Allianz Insurance Plc Selects Ericom Blaze to Improve Virtual Desktop (VDI) Performance and User Productivity
Droitwich, Worcestershire (January 26, 2011)
-Ericom, a leading global provider of Application Access,
Virtualization and RDP acceleration solutions, announced today that
Allianz Insurance Plc, has chosen Ericom Blaze to improve the
performance of their Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) used by their
UK employees and India- based outsourcing organisation. Ericom Blaze
addresses the usability and deployment challenges presented by slow,
remote desktop connections by delivering a superior local PC-like
experience and fast remote desktop connections at speeds up to 10 times
that of RDP — across WANs and congested LANs.
Allianz Insurance Plc is one of the largest general insurers within the
UK and part of the global Allianz Group; As one of the leading
integrated financial services providers worldwide and with approximately
152,000 employees, the Allianz Group serves approximately 75 million
customers in about 70 countries. In fiscal 2009 the Allianz Group
achieved total revenues of over 97.4 billion euros. Allianz is one of
the world's largest asset managers, with third-party assets of 926
billion euros under management at year end 2009. In July 2010, Allianz
Insurance Plc won the general Insurer of the Year title at the
prestigious British Insurance Awards, the third time the Company has won
the award in the last six years.
Ericom Managing Director for the UK, Ian Platt, commented “We are
delighted that an organisation as prestigious as Allianz Insurance has
chosen Ericom as their preferred solution for accelerating their Virtual
Desktop (VDI) infrastructure. Ericom Blaze is an ideal solution to
address performance issues when attempting to deliver applications
within a shared service, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) or offshore
back-office operation.”
Organisations are turning to Virtual Desktops to improve desktop
management, simplify application deliver and help to reduce costs.
However, poor network performance due to latency and bandwidth
restrictions impacts negatively both on the employee’s experience and
productivity, which ultimately results in user frustration and potential
project failure.
Ericom Blaze delivers:
• A software only solution for accelerating RDP based network traffic across any network, LAN, WAN, Wireless, 3G, ADLS, GPRS
• Integrates seamlessly into both Remote Desktop Services / Terminal Server and Virtual Desktop infrastructures
• No minimum bandwidth requirement
• Strengthens security with in-built SSL encryption
• Ideal for PDF’s, graphic rich documents, PowerPoint, Flash based video
etc. Supports, Windows, Linux, CE and other mobile platforms
You can learn more about Ericom’s secure remote access and virtual desktop solutions by visiting www.ericom.com
About Ericom
Ericom Software is a leading global provider of Application Access and
Virtualization Solutions. Since 1993, Ericom has been helping users
access enterprise mission-critical applications running on a broad range
of Microsoft® Windows® Terminal Servers, Virtual
Desktops, legacy hosts and other systems. With offices in the US, UK,
EMEA, India and China, Ericom also has an extensive worldwide network of
distributors and partners. Our expanding customer base is more than 30
thousand strong, with over 7 million installations. For more
information about Ericom and its products, please visit: http://www.ericom.com
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