Summary: In episode 182, Douglas Brown interviews Will Wade, Product Management, Professional Solutions Group at NVIDIA . Will and Douglas discuss the NVIDIA GRID hardware (K1 & K2) and software (vGPU) solution for virtual environments, how it works, its benefits, what makes it stand out over the competition, and much more. About NVIDIA GRID The NVIDIA GRID portfolio -- comprised of hardware, software and appliances -- delivers GPU acceleration from data centers to any user. It includes the NVIDIA GRID VGX platform for enterprises; the NVIDIA GRID Visual Computing Appliance (VCA) for small and medium-size businesses; and the NVIDIA GRID Cloud Gaming Platform for gaming-as-a-service companies. Follow us at @NVIDIAGRID. Citrix XenDesktop with NVIDIA GRID VGPU Businesses can enable their XenDesktop environments to finally run visually rich, interactive applications through the industry’s first hardware virtual GPU, with NVIDIA GRID™ vGPU™ technology. For the first time, multiple virtual machines can directly access the graphics processing power of a single GPU. Demand for desktop virtualization has grown as employees increasingly use their own notebooks and portable devices for work. But the user experience until now had been constrained by the subpar performance and limited compatibility of software-emulated graphics. Now, the combination of Citrix XenDesktop and NVIDIA GRID™ vGPU allows businesses to broaden the reach of virtual desktop environments by efficiently sharing GPUs across the complete spectrum of users – from designers and engineers, to power users, to knowledge workers.1 For more information please visit: NVIDIA GRID - http://www.nvidia.com/object/enterprise-virtualization.html NVIDIA GRID for Citrix XenDesktop - http://www.nvidia.com/object/xendesktop-vgpu.html#source=pr About Will Wade, Director, GRID Business at NVIDIA Will Wade is the business director responsible for NVIDIA’s GRID products, part of the professional solutions business at NVIDIA. He is responsible for developing both NVIDIA proprietary technology as well as partnerships with industry leading virtualization providers such as Citrix, Microsoft, and VMware. Prior to joining NVIDA in January 2011, he spent 15 years with HP where he was a product manager for the workstation division, including leading innovation efforts and partner alliances. Will brought to market the HP Z400 workstation, as well as the first small form factor workstation. Will has a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Colorado State University, and an MBA from the Daniels School of Business at the University of Denver where he now teaches strategic marketing classes as an adjunct faculty member.
