Ex-XenSource CEO touts desktop virtualisation
Published: 28 Aug 2007 11:44 BST
Virtualisation start-up Pano Logic will launch a new offering to the desktop thin-client market.
Pano Logic was founded by Nick Gault, previously founding chief executive of XenSource. Whereas XenSource focused largely on servers, Pano Logic's emphasis is on desktop PCs.
Virtualisation enables a single computer to run multiple operating systems at the same time. Its proponents say it increases the efficiency of hardware use, eases management burdens and enables a more flexible computing infrastructure, in which software can be moved more easily from one machine to another to accommodate changing priorities and hardware failures.
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Virtualisation is an area that is attracting some investment at the present, as exhibited by Citrix's $500m (£248m) purchase of XenSource and VMware's initial public offering.
Pano Logic relies on software from VMware to carve a server into multiple partitions. Its hardware securely connects users' monitors, keyboards, mice, USB ports and audio system to the server over an Ethernet network.
The software can use either the free VMware Server or the more complicated VMware ESX Server.
The technology will be available in September.
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