The project was implemented within the infrastructure of VTB Bank, which migrated over 60,000 employees to Bazis solutions. In cooperation with the printing equipment manufacturer, a technical solution was developed to ensure compatibility between the TWAIN protocol, used by devices by default, and the WIA 2 protocol, used in virtualized infrastructure for interaction via software interfaces. This allowed for the translation of calls between protocols and the integration of MFP scanning functions into the virtual desktop environment.
Final testing confirmed the correct operation of Katyusha MFP scanners in Basis Workplace and their full compatibility with the virtualized infrastructure.
"One of the key advantages of Russian vendors is working closely with customers and promptly adapting products to their application requirements. The native integration of our VDI platform with Katyusha devices in VTB's infrastructure is an example of such practical interaction, where a customer's request transforms into a working and replicable result. I emphasize that after implementation, such a product combination can be safely recommended to other customers as already proven," commented Dmitry Sorokin, Technical Director of Bazis.
"For us, cooperation with "Bazis" is not a one-time integration, but a systematic effort. When two Russian manufacturers – a virtualization platform and printing equipment – effectively interact with protocols, the customer benefits most of all. They get a ready, proven combination where nothing needs to be 'fine-tuned' on their own. VTB Bank has already appreciated this in practice. We are confident that our experience will be in demand by other companies that are building their own VDI infrastructures on the Russian stack," said Maxim Vinogradov, CEO of Katyusha.
"For us, as a customer, it is important that bank employees work with a convenient and reliable tool that is not inferior to foreign counterparts. The conducted testing confirmed the native interaction of Katyusha MFPs with Basis Workplace, including the correct operation of scanning functions in the virtual desktop infrastructure. This combination of products from Russian vendors can be successfully applied in a large-scale corporate infrastructure," commented Nikolay Shutkin, Deputy Head of Infrastructure Development Department, Vice President of VTB.