NxTop Enterprise

NxTop Enterprise is the leading intelligent desktop virtualization solution, which allows companies to virtualize desktops using a Type-1 client hypervisor for online and offline functionality of desktops and laptops.  Management is dramatically simplified through centralized, one-to-many image deployment and maintenance. The platform also includes a range of security features from AES-256 full disk encryption to remote kill capabilities.

Better End User Performance Than Server-Hosted VDI

NxTop offers the same benefits as traditional server-hosted VDI, only the virtualized desktops run securely on the client.  This results in better end user performance, because the virtual desktop is executing locally, so it works and feels like a native PC.  And for laptop users, this delivers an added benefit, because they can use their desktop equally well whether they are on the LAN, a poor network connection, or no network at all. With NxTop, organizations big and small can move to a virtual desktop environment—using existing PCs—with minimal infrastructure costs and no compromise on end user performance.

Seamless Access to Cloud Applications and VDI Sessions

Convenient access to remote desktops and applications. All NxTop-enabled PCs can optionally be 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 and RDP client. NxTop Connect can run standalone on the desktop as a thin client alternative, or alongside locally executing virtual machines.

Centralized 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.

True Type-1 Client Hypervisor for Maximum Performance & Security

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.

Full disk encryption. The entire disk including 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.

Hierarchical Management Architecture

Intelligent remote office caching. Deployment of downstream management servers at remote offices to intelligently cache and distribute updates for more efficient bandwidth utilization.

Local backup storage. Optionally maintain user data backups locally at remote offices, speeding system recovery and avoiding unnecessary strain on wide area network links.

Remote Help Desk Support

Remote PC control and troubleshooting. Augment NxTop’s centralized client reporting and diagnostic capabilities with the ability to remotely troubleshoot a user’s PC. Simply enable remote support for the NxTop console for immediate remote PC control—even in the event of a catastrophic operating system failure such as a Windows “blue screen of death.”