Desktop Virtualization startup Wanova raised $13 million

noreply@blogspirit.com (ARPU~UP) — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 10:58:00 +0200

Desktop Virtualization startup Wanova has exited stealth mode and raised $13 million in a first round of funding from Greylock Partners, Carmel Ventures, and Opus Capital.

Wanova has also announced a new architecture called Distributed Desktop Virtualization (DDV), which support and protect desktops and laptops, particularly remote and mobile endpoints. The Wanova DDV solution centralizes the entire desktop contents in the data center for management and protection purposes while distributing the execution of desktop workloads to the endpoints for superior user experience.

“IT managers face significant challenges to increase control, ensure compliance and reduce the operational costs of their desktop infrastructure. At the same time, they are tasked with optimizing the end-user experience,” said Ilan Kessler, CEO and co-founder of Wanova. “Wanova redefines distributed desktop management, so IT has the control they need, and end-users have the productivity they want.”

Industry analysts have estimated that desktop virtualization is a multi-billion dollar market. Gartner forecasts that licenses for hosted virtual desktops, which numbered 300,000 in 2008, have the potential to grow to 50 million by 2013.

"We’ve been seeing a gradual shift towards worker mobility evidenced by the notebook sales beginning to surpass those of desktop PCs. At the same time that workers are becoming increasingly mobile and distributed, IT is being tasked with reducing costs and increasing control and compliance. Wanova’s new architecture is a holistic solution that addresses these challenges and can generate serious attention in distributed enterprises,” said Michael Rose, Research Analyst at IDC.

Wanova was founded in April 2008 by Kessler and Dr. Issy Ben-Shaul, the company CTO. Kessler was co-founder and CEO of Actona, which was acquired by Cisco in 2004. Ben-Shaul was the CTO of the Application Delivery Business Unit at Cisco.

Wanova is headquartered in San Jose California with a development center in Netanya, Israel. The company's solutions are currently in field testing with customers.

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Virtualization solutions provider ScaleMP received $8 million

noreply@blogspirit.com (ARPU~UP) — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:05:00 +0200

Virtualization solutions provider ScaleMP has received $8 million in new venture funding from its existing investors: Sequoia Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, TL Ventures, and ABS Ventures. This new round of funding brings the total raised to date to $26 million.

The ScaleMP technology allows a server to expand outside a single system boundary, addressing growing end-user requirements for large memory systems or systems with high-core count.

“ScaleMP is revolutionizing the high-end computing market by aggregating multiple industry-standard x86 servers into a single system,” said Barry Eggers, general partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners, and chairman of the board at ScaleMP. “During 2008, I expect the company to build upon its strong customer traction and market momentum, as well as the strategic partnerships that it has already established.”

Using software to replace custom hardware and components, ScaleMP offers virtualization solution for high-end computing environments. Founded by Shai Fultheim, the company CEO, ScaleMP headquartered in Cupertino, California and its R&D center located in Rosh Ha'ayin, Israel.

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Desktop Virtualization startup Wanova raised $13 million

Virtualization solutions provider ScaleMP received $8 million