Desktop Virtualization Platform Overcomes Compromises

Wanova, a startup company based in Israel, claims to have solved these problems using a new desktop virtualization architecture that leverages caching, data deduplication and synchronization to deliver a desktop virtualization experience without any compromises.

Currently in beta and dubbed Mirage, the desktop virtualization environment from Wanova creates what the company calls Centralized Desktop Containers on the server. Each of these containers represents an individual user’s desktop, complete with all personalization, that can be streamed to any client device, said Issy Ben-Shaul, company co-founder and CTO.

On the backend, a Distributed Desktop Optimization service manages all the synchronizations and makes sure that the only changes in data as streamed back and forth across the network, as opposed to refreshing every desktop. According to Ben-Shaul, no block of data should have to move across the network more than once. Here's a diagram of the concept:

The DDO service tracks every desktop by taking snapshot of changes to data on each client that is stored in the DeskCache client. Mirage supports both Windows XP and Windows 7 clients.

In addition, Wanova includes management tools that not only manage the guest operating systems deployed on top of a virtual machine, but also the underlying physical server.