Dallas, Irving, Texas, March 5, 2009 – 2X Software Ltd., the international developer of virtual computing software solutions, today announced that their 2X LoadBalancer solution is deployed by Cambridgeshire Education ICT to ensure high network availability for up to 70,000 students, 20,000 staff/Governors, with 17,000 of those users having remote access. The Cambridgeshire Education IT Service is part of Cambridgeshire County Council and offers the latest access technology and services to their 240 Cambridgeshire schools.
"We were careful to specify a robust system from the outset. In the two years we have been running the Centrally Hosted MIS system, we have only had to log into the 2X servers once monthly during scheduled downtime which shows just how reliable the 2X software has been," said Leon Cripps, System Support Manager, Education ICT Service, Cambridgeshire County Council. "The single most important benefit of using the software has been that it has fitted in seamlessly with our existing infrastructure without the need to retrain staff or change systems management software." continued Cripps.
Cambridgeshire Education ICT selected 2X Software’s LoadBalancer solution to load balance their terminal services farm and help with scheduled maintenance. The ability to install 2X on a Windows OS was a deciding factor in Cambridgeshire Education IT choosing 2X Software.
"This saved us from having to spend time learning how to support a new hardware appliance and allowed us to continue using our standard monitoring tools to give us continuity across all of our servers," commented Cripps.
2X Software offers tailor-made, easy-to-implement and cost efficient virtual computing solutions. The product range of 2X includes the 2X Application Server for Windows Terminal Services for the publishing of applications, the 2X LoadBalancer for Windows Terminal Services and Citrix-Server and the 2X ThinClientServer for Windows and Linux. Shortly, the 2X VirtualDesktopServer supporting VDI solutions like Hyper-V, VMware ESX, Virtual Iron and Parallels will be released.
"We are pleased that Cambridgeshire Education ICT chose 2X LoadBalancer with integrated resource-based load balancing. This 2X product is the perfect complement to Windows Terminal Servers. For the Council’s future plans, we hope to provide 2X VirtualDesktopServer - our new cost-effective connection broker - to deliver virtualized desktops and published applications to end users while keeping their servers resource balanced." explains Nikolaos Makris, CEO 2X Software Ltd.
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About Cambridgeshire Education ICT
The Education ICT Service is the principal agency for delivering Cambridgeshire's ICT Strategy for schools and their communities. The Education ICT provides ICT services to clients in schools, the County Council and beyond through vision, leadership and advice for schools on new opportunities and the appropriateness of ICT investment, the exploitation of new technologies, and good practice to ensure effectiveness; the delivery of ICT solutions and support services to school; and the use of face-to-face and online networks which allow information, ideas and experience to be shared by practitioners. For more information about Cambridgeshire Education ICT, visit their website.
About 2X
2X Software Ltd - 2X - is a company developing software for the booming serverbased computing market. Thin client computing controls spiraling PC management costs, centralizes application and desktop management, improves security and performance and allows users to work remotely. The company’s product line includes: 2X ThinClientServer, 2X LoadBalancer for Terminal Services/Citrix, 2X ApplicationServer for Windows Terminal Services, and 2X VirtualDesktopServer. 2X is a privately held company with offices in the USA, Germany, UK, Cyprus and Malta. Its management team is backed by years of experience in developing and selling network infrastructure software. 2X is a Microsoft and RedHat partner. For more information visit: http://www.2x.com.
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