Ulteo unveils first corporate Open Source virtual desktop infrastructure system

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**Ulteo unveils the first Open Source virtual desktop, providing

businesses with quicker, cheaper deployment and easier applications

management**

 

November 19th 2008 - Following its commitment to desktop

virtualization solutions, Ulteo, an Open Virtual Desktop

Infrastructure company, announced today that they were releasing the

first installable version of their Open Virtual Desktop solution for

enterprises. Delivering faster deployment times and ease of management

for the IT department, this first release can be integrated easily

into an existing professional Linux or Windows IT environment. The

solution can be up and running in a few minutes, delivering rich

desktop applications to corporate users.

 

Virtual desktops help reduce end user desktop TCO, but businesses can

go much further with the open source Ulteo Open Virtual Desktop

Solution:

 

Ulteo enters the corporate market as a pure Open Source player, and

leverages the experience it acquired during the past two years with

virtualization products & services that were previously offered on

their own servers.

 

The Ulteo Open Virtual Desktop is a great solution for corporations

who want to reduce the Total Costs of Ownership of the end user

desktop, a cost that cripples IT budgets. Moreover, the Ulteo open

source business model remove the typical upfront licence fee and

replace it with a much more affordable subscription support plan

instead. “With Ulteo businesses save money even in the first year of

virtual desktops deployment and that counts in the current economic

environment†says Thierry Koehrlen, CEO and co-founder of the

company.

 

The Ulteo solution also helps IT departments to increase the end

users systems uptime and mobility and therefore their productivity:

 

“This first version of the Ulteo Open Virtual Desktop is great for

all the companies who are seeking to leverage open source applications

and Linux within a Linux or a Windows environment. And in February

2009, Windows applications will be available too, integrated into a

unified interface" Koehrlen advises.

 

Ulteo makes virtual desktops easier for the IT department:

 

Ulteo's solution has been designed with a radical approach: in

particular, no installation is needed on the Desktop client, and

nothing has to be replaced or modified in the existing infrastructure.

 

IT administrators appreciate the simplified quick installation,

configuration and deployment process of the Ulteo virtual desktops.

They also appreciate the value of accessing to the code so that the

solution can be customized to fit even better their specific needs.

 

Advanced features include a full administration console, desktop

sharing, application server replication and many others.

 

The Ulteo Open Virtual Desktop is ready for business:

 

The product has already served more than 140,000 desktop sessions

over the last few months and has been tested through external Proof of

Concepts with some early adopters’ organisations. “So we are very

excited to share it now with the rest of the world and to expand the

community of users and developers around it†reports Gael Duval, CTO

and co-founder of Ulteo.

 

Ulteo Open Virtual Desktop is Open-Source and IT departments have the

choice to either use the free version with community support, or

benefit from commercial licensing terms that offers extended support

to organizations wishing to enter a commercial and privileged

relationship with Ulteo.

 

For more information please go to

 

http://www.ulteo.com

 

Media enquiries:

 

Please contact press at ulteo dot com

 

About Ulteo:

Ulteo is and Open Source Enterprise Virtual Desktop and Application

Delivery Solution co-founded by veteran open source entrepreneurs

Gaël Duval (founder of Mandrake Linux, a popular Linux distribution)

and Thierry Koehrlen (co-founder of Intalio, the leading Open Source

BPMS). http://www.ulteo.com

 

 

 

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