The lastest news from Desktone ©Desktone 2013 1440 iMarc flourish plugin fpORMRSS v1.0 en-US Sat, 18 May 2013 02:50:45 EDT Mon, 13 May 2013 12:00:00 EDT Desktone, Inc., the pioneer of Desktops as a Service (DaaS), today announced it has extended its cloud-hosted desktop platform with a new on-premises, cloud-managed virtual desktop solution. The new offering resides at the customer site and is managed remotely by a Cloud Provider, giving enterprises and SMBs the flexibility to choose the cloud model that best suits their business: public, private, or hybrid. Now, Desktone provides the ultimate flexibility by offering different desktop options, including Microsoft RDS, VDI, and Remote Apps, across public private and hybrid cloud environments—eliminating the barriers associated with traditional VDI deployments. /company/news/139-desktone_launches_industrys_only_desktop/view http://www.desktone.com/company/news/139-desktone_launches_industrys_only_desktop/view Mon, 13 May 2013 12:00:00 EDT Desktone, Inc., the pioneer of Desktops as a Service (DaaS), and GreenBytes, Inc., developer of IO-Offload solutions that optimize full-featured virtual desktop environments, today announced a strategic partnership to offer service providers an all-in-one on-premises solution. By combining the Desktone DaaS Platform with the GreenBytes vIO virtual storage appliance, the companies are making high-performance virtual desktop environments simple and affordable. /company/news/140-desktone_and_greenbytes_partner_to_deliver/view http://www.desktone.com/company/news/140-desktone_and_greenbytes_partner_to_deliver/view Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:00:00 EDT IT and network technologies provider NEC Corp. has placed a bet on desktops as a service (DaaS) by partnering with DaaS platform provider Desktone Inc. /company/news/138-recent_news_it_and_network_technologies_provider/view http://www.desktone.com/company/news/138-recent_news_it_and_network_technologies_provider/view Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:00:00 EDT NEC Corporation of America (NEC), a leading provider and integrator of advanced IT, communications, managed services and biometric solutions, today announced that it has joined with Desktone, Inc., the pioneer of Desktops as a Service (DaaS), to deliver cloud-hosted virtual desktops. By leveraging the Desktone Platform, the industry's only multi-tenant virtual desktop platform architected for service providers, NEC can deliver cost-effective, full-featured Windows desktops to any device, thus meeting enterprises' demands for BYOD and distributed and remote workforce support. /company/news/137-nec_launches_desktop_as_a_service_powered_by/view http://www.desktone.com/company/news/137-nec_launches_desktop_as_a_service_powered_by/view Tue, 09 Apr 2013 12:00:00 EDT Desktone, Inc., the pioneer of Desktops as a Service (DaaS), today announced it will join Nike, Inc. as a featured speaker at NaviCloud Expo, April 11 - 12, 2013 in Charlotte, N.C. The companies will explore how businesses are leveraging cloud-hosted virtual desktops to transform the way they operate in, “Enabling a Radically Different Organization through Technology.” /company/news/136-desktone_and_nike_explore_business_impact_of/view http://www.desktone.com/company/news/136-desktone_and_nike_explore_business_impact_of/view Wed, 27 Mar 2013 12:00:00 EDT To successfully turn an entrepreneurial endeavor into a stable business, leaders must leverage their networks to fill critical skills gaps as the business evolves. Move from starters to transformers to sustainers. Peter McKay, Desktone CEO, discusses the strategy needed to make the successful transition with George Brandt on Forbes.com /company/news/135-recent_news_desktone_ceo_peter_mckay_chats_with/view http://www.desktone.com/company/news/135-recent_news_desktone_ceo_peter_mckay_chats_with/view Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:00:00 EDT O4IT, a leading provider of cloud-based IT solutions in Latin America and South Florida, today announced it has partnered with Desktone, Inc., the pioneer of Desktop Infrastructure as a Service (DIaaS), to deliver cloud-hosted virtual desktops. /company/news/134-recent_news_o4it_selects_desktone_to_launch/view http://www.desktone.com/company/news/134-recent_news_o4it_selects_desktone_to_launch/view Fri, 15 Mar 2013 12:00:00 EDT Xtium will leverage the Desktone platform to provide full-featured virtual desktops in a production hosting and disaster recovery service offering, available to run on any device. Xtium will display the new solution at the Disaster Recovery Journal Spring World 2013 conference in Orlando, Fl., March 18-20. /company/news/133-recent_news_xtium_launches_desktop_as_a_service/view http://www.desktone.com/company/news/133-recent_news_xtium_launches_desktop_as_a_service/view Mon, 25 Feb 2013 12:00:00 EST .There has been a cacophony of noise recently about the difficulty or impossibility of offering Desktops as a Service (DaaS) to the market in a technically viable and cost-effective way given the challenges imposed by Microsoft. Fortunately, these sentiments and perceived ideas are wrong. Not only is it possible to offer DaaS successfully, but both Service Providers are moving on this opportunity and organizations are consuming it. In order to delve into this issue and understand it more fully we must first understand what a desktop is, how cloud hosted services are being offered, and the licensing requirements for various operating systems. Go to VMBlog.com to read Danny Allan CTO of Desktone's full article. /company/news/132-who_needs_microsoft_how_to_deliver_daas_today/view http://www.desktone.com/company/news/132-who_needs_microsoft_how_to_deliver_daas_today/view Wed, 30 Jan 2013 12:00:00 EST Desktone, Inc. announced today the cloud-hosted Desktone virtual desktop platform is interoperable with the Cisco Integrated Services Router Generation 2 (ISR G2) and UCS-E series server, delivering simple, cost-effective Windows desktops and applications as a cloud service to help SMBs, branch and remote offices meet demand for mobility and remote workforce support. /company/news/131-desktone_cloud-hosted_virtual_desktop_platform/view http://www.desktone.com/company/news/131-desktone_cloud-hosted_virtual_desktop_platform/view