Thierry Koehrlen pinged us with the news that Ulteo is introducing its open source virtual desktop OVD 2.0. This new release delivers both Linux and/or Windows applications as complete virtual desktops and also via a web portal.
Thierry Koehrlen CEO & co-founder of Ulteo says . “Users can now log into their corporate portal and simply click a link to launch a remote Windows and/or Linux application, or they can click an icon to open a document with an associated remote application.”
Ulteo OVD 2.0 provides more implementation choices to IT departments
“OVD 2.0 is about providing more choices from an architecture perspective as well” adds Gaël Duval, Ulteo CTO and co-founder.
Users now can have shared directories, more supported databaes, single sign on, support for different Windows Server versions, etc. OVD also offers the choice on where to deploy their Virtual Desktop infrastructure For example, OVD can now run on Amazon’s EC2 cloud computing environment. This ability was made possible with the help of the Open Source community which allows us to deliver an impressive list of features much faster than on our own.”
Ulteo OVD: a flexible Open Source Virtual Desktop solution for public and private organizations of all sizes, and also for telco and cloud companies
Their full press release can be found here , and Ulteo, Open Virtual Desktop 2.0 can be downloaded from their main page
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