IronKey Desktop Virtualization Solutions
Enabling employees to securely work from home on their own PCs or facilitating business continuity operations in the event of a disaster, portable virtual desktops offer a number of advantages over fully loaded conventional PC desktops. IronKey empowers organisations to deliver a range of secure virtual solutions, from virtualized applications to complete virtual work environments on USB flash drives.
IronKey offers customers the choice of high-performance, high-reliability drives that employ superior NAND flash memory. These devices comprise an ideal platform for securely deploying virtual desktops, which can strain conventional consumer-grade flash memory because they continuously read and write to the host. IronKey hardware encryption is also much faster than software encryption, helping to make the virtual desktop experience transparent to end-users.
Deploying virtual desktops on secure IronKey Enterprise drives means your employees can carry their working environment with them and use it securely anywhere they go. This preserves your organization's investment in PCs while making it possible to safely leverage employee-owned machines, or even untrusted machines in the field. It also provides a more secure mobile computing platform than laptop PCs, which, if encrypted at all, are typically protected with software-based encryption.
Managed and Secure Portable Virtual Desktops
IronKey gives virtualization new levels of security and mobility by enabling organizations to securely deliver complete desktop environments on ultra-secure, remotely managed USB flash drives. IronKey supports a continuum of portable client virtualization solutions - ranging from portable applications, to virtual desktops and bootable USB flash drives, which make it possible to run Windows or Linux from an IronKey drive.
The IronKey virtualization solution allows end users to access a personalized desktop - complete with applications and data - without jeopardizing the security of corporate or agency data. All applications, data and user preferences are protected within the security of the hardware-encrypted IronKey intelligent flash drive. Users launch applications directly from within this security shell. The IronKey drive also provides onboard anti-malware protections to protect data against theft by crimeware, and prevent the spread of malware to enterprise networks.
Unlike conventional virtual desktop infrastructures, which must read and write data from a centralized server over a network connection, users can access this self-contained work environment from any location - with or without a network connection. By eliminating the need to communicate over the network, the IronKey solution also provides improved performance for a transparent user experience.
Highly Reliable Platform for Portable Virtual Desktops
Virtual desktops do not perform well on conventional consumer-grade flash drives. The need to continuously read and write to the host slows performance and wears out regular flash memory. IronKey offers customers the choice of high-performance, high-reliability drives that employ superior NAND flash memory. IronKey hardware encryption is also much faster than software encryption, helping to make the virtual desktop experience transparent to end-users.
Additionally, because IronKey drives are intelligent, remotely managed and contain hardware-based strong authentication capabilities, you can authenticate both users and their IronKey devices before allowing them to access your network.
