A few packages are available that let companies manage the life cycles of their systems virtually, though the major one, from VMware (NYSE: VMW), still requires manual downloading of updates. Enter the MokaFive Virtual Desktop Solution, which automates life cycle management for virtual machines and automatically compresses files to reduce network overhead. MokaFive unveils this […]
A few packages are available that let companies manage the life cycles of their systems virtually, though the major one, from VMware (NYSE: VMW), still requires manual downloading of updates.
Enter the MokaFive Virtual Desktop Solution, which automates life cycle management for virtual machines and automatically compresses files to reduce network overhead.
MokaFive unveils this product as enterprises move into virtualization and realize they will need manage their life virtually as they do the physical world.
Its main benefit is ease of management. “MokaFive wants to simplify the image management of virtual desktops to manage life cycle and policy around local desktops,” IDC analyst Michael Rose told InternetNews.com.
The competition right now consists of VMware’s enterprise desktop management offering, VMware Ace; down the road Microsoft will come into play.
Microsoft acquired Kidaro in March for about $100 million; this product will let system administrators put together a package of applications, take a snapshot of that configuration and then load it onto the server, desktop or laptop, which is pretty much what MokaFive is doing.
Kidaro, however, won’t be available for some time yet; it’s being integrated with the Microsoft Desktop Virtualization Pack, which includes an application virtualization technology known as SoftGrid, and asset management tools that came from Microsoft’s acquisition of AssetMetrix.
Microsoft hasn’t discussed the timeline for integrating Kidaro with its Desktop Virtualization Pack.
The MokaFive Virtual Desktop Solution is based on a research project at Stanford University that was spun out in 2005.
It loads a virtual image of the desktop onto the user’s device, so every time a user starts up the operating system, a fresh copy of it is loaded onto the desktop.
“You get everything fresh, from your user data to settings to personal files to the OS,” MokaFive’s co-founder and chief technology officer, Dr. John Whaley, told InternetNews.com. “It’s like throwing away your computer and getting a new one every time you start up.”
Essentially, MokaFive takes the Virtual Machine Monitor (VMM) — the core virtual layer that separates the hardware from software — and builds intelligent services around it “so you can move the software from machine to machine, distribute it across the Internet or around the world,” Whaley said.
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