Partner Solution Brief
Nutanix and RES
Automating, Personalizing and Securing Your Invisible Infrastructure
Nutanix delivers a hyperconverged infrastructure for next-generation enterprise computing. RES offers a people-centric
approach to delivering a faster, more personal digital workspace with intuitive provisioning, self-service and security. Together,
they enable enterprises to accelerate and automate the deployment of an elegant, less complex infrastructure.
Industry leaders join forces to provide a powerful and more efficient converged infrastructure:
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RES named a “Cool Vendor 2015” by Gartner for Infrastructure Services
Nutanix recognized as a leader in Gartner’s 2015 Magic Quadrant for Integrated Systems
SOLUTION OVERVIEW
Together Nutanix and RES deliver greater business value for
app and desktop virtualization deployments.
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Extend the value of VDI deployments with workspace management
 Better manage and secure apps and services across complex
virtual and physical environments
 Provide persistent desktops wherever users are – virtual,
physical or mobile – and deliver a personalized, dynamic
workspace experience based on user context
 Automate users’ profiles and data while delivering maximum
flexibility to VDI implementations
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Automate the deployment and speed of adoption of your Nutanix
infrastructure
 Allow IT admins to easily request, move, delete, power, create,
template and clone servers in Nutanix environments with the
self-service portal of RES ONE Service Store, powered by a
robust automation engine
 Reduce cost and time to deploy with intuitive self-service,
giving users a single destination for their IT services
KEY BENEFITS FOR BUSINESS AND IT
✓ Enhanced User Experience: Personalized
VDI deployments through context-aware
workspaces across hybrid environments
✓ Faster Deployment: Automate
deployment of on-demand provisioning of
virtual machines for pilot and proof of
concept programs
✓ Greater End-user Security:
Centrally manage a scalable number of
context-aware workspaces that
automatically adapts access based on
each worker’s context (location, device,
role, time of day, etc.)
✓ End to End VDI Solution:
Certified with VMware Horizon and Citrix
Ready, RES and Nutanix provide
organizations with greater performance,
easier management and simplicity within
their VDI environments
CUSTOMER QUOTE
"The reliability and performance of the Nutanix platform coupled with the robust automation and self service capabilities
of RES is helping us provide an optimized digital workspace in less time with less resources. This is allowing us to simplify
deployment and management of our VDI environment with improved multi-center load balancing. We look forward to
faster provisioning of these services so our staff can focus on helping the hospital deliver better patient care.”
– Brett Taylor, Director of IT Infrastructure & Operations at St. Luke's Health System
TECHNICAL DETAILS
Nutanix solutions natively converge server and storage resources into a single, 100% software-defined appliance that comes
ready to run all enterprise applications, at any scale. Built on a distributed web-scale architecture, a single Nutanix hyper
converged appliance can simultaneous run different workloads, including enterprise databases and applications, VDI, and big
data workloads.
Partnering with RES, enterprises can improve adoption and reputation of desktop/application virtualization through a
consistent, stable user experience regardless of infrastructure or OS operating in the back-end (i.e., zero user impact
migrations). Get a more rapid response performance from Nutanix by eliminating storage bottlenecks with the strong
personalized user experience offered by RES. Every aspect of the user experience is managed centrally and adapted
dynamically for fast, personalized workspace, and access policies. Sample configuration actions include: drive & port
mappings, printers, registry settings & policies, profile & home directory, folder sync, automation and PC lifecycle
management. With just-in-time configuration, login and log off times are optimized for a seamless user experience while IT
saves times though centralized configuration. By managing all user settings, policies and configurations from a single console
IT can be more efficient in meeting changing business and user demands all while automatically creating a complete audit
trail of all actions. IT can also add a variety of application and web security controls to mitigate risks to the environment.
In addition to enhancing a Nutanix VDI environment, RES can accelerate and simplify the deployment and ongoing
maintenance of a Nutanix infrastructure through automation and self-service RES can automatically deliver and reclaim
virtual computing resources based on well-defined workflows and business criteria, ensuring the environment remains
optimized without manual oversight. Organizations benefit from RES’ streamlined processes with automated, provisioning
and de-provisioning of applications and services both within and outside of the Nutanix environment:
o Provision and deploy virtual machine to users via a self-service portal
o Configure and deploy virtual machines based on an organization’s policies
o Automate the return of virtual resources based on policy-driven workflows
o Allow users to modify virtual machine resources based on predefined criteria
As enterprises upgrade or roll out new technologies, RES provides zero impact migration. Organizations can reduce the disruption of
technology changes by delivering a consistent user experience to users, regardless of delivery platform, OS, and device.
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GET STARTED
Nutanix and RES are committed to our customers’ success. We offer a wide range of services, around design, deployment, and
optimization, as well as custom services tailored to customers’ needs.
San Jose, CA 95110
(855) 688-2649 | www.nutanix.com
About Nutanix
Nutanix delivers invisible infrastructure for next-generation enterprise computing, elevating IT to focus on the applications and services that
power their business. Using Nutanix, customers benefit from predictable performance, linear scalability and cloud- like infrastructure
consumption. Learn more at www.nutanix.com or follow up on Twitter @nutanix
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