Teradici Corporation announced the Teradici Network Solutions Partner Program. First to join the program will be charter program partner Riverbed Technology, the IT performance company and market leader in wide area network (WAN) optimization. Teradici and Riverbed will engage in a strategic partnership to ensure the high performance of Virtual Desktop Infrastructure for VMware View environments.

The Teradici Network Solutions Partner Program has been developed to help build technical partnerships with network OEMs to enable the integration and optimization of PCoIP technology. The program allows network OEMs to access the PCoIP protocol and protocol interfaces, allowing for network optimization of UDP-based PCoIP traffic.

"We see our future collaboration with Teradici and the Network Solutions Partner Program as a great way to show our continued commitment to accelerating Virtual Desktop Infrastructure," said Venugopal Pai, vice president of global alliances at Riverbed. "We're looking forward to our partnership with Teradici since they are the developer of the PCoIP protocol, offering uncompromised VMware View desktop experiences for all user types."

"We're thrilled to be announcing our Network Solutions Partner Program and the planned partnership with industry leader Riverbed Technology," said Trent Punnett, vice president of marketing, product management and systems engineering, Teradici. "The goal of the program is to provide members with access to PCoIP technology and a roadmap of features, products and platform offerings, thus allowing Network OEMs to differentiate and build value added into PCoIP based VDI optimization and management solutions."

Partner Program members receive numerous benefits including: access to Teradici PCoIP technology, network solutions and support; advanced input into PCoIP solution architecture and features; reserved access to alpha, beta, and RC releases; and access to documentation and technical guidance from the Teradici engineering team. Other program elements include "PCoIP Optimized" certification for partner solutions.

"The strategic partnership being developed by Teradici and Riverbed is a strong example of the industry commitment to solving IT pain points and optimizing networks," said Vittorio Viarengo, vice president, End-User Computing, VMware. "We are committed to delivering industry-leading, high-performance VDI for VMware View environments to empower a more agile, productive and connected enterprise, and this alliance will help us to achieve this goal."