Ulteo Expands Open Virtual Desktop; Brings Linux and Windows Apps to the Same Desktop

by Kristin Shoemaker - Apr. 23, 2009Comments (0)

In November, I wrote about Ulteo's Open Virtual Desktop, an open source desktop delivery utility. Simply described, the Ulteo Open Virtual Desktop (OVD) is a browser-based operating system and applications suite that is controlled and configured, ideally, by your organization's systems administrators. This makes managing, working, and collaborating from remote locations possible so long as there is a computer nearby with a Java-enabled browser and internet connection.

This week, Ulteo announced some major updates to its OVD, including the ability to deliver Linux and Windows applications (or a mix of both), Active Directory and LDAP authentication capabilities, several file server options, and collaboration support.

The Ulteo OVD is licensed under the GPL v2 and incorporates, by default, a number of familiar open source applications, including OpenOffice, Firefox, Thunderbird and Pidgin.

Ulteo probably isn't the most familiar name in the open source world, but its founders' names might ring some bells. Gael Duval, one of the minds behind Mandrake Linux, and Thierry Koehrlen, a co-founder of the open source business process platform Intalio, are at the helm of the growing organization. In addition to the free and open OVD platform, Ulteo offers paid support, classes, and partnership opportunities.


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