Start-Ups Look To Disrupt Stodgy PC Management Space

by Mary Rose 28. July 2010 15:55

Viewfinity was mentioned in a Wall Street Journal article this week.  Below is an excerpt with a link to the full article.

Though there’s nuances to each product, most of the small companies in this sector are either providing a subscription service with a lower price tag and ability to incorporate mobile workers in the platform, or selling virtual desktop technologies that enable customers to get a better handle on management by storing all their desktops inside the data center.

Here’s a sampling of start-ups and small companies trying to change this sector:

Viewfinity Inc. is selling a subscription service geared towards smaller companies that don’t have the means to buy and run a traditional PC management suite. Since the service runs over the Internet, it easily pulls mobile workers under its umbrella- something that’s difficult from the traditional on-premise vendors to accomplish. Investors include Giza Venture Capital, JK&B Capital and Longworth Venture Partners.

Read the full article: http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2010/07/26/start-ups-look-to-disrupt-stodgy-pc-management-space/

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Cloud | Desktop Management | PC Life Cycle Management | SaaS | Systems Management | Viewfinity

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Viewfinity provides privilege management and application control for desktops, laptops and servers, empowering enterprises to meet compliance mandates, reduce security risks, and lower IT costs. Many enterprises are implementing least privileges to add a solid layer of defense for desktop environments, further protecting against malware and Advanced Persistent Threats. Viewfinity allows IT Administrators to create and enforce default-deny and elevated permission policies for endpoint access to applications and desktop functions by controlling user rights for desktops and mobile laptop/netbook users. For more information, visit www.viewfinity.com.

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