Tag: daas

• Citrix Project Avalon: An Open Letter

  May 11th, 2012 by » Danny Allan I’m always glad when the month of May rolls around and we get a quick glimpse into the technology vision and projects happening inside the Citrix world.  I’ve been a long time XenApp user and have always been impressed with the advancements and…

• Desktone 5.0 Platform: Industry's Only Platform Supporting All Desktop Types

  May 2nd, 2012 by » Danny Allan We are really excited to be announcing the next generation of the Desktone Platform.  This is a huge milestone for Desktone as we have invested significant time, resources, and 5+ years of operational experience into building the next generation…

• Welcome Netelligent! Introduces (DaaS) Powered by Desktone, Cisco and NetApp

  April 17th, 2012 by » David Grant Yesterday we announced that Netelligent has become the latest service provider to leverage the Desktone Desktop as a Service (DaaS) platform to deliver VDI as a service. Netelligent chose Desktone, Cisco and NetApp as the core stack for their…

• Desktone Partnership with Stratodesk

  April 11th, 2012 by » Danny Allan As everyone knows, there are two entities in every relationship.  This is no different for the world of cloud hosted virtual desktops.  There is the virtual desktop being hosted by the service provider, and there is the client that is connecting to…

• Dell Acquires Wyse: Desktop Virtualization Goes Mainstream

  April 2nd, 2012 by » David Grant Yesterday, Dell announced they are acquiring Wyse.  Wyse is the leader in thin client computing. For those of us in the desktop virtualization space this is music to our ears.  With this acquisition the leader in end user computing has clearly…

• Microsoft Acknowledges the demand for Cloud Hosted Desktops

  March 8th, 2012 by » Danny Allan I know that many of you have been following the ongoing saga of licensing for the OnLive Desktop offering.  It certainly appeared that they were breaking the rules with Microsoft licensing, and there have been a lot of market feedback from industry…

• Welcome NaviSite! Another Top Service Provider Chooses Desktone for DaaS

  February 27th, 2012 by » Peter McKay This morning NaviSite announced a new DaaS offering built on the Desktone platform. I am very happy to welcome NaviSite to the Desktone partner family. As a leading cloud infrastructure services company they will be able to deliver high performing…

• 451 Group: 'DaaS interest is exploding’

  February 23rd, 2012 by » David Grant Last week 451 Group released a report titled 'Desktops as a Service'. Overall, they are very positive on Desktops as a Service (DaaS) and state that 'most if not all service providers have DaaS in their sights'. This is very encouraging considering…

• Validation of DaaS in the VDI Smackdown

  February 9th, 2012 by » Danny Allan It was great to see that Desktone was included in Ruben Spruijt's VDI Smackdown analysis of the Virtual Desktop Infrastructure space. This paper has gone through several iterations now and includes a very comprehensive comparison of the features and…

• New VMware VSPP SKU Makes DaaS More Cost-Effective

  February 2nd, 2012 by » Peter McKay Exciting news from VMware today: they have announced a new VMware Service Provider Program (VSSP) SKU that makes delivering virtual desktops as a service (DaaS) easier and more cost-effective. The VSPP was created for IT partners providing Hosted IT…

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