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Unidesk announces CacheCloud patent filing

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Last April, we announced our first patent filing on Unidesk Composite Virtualization^TM technology - our unique method of separating desktops into discrete layers (we call them containers) that can be independently provisioned, patched, and dynamically recomposed. By combining the freshest operating system and application layers controlled by IT with each user's own applications, profile settings, and data (personalization layer), Composite Virtualization makes it possible to provision, patch, and manage thousands of VDI desktops with the simplicity of one, economize on storage, and still give every user a truly personal desktop experience that persists through any changes to a Windows base image or an IT-created application layer.

But Composite Virtualization didn't answer the questions of where these layers (containers) come from, how they're stored, or how they're moved around the network. It also didn't answer the question of how Unidesk would support the off-line use case, and make thick clients as easy to manage as VDI.

Today, we answered those questions with the announcement of our CacheCloud^TM patent filing. CacheCloud is a network of virtual appliances that delivers images across an enterprise network to multiple VDI server farms, thick client PCs, and even occasionally connected laptops, so that Composite Virtualization can do its on-demand layer composition magic. Chris Midgley explains more in the video that accompanied our press release.

CacheCloud and Composite Virtualization will be coming soon in a Unidesk virtual desktop management solution near you. We look forward to sharing more details and videos with you as we continue down the path to Unidesk product availability.

-Tom Rose
Unidesk CMO