The technology behind the Desktone Cloud and dozens of large service provider desktops as a service offerings.
In 2008, Desktone developed the industry’s first virtual desktop hosting platform, introducing the concept of desktops as a service (DaaS). Desktone remains the only company providing a platform specifically architected with multi-tenancy and a service grid, making it the only product capable of delivering true desktops in the cloud.
The Desktone Platform enables enterprises to quickly realize the full potential and benefits associated with virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) environments — reduced deployment complexity; improved management, security and compliance; and superior end-user productivity — without the capital expense and complicated systems integration of building and deploying a customized internal solution. It offers enterprises the flexibility to turn on, turn down virtual workspaces, and support use cases for a geographically dispersed workforce.
The platform consists of two distinct tiers: enterprise and service provider. Key to enabling DaaS is the fact that the Desktone Platform integrates all VDI functionality while separating the enterprise and service provider tiers. This allows enterprises to manage a virtual desktop environment supported by physical resources owned and maintained by a third-party, and that reside either at the enterprise or at a service provider. Enterprises realize the full benefits of the virtual desktop infrastructure, but don't incur the capital and labor expenses, learning curve, or risks associated with owning the physical resources. Service providers benefit from optimizing use of their data center assets while offering a new, highly scalable, multi-tenant, value-added service to customers.
Desktone provides the only Desktops as a Service® platform that offers a scalable utility grid architecture that can be deployed:
- by traditional service providers
- by next generation cloud providers
- by enterprises directly, on- or off-premises
- to serve corporate end-users via a global access fabric
- and operated using a common administrative framework
