More Desktop Virtualization Options

By Stephanie Jordan
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Another desktop virtualization company was launched recently, as Wanova, Inc. received $13 million in A-round funding from Greylock Partners, Carmel Ventures, and Opus Capital.

Industry analysts have estimated that desktop virtualization is a multi-billion dollar market. Gartner forecasts that licenses for hosted virtual desktops, which numbered 300,000 in 2008, have the potential to grow to 50M by 2013. According to Wanova, obstacles to broad adoption include network latency issues and that traditional desktop virtualization technologies have not addressed the problem posed by remote workers: Hosted virtual desktops still lack an acceptable end-user experience over the WAN and adequate offline support. The company says its new architecture is designed specifically to address the endpoint management challenges presented by distributed remote and mobile workers.

“IT managers face significant challenges to increase control, ensure compliance and reduce the operational costs of their desktop infrastructure. At the same time, they are tasked with optimizing the end-user experience,” says Ilan Kessler, CEO and co-founder of Wanova. “Wanova redefines distributed desktop management, so IT has the control they need, and end-users have the productivity they want.”

 

Published September 16, 2009