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Friday 21 November 2008, 4:19 AM
Open Virtual Desktop
Got a note from Gael duval, founder of Mandrake-Mandriva concerning a new service.
"We are pleased to announce the release of a new and 100% Open Source Ulteo product: "Open Virtual Desktop"!
Aimed at being installed on a server on the local network, the Open
Virtual Desktop can deliver applications - Linux apps for now, Windows
apps early 2009 - to users who are connected to the same network,
assuming that they can use a compatible web browser such as Firefox or
Internet Explorer. As a result, it doesn't require any prior installation of a client software on the client desktops.
In some way, the "Open Virtual Desktop" ("OVD"), is the installable
and free version of our "Online Desktop" which runs for 12 months on
Internet, and has delivered more than 140,000 user sessions.
Additionally, our solution offers a comprehensive administration
console, and can be linked easily with an Active Directory or a LDAP
user directory. It can use CIFS fileservers (Windows or Samba), so
that users can immediatly access their documents from the applications
they are running on the OVD.
The Open Virtual Desktop is the result of several months of work for
our engineering team, and has been designed with the help of a desktop
virtualization expert.
Learn more and install the product from our website:
http://www.ulteo.com
Feel free to spread the good news!
Gaël Duval & all the Ulteo Team.
I am signed up with ulteo.com and must say it is so nice to use online software and leave it there, plus storing data on someone else's server.
Mr. Duval may be a bit ahead of the times with his site, but I think it has great potential.
"We are pleased to announce the release of a new and 100% Open Source Ulteo product: "Open Virtual Desktop"!
Aimed at being installed on a server on the local network, the Open
Virtual Desktop can deliver applications - Linux apps for now, Windows
apps early 2009 - to users who are connected to the same network,
assuming that they can use a compatible web browser such as Firefox or
Internet Explorer. As a result, it doesn't require any prior installation of a client software on the client desktops.
In some way, the "Open Virtual Desktop" ("OVD"), is the installable
and free version of our "Online Desktop" which runs for 12 months on
Internet, and has delivered more than 140,000 user sessions.
Additionally, our solution offers a comprehensive administration
console, and can be linked easily with an Active Directory or a LDAP
user directory. It can use CIFS fileservers (Windows or Samba), so
that users can immediatly access their documents from the applications
they are running on the OVD.
The Open Virtual Desktop is the result of several months of work for
our engineering team, and has been designed with the help of a desktop
virtualization expert.
Learn more and install the product from our website:
http://www.ulteo.com
Feel free to spread the good news!
Gaël Duval & all the Ulteo Team.
I am signed up with ulteo.com and must say it is so nice to use online software and leave it there, plus storing data on someone else's server.
Mr. Duval may be a bit ahead of the times with his site, but I think it has great potential.
