Desktone has been rapidly attracting keen attention and broad coverage. Click on any article below to read more.
- 10 More IT Companies to Track in 2008/2009: July 23, 2008 - "With Desktone you have thin clients on the desktop and control of client virtualization from the data center, but all of the server side hardware can be in the cloud."
- Virtual Strategy Magazine: The Evolution of Corporate Computing: From SaaS to DaaS July 22, 2008 - "SaaS is a stepping stone to DaaS (desktops as a service) where not just singular applications, but entire desktops will be consumed as an outsourced, subscription service."
- ZDNet 'BriefingsDirect' by Dana Gardner: DaaS solves schools' Internet parity problem with help from IBM and Desktone: July 17, 2008 - "The Pike County, Ky., schools have solved an Internet access parity problem with a desktop-as-a-service (DaaS) solution from IBM and Desktone."
- IBM Inks Innovative Technology Agreement With Pike County Schools: July 14, 2008 - "Pike County School today announced they have signed an enhanced internet access agreement to provide Virtual Infrastructure Access desktop hosting services to the school district."
- Virtual Strategy Magazine: Virtual Desktops: Where Enterprise Computing Meets Telco Delivery June 23, 2008 - "...[F]or enterprises to fully realize its benefits, VDI must be available as a flexible, cost-effective, scalable service rather than a complicated melange of expensive and temperamental pieces and parts."
- IT Business Edge: Virtual Desktops: It’s All About the Network: May 22, 2008 - "Citrix is also getting its foot in the door of the nascent desktop-as-a-service (DAAS) market, offering financial backing to start-up Desktone. The company has devised the Virtual-D platform that provides full desktop functionality over public or corporate networks."
- Brightcove: Quick Video Chat with Desktone CEO at Citrix Synergy 2008: May 21, 2008
- Client Server News 2000: HP Signs Up for DaaS: May 19, 2008 - "HP and its utility-style Flexible Computing Services are the first members of Desktone's just unveiled partner program." (PDF file 180KB)
- ZDNet 'BriefingsDirect' by Dana Gardner: HP partners with Desktone to advance virtualized desktops as a service: May 14, 2008 - "Desktone, the desktop as a service (DaaS) provider, has lined up a powerful ally in Hewlett-Packard..."
- Desktone: Client Virtualization in the Cloud: May 6, 2008 - "Desktone's Virtual-D Platform provides the virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) that you would otherwise have to build for any client virtualization solution."
- AJAXWorld: Desktone to Support Hyper-V Virtualization: May 1, 2008 - Desktone Announced That it Has Joined the Microsoft Startup Accelerator Program
- Judith Hurwitz's Weblog: The Desktop as a Service: Can Desktone be a Focal Point?: April 28, 2008 - "...a leading indicator of where the desktop is headed...desktop as a service is the right conversation for the industry to be having just about now."
- InfoWorld: Desktone's virtualization desktop-as-a-service: April 27, 2008 - "The company has a strong management team who knows what it takes to deliver a product to market."
- IDM.net.au: Outsourcing Desktops: April 23, 2008 - "The company has pegged the solution as an industry first for its ability to deliver virtual desktops as an outsourced service."
- VNUnet: US firm touts 'desktops-as-a-service': April 23, 2008 - "The Desktone Virtual-D Platform, unveiled this week, is designed specifically to enable service providers to offer hosted, subscription-based virtual desktops."
- Network Computing: Desktone, Verizon Announce Desktop Virtualization As A Service : April 22, 2008 - "Virtualization and software-as-a-service are two of the hottest trends in business technology. Why not marry the two?"
- Virtualization Journal: Virtualization Meets Desktop-as-a-Service: April 22, 2008 - "Desktone calls its scalable hosted subscription-based platform Virtual-D and expects to run $60-$80 a month per desktop."
- ZDNet 'Virtually Speaking' blog by Dan Kusnetzky: Desktone - Desktop in the cloud: April 22, 2008 - "...the company has a very impressive executive team...Desktone clearly understands what it takes to bring a new product to market."
- VMblog: Desktone Announces Industry’s First Solution that Delivers Virtual Desktops as an Outsourced Service: April 22, 2008
- Virtualization Journal: Desktone Releases Desktop Virtualization a Service Solution: April 21, 2008 - "Desktone Announces Solution that Delivers Virtual Desktops as an Outsourced Service Desktone Virtual-D Platform"
- Information Week: Desktone, Verizon Announce Desktop Virtualization As A Service: April 21, 2008 - "Desktone plans to sell 'desktops as a service' through service providers like Verizon Businesss and European and Asian carriers; IBM is a partner."
- Byte and Switch: Desktone Debuts Desktop-as-a-Service: April 21, 2008 - Desktop startup adds another acronym to the storage glossary
- Virtualization Review: Desktone Peels Back the Covers on Its DaaS Launch: April 21, 2008
- Virtual Strategy Review: Interview with Harry Ruda, Desktone CEO: April 21, 2008
- DABCC: Podcast – Desktone launches the Virtual-D Platform desktops as a service solution.: April 21, 2008 - Doug Brown from DABCC interviews Jeffrey Fisher, Sr Director of Strategic Development of Desktone.
- Virtualization.info: Desktone leaves the stealth mode and launches a VDI solution for service providers: April 21, 2008 - "Desktone appoaches the VDI market in a new way."
- Infoweek: Red Hot Desktop Virtualization Market: April 8, 2008 - "According to Lambert, desktop virtualization has the potential to far outgrow the burgeoning server virtualization market."
- BusinessWeek: Company Profile Page: Profile of Desktone, its leaders and recent news and developments.
- CIO Magazine: The CIO Hall of Fame - 20 Leaders of Accomplishment: September 28, 2007 - Paul Gaffney, COO of Desktone, has been named to CIO Magazine's Hall of Fame.
- Byte and Switch: Top 10 Storage Startups to Watch: August 22, 2007 - "Clearly, something's drawing attention to Desktone. Specifically, it's the startup's approach of 'owning the whole problem' of implementing desktop virtualization, instead of solving just one aspect of it."
- Red Herring: PC Killer?: July 30, 2007 - "Desktone offers the IT managers of large corporations a respite from the complexities of managing thousands of networked PCs."
- Lowell Sun: Chelmsford startup gets $17 million in funding: August 1, 2007 - "Desktone has lined up $17 million in venture funding, a major boon for a company that has been in business for less than a year."
- Boston Globe: Desktone lands $17m in funding: July 30, 2007 - "Desktone is a provider of a unified virtual desktop platform."
- Mass High Tech: Desktone dealt $17M in first round: July 30, 2007 - "Desktone, founded in 2006, develops a unified virtual desktop platform."
- ZDNet Blog by Dana Gardner: 'Desktop as a service' coming soon to a PC near you: July 30, 2007 - "Desktone's management lineup boasts a collection of industry heavy hitters."
- American Venture Magazine: Desktone Secures $17 Million for Desktop Virtualization: July 30, 2007
- Boston Business Journal: Desktone rings up $17M in VC from local investors: July 27, 2007 - "[Desktone's] virtual desktop-technology seeks to boost efficiency and create an on-demand computing environment for Fortune 100 companies."
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The Deal: Desktone dials up $17M:
July 27, 2007 -
"Desktone Inc. raised a $17 million war chest...to build an early lead in the emerging market for delivering PC applications from a secure, centralized data center with complete transparency to end users."
(Subscription required) - Dow Jones VentureWire: Desktone Gets $17M to Virtualize Desktop: July 27, 2007 - "With a $17 million Series A round in hand, Desktone Inc. is aiming to bring virtual desktops to large enterprises." (Subscription required)
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