BANGALORE, INDIA: Fujitsu Technology Solutions and Citrix Systems Inc. announced an OEM agreement to reduce cost and complexity of implementing a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) for enterprise customers.

Accordingly, Fujitsu will expand its portfolio of virtual workplace infrastructure solutions, a key part of its vision of providing customers with dynamic infrastructures. Fujitsu will integrate Citrix XenDesktop with “high definition” HDX technology into its virtual workplace solutions, giving customers a rich, personalized virtual desktop experience for end users in any location.

Fujitsu also announced plans to add Citrix XenServer virtualization to its PRIMERGY rack and blade server offerings. This will add an extra benefit, especially to customers already working with Citrix XenApp.

Citrix XenDesktop will be one of the key enabling technologies for Fujitsu’s Virtual Workplace and Managed Virtual Workplace product and service offerings, helping to dramatically improve service quality. Using the combined solution, Fujitsu customers will be able to considerably speed up the deployment of desktops to end users, rolling out thousands of personalized desktops in a fraction of the time, and managing all changes centrally. In addition, customers will be able to instantly bring employees back to productivity with a few mouse clicks in the case of a device failure.

Customers using the combined solution may choose from a variety of systems, including VDI-ready Fujitsu PRIMERGY servers and Citrix Ready certified FUTRO thin clients, all tested and pre-integrated with Citrix XenDesktop. Fujitsu also offers a full range of virtual desktop services to support the offering, from consulting, to design and implementation, to production and maintenance.

As part of the agreement, Fujitsu’s PRIMERGY RX and BX servers are also now certified for Citrix XenServer. In addition, XenServer and the Citrix Essentials for XenServer virtualization management offering will be integrated with Fujitsu PRIMERGY server management, ensuring a seamless management capability and giving customers a broad array of advanced virtualization management solutions for their XenServer environments. As a result, Fujitsu customers and channel partners will now have a one-stop shopping experience for all the hardware, software and services needed to create and manage a dynamic virtual datacenter.

Availability
The Fujitsu Virtual Workplace and Managed Virtual Workplace  offerings with Citrix XenDesktop are available to all of Fujitsu customers through all channels beginning August 2009. Fujitsu datacenter virtualization solutions powered by Citrix XenServer and Citrix Essentials for XenServer are also available beginning in August 2009.