Posts Tagged ‘ Desktone ’

VDI vs RDSH: Squabbling Siblings or Embattled Enemies?

February 22, 2013
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Before you even get to the entertaining "Citrix vs VMware vs Other" quasi-religious debate, there will be a VDI vs RDSH altercation. It can altercate for days. Ultimately, no business question gets asked, nor decision made, as technical stags lock antlers.

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Nivio – Has Someone got Desktop-As-A-Service for Small Business Right?

January 3, 2013
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Nivio have announced a DaaS solution aimed at SME space. Offering access to Microsoft Windows on any device, rentable applications, and data storage in the cloud, it sounds as if Nivio's service could be just the ticket for the tablet wielding small business user. What are Nivio doing that is different? Will this model be…

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StratoDesk enhance offering for converting PCs to ThinClient: NoTouch equals Zero Client?

June 7, 2012
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A common initiator for moving to virtual desktops is the transition away from existing PCs. To help accommodate this option, Stratodesk have announced the latest version of their NoTouch Desktop. NoTouch is a PC and thin-client re-purposing and management product. As well as supporting Citrix, VMware and Quest, Stratodesk have recently partnered with Desktone to…

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Desktone v5 angling to hook Service Providers from Citrix’s FlexCast

May 3, 2012
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Desktone have architected a platform to allow resellers and service providers to deliver and support heterogeneous end user-environments. With a Desktone v5.0 platform, it is possible to deliver a hybrid desktop environment, manage multiple datacentres and utilise a set of APIs. For service providers and resellers alike, Desktone is offering a platform that can be…

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Onlive Desktop: VDI cannot be DaaS until Microsoft say so.

March 13, 2012
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OnLive Desktop is on the verge of making a game-changing move in the VDI space delivering the hope of a service that a CFO would bite your hand off for. OnLive's delivery capability is a wakeup call to the ISVs and SPs who are trying to penetrate this market. With the license battle is about…

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Thames Water dips its toe in Desktone’s pool – DaaS throws off it’s waterwings?

November 28, 2011
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Thames Water have signed up to give a sizable part of its desktop infrastructure management to services built on Desktone's VDI stack hosted and maintained by Molten Technologies. Thames Water is the UK's largest water and sewerage company, serving one of the world's largest conurbations. Is this a significant landmark for Desktop As-A-Service (DaaS) provision?…

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Citrix Reach Out for the SME market with Kaviza Aquisition

May 25, 2011
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Kaviza developers one of the first all-in-one “VDI-in-a-Box” solutions for small and medium business, have been acquired by Citrix. The acquisition adds a fast-track VDI-only solution to the Citrix portfolio geared at the SME/SMB market. The Kaviza “VDI-in-a-Box” product is billed as complementing the Citrix's XenDesktop product line for enterprise-class desktop virtualization.

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Can you avoid the VDI Tax?

February 11, 2011
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With Microsoft reporting that Windows 7 VDI environments can be up to 11% more expensive than Windows 7 with traditional desktops when will desktop virtualisation give you a return on investment? Will performance taxes, license taxes and complexity taxes mean that desktop virtualisation will never be more than a niche service regardless of the clamour…

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Desktone 3.0 the $1 virtual desktop

November 15, 2010
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One week after Austin, TX-based Virtual Bridges Inc. announced that IBM is using its flagship VERDE solution to provide virtual desktop management and provisioning capabilities for the IBM Cloud Service Provider Platform, Chelmsford MA based Desktone Inc. today announced two major steps forward on the road to ubiquitous public cloud-based virtual desktops - The release…

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