Desktops as a Service

IBM annouces GA of DaaS offering in Europe

Jeff Fisher — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 01:39:37 +0000

From Ovum's Straight Talk service:

IBM has announced general availability of its Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS) offering in Europe. DaaS delivers virtual desktop images to end-user desktops as a subscription service. Target markets are financial services, education and businesses with multiple distributed branch offices. DaaS suits customers that want to minimise the cost and disruption of managing desktops, but fares less well where compliance and service levels are of paramount importance to enterprise or public sector customers.

Find the full article here.

DaaS Storage Integration

Jeff Fisher — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:42:58 +0000

Yesterday, Desktone and NetApp issued a joint press release highlighting the integration of Desktone’s Virtual-D platform with NetApp’s ONTAP operating system. You can find the release on the Desktone site here and on the NetApp site here.

DaaS Momentum Builds in Europe

Jeff Fisher — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:17:03 +0000

Last week, Desktone announced its partnership with CloudGroup BV to build a network of world-class European desktops as a service^® providers. You can read more here.

IBM announces DaaS offering

Jeff Fisher — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:36:01 +0000

For those of you who missed it, IBM annouced their DaaS offering, dubbed IBM Smart Business Desktop Cloud on the IBM Cloud, yesterday at VMworld. You can find the official release here.

First DaaS Provider in Europe

Jeff Fisher — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:44:38 +0000

Desktone recently announced its expansion into Europe with its first DaaS provider in the region - SCC (part of the SCH Group). You can find the release here.

DaaS Podcast

Jeff Fisher — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:51:07 +0000

I recently recorded a podcast with Doug Brown of DABCC. You can find it here.

New DaaS Provider in Japan

Jeff Fisher — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:11:24 +0000

Today Desktone announced a new DaaS provider in Japan - Marubeni Corporation. You can find the release here.

DaaS Registered Trademarks and Platform Enhancements

Jeff Fisher — Tue, 26 May 2009 15:03:32 +0000

Today we announced that Desktone has secured the registered trademarks for both "desktops as a service" and "DaaS". You can find the release here. In addition, we have formally announced the latest release of the Virtual-D platform and some of its key new capabilities. That release is here.

DaaS Customer Video

Jeff Fisher — Tue, 19 May 2009 01:23:07 +0000

IBM has produced a great video about the success Pike County Schools in Kentucky has had with DaaS. You can watch it here.

Cloud Slam Session Recording

Jeff Fisher — Tue, 19 May 2009 01:10:58 +0000

I wanted to let you know that the recording of my Cloud Slam '09 session entitled, "Cloud-hosted Desktops: The Smart, Low-Risk Way to Enter the Cloud" has been posted online. You can view it here. Enjoy!