment.”

Not only does the vCORE Express 2070Q reduce CPU load, but it also offers more peripheral support. In addition, it extends the life of VDI deployments and offers a better desktop experience.

“Today’s computer users demand that their virtual machines offer high-quality video and graphics capabilities, and we are pleased to provide these features through the new vCORE Express 2070Q,” said Brooks Ivey, vice president of Business Development, NextIO. “Today’s clients that have traditionally been used in standard VDI situations can now take advantage of a much richer experience with the use of the 2070Q.”

In related news, NextIO will join NVIDIA, Bright Computing, and the University of Toronto in two educational sessions on GPU consolidation in high-performance computing at International Supercomputing.