Organizations invest significant time, money, and resources when building out an IT infrastructure, and should be able to reap the benefits of those investments far into the future. For some organizations, such as educational institutions, legacy systems such as Microsoft Windows® 2000 operating systems remain in use for years. For these organizations, and others, switching to a VDI environment should not mean that legacy systems need to be abandoned and replaced.
Repurposing existing resources, while building out a VDI solution to support future needs, can result in extensive time and cost savings. The Leostream Connection Broker supports platforms and third-party products that no other broker currently supports, giving organizations the flexibility to integrate seamlessly with existing network infrastructure while extending and preserving the value of previous investments.
Using the Leostream Connection Broker, organizations can:
- Use existing authentication servers, including:
- Microsoft® Active Directory®
- Novell® eDirectory™
- OpenLDAP®, including LDAP 2003 formats
- Repurpose existing fat desktops to act as clients, including desktops running Linux® and any of the following Microsoft operating systems:
- Windows NT®
- Windows2000
- Windows XP
- Windows Server® 2003
- Windows Vista®
- Windows Server 2008
- Work with existing load-balancers, firewalls, and SSL VPNs, including products from the following vendors:
- Juniper Networks®
- Cisco®
- Citrix®
- F5®
- SonicWall®
