Leading IT Solutions Provider to Resell, Distribute, Market and Support Virtual Bridges VERDE
Dubai, United Arab Emirates - May 30, 2012: Virtual Bridges, Inc. and Gulf Business Machines (GBM) today announced a partnership to deliver Virtual Bridges VERDE™ virtual desktop management and provisioning capabilities to organizations throughout the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC, excepting Saudi Arabia) and Pakistan. Featuring online, offline and branch Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), VERDE™ is proven to help organizations reduce the cost and complexity of managing desktops, while minimizing security concerns and business risk.
Founded in 1990, GBM, a spin-off from IBM, is the leading IT solutions provider in the region fulfilling the IT requirements of local, regional and international organizations. This major partnership agreement establishes a long-term strategic relationship by which GBM will remarket, distribute, resell and support Virtual Bridges products, including VERDE™, the industry's first VDI Gen2 solution.
Designed for organizations that want to escape the constraints of physical computing, VERDE™ simplifies desktop management, improves security and increases business agility. It provides end users access to both Windows and Linux desktops from any location or device -- including tablets, netbooks, laptops and thin clients. In addition, IT professionals can manage desktops centrally while reducing the costs and challenges associated with provisioning, updating and securing highly distributed PC environments.
"As the leading VDI Gen2 solution, VERDE™ will help our customers reduce desktop total cost of ownership while increasing organizational agility, productivity and responsiveness," said Cesare Cardone, CEO, GBM. "We are excited to partner with Virtual Bridges to bring this value to organizations in our region."
Named a "Major Player" in desktop virtualization by International Data Corporation (IDC), Virtual Bridges helps customers easily scale their environment to meet fluctuating business demands, without sacrificing security or performance and regardless of whether the solution is deployed on a customer's own infrastructure or hosted or delivered as a service. Among its many advantages, VDI Gen2 also eases Windows 7 migrations. Instead of having to re-image all desktops and laptops, VERDE™ will allow GBM customers create, test and deploy a virtual desktop with Windows 7 in minutes.
"Demand for VDI Gen2 continues to grow as organizations seek ways to drive greater efficiencies and transform their desktop environment to take advantage of cloud computing and mobile computing opportunities," said Jim Curtin, president and CEO at Virtual Bridges. "GBM has an incredible foothold in the market and we're thrilled to work with them to expand our reach and drive measurable ROI for their customers."
About Gulf Business Machines (GBM)
Founded in 1990, Gulf Business Machines (GBM) is the leading IT solutions provider in the region fulfilling the IT requirements of local, regional and international organisations in the GCC.
A spin-off from IBM, GBM is the sole distributor for IBM- excluding selected IBM products and services -throughout the GCC, except for Saudi Arabia. GBM's momentum was further enhanced in 1999, when the team secured the Cisco portfolio. Today GBM holds the highest level of recognition in the region from Cisco, Gold Partner status, in addition to the Cisco Borderless Network Architecture Specialized Learning Partner status.
GBM offers an extensive range of IT infrastructure, IT solutions and services ranging from consulting, resource deployment and integration to after-sales support, through 1000 professionals and over 20 solid strategic partnerships forged with internationally-recognised IT solution providers.
The company, which is ISO-9001 certified since 1999, has offices in the UAE (Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah), Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, and Bahrain. GBM also has established a presence in Pakistan, where the company now operates three offices, one each in Karachi, Islamabad and Lahore as an IBM Premier Business Partner. The Pakistani operation also holds a Silver Partner Status from Cisco.
For more information please visit www.gbm4ibm.com
About Virtual Bridges
Virtual Bridges VERDE is an award-winning desktop management and provisioning solution that leverages virtualization to deliver desktops either on-premises or in the cloud. VERDE helps enterprises transform TCO by simplifying desktop management, improving security and compliance, and increasing the organizational agility across Windows and Linux environments. Virtual Bridges is headquartered in Austin, Texas. For more information visit: http://vbridges.com
For further information, please contact:
Ilana Zacka,
Corporate Communications Manager
Gulf Business Machines
Tel: +973 17584333,
Dir: +973 17584363
Email: ilana@bh.gbm.ihost.com
Lina Al Desouky or Luz Villamil
Weber Shandwick
Tel: +971 4 321 0077
Email: lina.aldesouky@ws-mena.com
luz.villamil@ws-mena.com
Media Contacts:
Lindsey Tishgart
For Virtual Bridges, Inc.
512-327-1818
lindsey@foliocom.com
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