RingCube Enhances Desktop Virtualization Approach

The RingCube approach to virtualization, called vDesk, captures each user’s environment in what the company describes as a digital container. Each of these containers is then stored in a server where the user can access it fom any device. This approach means that vDesk containers run at 99 percent of native PC performance, giving IT organizations an approach to make desktop virtualization live up to users' expectations, said Doug Dooley, vice president of product management and marketing.

Eliminating the need for hypervisors, according to Dooley, vDesk also reduces much of the back-end expense associated with deploying virtual desktop infrastructure.

The latest of version vDesk s being launched at the VMworld 2010 conference adds support for pre-authentication host checking, improvements to the mobile synchronization services of vDesk, including compression that can improve performance by 40 to 60 percent, support for encryption and enhancement to the tools for deploying vDesk.

According to Dooley, many of these enhancements leverage the virtualization capabilities provided by Intel vPro-compatible processors.

vDesk starts at $250 per user.