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Quest® Partners with Desktone to Deliver
Desktops as a Service (DaaS)
Built on NetApp.
Sacramento, CA – Jan 31, 2012 — Global Service Provider Expands
Cloud Offerings with Affordable Virtual Desktops Accessible from Any Device.
Quest®, one of the nation’s leading technology management and consulting firms,
today announced it is partnering with Desktone, Inc., the pioneer of Desktops as
a Service (DaaS), to deliver cloud-hosted virtual desktops to the enterprise. By
leveraging Desktone’s multi-tenant DaaS platform and NetApp’s storage systems
and management expertise, Quest is able to deliver cost-effective, full-featured
virtual desktops to any device on-demand.
Quest provides business technology consulting and solutions to enterprises
ranging from SMBs to Fortune 500 companies and is a NetApp Service Provider
Partner. Quest’s Cloud Services provide end users with affordable, efficient IT
infrastructure and managed services solutions. Through the partnership with
Desktone and NetApp, Quest will add turnkey virtual desktops and server
capabilities, meeting customer demand for desktop security, support,
availability and performance on a variety of end user devices. Announced in
August 2011, the collaboration between Desktone and NetApp makes it easy for
service providers like Quest to offer complete virtual desktops in a truly
scalable cloud environment.
“With the rise in workforce mobility, we’re seeing demand from our customers for
technology solutions that support all types of devices, from smartphones and
tablets to MacBooks and PCs,” said Tim Burke, CEO, Quest. “We evaluated
traditional virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) vendors but realized they are
missing many of the features required by service providers. With Desktone’s DaaS
expertise and NetApp’s extensive storage technologies we’re able to quickly
provide our customers with flexible, secure virtual desktops whenever and
wherever they are needed.”
“Windows 7 migrations, more remote workers and need for mobile support are
putting increased management burdens on IT professionals,” said Peter McKay,
CEO, Desktone. “Service providers are looking for a complete desktop ‘as a
service’ solution for their customers and are finding that shared desktop
technologies and traditional VDI can’t provide the flexibility, performance or
ROI they require. These technologies, which were built for on-premise
deployments, cannot be moved to a cloud service delivery model. We’re extremely
pleased that such a prominent IT outsourcing provider chose Desktone to deliver
DaaS.”
The Desktone DaaS platform is the industry’s only multi-tenant virtual desktop
platform, with tiered role separation and flexibility built in to easily scale
with end user needs. DaaS makes it simple to provision desktops for any device
in just minutes, easing IT management burdens and reducing the total cost of
desktop ownership while ensuring superior end user performance.
“Moving workloads and IT functions to the cloud can provide businesses with
significant business agility and cost-savings benefits,” said Julie Parrish,
senior vice president, Worldwide Partner Sales, NetApp. “NetApp has worked
closely with Desktone and Quest so that customers leveraging their DaaS offering
can take advantage of the secure multi-tenancy, integrated data protection and
storage efficiency capabilities unique to NetApp to achieve greater flexibility
and efficiency. Today’s announcement represents another example of how NetApp is
working closely with innovative service providers such as Quest and Desktone to
help customers achieve greater agility and reach new levels of business
success.”
Quest’s DaaS offering will be available beginning in February 2012. For more
information, please visit
http://www.questsys.com/.
To learn more about the solution, attend the free webinar, “The Cloud: A New
Alternative to Desktop Virtualization” on March 1 at 2pm ET.
Click here to register for the webinar.
About Quest™
About Quest® Since 1982, Quest has been a trusted technology management company
delivering successful solutions for our clients from Fortune 50-5000 small and
medium-sized clients. Quest is one of North America’s top 500 Value Added
Resellers (VARBusiness Magazine, CRN Tech Elite 250) whose core competency is
helping businesses select, acquire and manage their technology needs.
Quest offers leading technology products and Professional Cloud and Managed
Services which include security, wireless, data backup, disaster recovery,
business continuity, system performance, telecommunications & transport,
Application Development, VoIP, IP Video Surveillance, and technical staffing;
either on-site or from its secure nationwide service delivery centers. Quest can
power and provision technology solutions for an entire enterprise through
QuestFlex®, a unique Quest program allowing companies to "Invest in the
capability, not in the product™".
Quest® and QuestFlex® are registered trademarks of Quest Media & Supplies, Inc.
About Desktone
Desktone is changing the way people buy and manage desktops. Desktone pioneered
the concept of cloud-hosted Desktops as a Service (DaaS), the easiest and most
affordable way to deploy hosted virtual desktops. The Desktone Cloud, Desktone’s
DaaS offering, provides all of the benefits of virtualized desktops without any
of the hassles. By delivering virtual desktops in the cloud, Desktone enables
enterprises to rapidly provision desktops to users connected on any device,
anywhere, without the upfront costs and complexity of traditional desktop
virtualization – transforming desktops from a CAPEX to OPEX item. Founded in
2007, Desktone is funded by Highland Capital and Softbank and is headquartered
in Boston, MA. For more information, visit
www.desktone.com.
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trademarks of NetApp, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. The use
of the word “partner” or “partnership” does not imply a legal partnership
between NetApp and any other company.
