What is a connection broker?

What is a connection broker?

A connection broker is a software element which connects users and resources. These resources usually are hosted in a datacenter and they can be either virtual or physical. The datacenter can be located inside the organization offices, in cloud or in a mixed environment and it can be private or rented.

From the broker administration dashboard we can define what virtual or physical resources are provided to each of our users or groups of users, for how long and with what kind of privileges.

VDI for free, OpenStack Mitaka & XenServer 6.5

VDI for free, OpenStack Mitaka & XenServer 6.5

UDS Enterprise Free Edition with ten lifetime free virtual desktops, the new features introduced in the new OpenStack release and the compatibility of our connection broker for Windows and Linux with Citrix XenServer 6.5 have been the most read topics in our blog over the last two weeks.

Just in case you dindn’t have the opportunity to read them, find below the links to our top three posts, so that you keep up to date with the most outstanding news about Open Source and virtualization according to our followers:

Mitaka simplifies OpenStack management & scalability

Mitaka simplifies OpenStack management & scalability

The OpenStack community has released Mitaka, a new version of the Open Source software for building clouds, with a focus on manageability, scalability and end-user experience.

OpenStack Mitaka was designed and built by an international community of 2.336 developers, operators and users from 293 organizations, who have been working hard to achieve a mature and stable core. Their efforts have been focused largely on making the software easier to deploy, manage and scale.

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