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NxTop Express
NxTop Express is a 5-user edition of the NxTop suite that supports any mix of desktop delivery models. With NxTop Express you can realize the management benefits of desktop virtualization in minutes.
With NxTop Express management and security of traditional desktop and laptop PCs is dramatically simplified through centralized, one-to-many image deployment and maintenance. In addition you can also experiment with different server and cloud-based desktop deployment models without the need for specialized hardware.
Why NxTop Express?
Nowhere are the potential benefits of desktop virtualization greater than in a small business. With limited IT resources and time the traditional pain points of desktop management are magnified across a myriad of PC models, software updates and user requirements.NxTop Express includes the full array of core NxTop features and capabilities, including:
Centralised Virtual Desktop Creation and Management
One-to-many desktop provisioning. NxTop provides a central console for all desktop management activities. IT teams create and maintain a single virtual machine per operating system that can be published to thousands of users. User-specific personality, data, settings, and applications are applied dynamically at each endpoint.
Scalable offline desktop patching. Patches and updates are applied on a one-to-many basis. The IT administrator applies patches once to a master virtual machine running on the NxTop management console. Upon republishing, the changed data blocks are streamed to NxTop-enabled PCs running the updated virtual machine. A patched image is assembled in the background and transparently loaded on the next reboot.
Distributed Desktop Execution on Bare-Metal
Disconnected operation. Before NxTop, the efficiency and security benefits of virtual desktops were limited to server-hosted approaches using tethered thin clients. With NxTop, this is augmented by the industry’s first fully-managed type-1 or “bare-metal” client hypervisor, allowing virtual desktops to run on traditional PC hardware.
Complete virtual machine isolation. Unlike virtual machines running on top of untrusted operating systems, NxTop virtual machines are completely isolated from one another. Malware in an unmanaged Windows desktop does not compromise a managed NxTop virtual machine, even on the same hardware.
Hardware abstraction. NxTop presents a consistent set of virtual hardware to the end-user operating system, simplifying migration of users to new hardware platforms. Driver management and other hardware-specific compatibility challenges are eliminated.
Seamless Access to Server or Cloud-Based Computing
Convenient access to remote applications and desktops. All NxTop-enabled PCs can be optionally provisioned with NxTop Connect, a quick-booting embedded virtual appliance. With NxTop Connect, end-users have access to server- and cloud-based applications and server-hosted desktops from all major VDI vendors. Pre-loaded applications include Google Chrome, Skype, and RDP client. NxTop Connect can run standalone on the desktop as a thin client alternative or alongside locally executing virtual machines.
Integrated Security
Disk encryption. All virtual machine and system data on NxTop-enabled PCs is encrypted, providing peace of a mind in the event that a PC containing sensitive data is lost or stolen.
Granular policy controls. IT administrators can protect against data leakage and unauthorized use through a robust set of policy controls. Access to hardware such as USB ports and network interfaces can be restricted or filtered based on centrally defined policies at global, group, and individual-user levels. Virtual machines can be governed by time-based expiration policies and on-demand remote disablement.
Remote termination with lost-data destruction. As an added layer of security, IT administrators can flag lost PCs for remote termination. If a lost or stolen PC connects to a network, it is directed to digitally shred all data and encryption keys, then self-destruct.
Hassle Free Data Backup and Restore
Transparent data protection. Based on centrally defined policies, NxTop periodically initiates data backup with no end-user interaction required.
Efficient data transmission. NxTop backup technology captures changes at the block level, transmitting only the blocks that have changed to NxTop Center.
Point-and-click system restore. The combination of central virtual-image management, data backup, and hardware abstraction dramatically simplifies re-provisioning of users in the event of a lost or failed PC. Simply register a new PC — even a completely different hardware platform — and with a few mouse clicks the user is running the exact desktop environment as of the last time they connected to a network.
Try NxTop Express Today
If you would like to try NxTop Express in your environment please contact a sales representative at sales@marxtar.com or Request a Demonstration now.
