Its been crazy busy, so I haven't had time to blog in several weeks!  Good things are happening! 

Gartner picked Kaviza as a Cool Vendor in Client Computing for 2010.  Yes!!

From our briefings with Mark, it is clear that Gartner understands the need for a simple, affordable virtual desktop solution that can be deployed within desktop refresh budgets by desktop IT.  Apparently they get a huge amount of calls on desktop virtualization, and cost and complexity are two key issues customers bring up.

This is consistent with our experience.  Simple, quick, affordable, open, flexible - these are the primary points we strive for.

Speaking of which, another company that is doing interesting things around making IT efficient, easy-to-procure, and easy-to-manage is Matrix42, who is leading the charge with "IT-Commerce". They are a strong market leader in Germany and are growing operations worldwide.  We announced yesterday that we have entered into a partnership with Matrix42.  They will co-brand and resell Kaviza VDI-in-a-box as the preferred virtual desktop solution that users can procure from their IT Service Catalog.  This is very exciting, and we look forward to a strong collaboration with Matrix42. Checkout the Kaviza microsite on their site.

We are heads-down preparing for the Citrix Synergy show May 11-14th in San Francisco, CA, more on that in the next post!

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