Linux, Windows or both? Doesn’t matter to virtual desktop vendor Ulteo
Ulteo is poised to offer commercial support for its free virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) software, which the open-source start-up says will cost companies a fraction of established offerings from Citrix Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp. and VMware Inc., while offering, in some cases, more choice in platforms.
The Paris-based company has already released a second version of its Open Virtual Desktop software, which lets companies host Windows and Linux apps on the same server and then stream them to remote desktop or laptop PCs.
The software has been downloaded by tens of thousands of users, mostly IT managers who have been testing OVD as a less expensive, more flexible substitute for Microsoft’s Terminal Services or Citrix’s XenApp (formerly MetaFrame Server), according to CEO Thierry Koehrlen.
Neither the Microsoft nor the Citrix product can deliver Linux apps, according to Koehrlen. VMware’s technology, like Ulteo’s, can support either Windows or Linux, he said.
Dual operating system support is something cost-conscious IT managers are seeking, Koehrlen said, since it enables them to reserve the pricier Windows for power users and then offer Linux to the rest.
“We have several dozen users who are using OVD today to manage several hundred users each in production and are itching to go into the thousands,” Koehrlen said in a phone interview.
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