Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS) provider, IndependenceIT, today announced it has entered into a licensing agreement with Verio, an NTT Communications Company. The agreement will allow Verio to deliver DaaS offerings based on IndependenceIT Cloud Workspace Suite technology using Verio's IT service platform.
The Cloud Workspace Suite provides a full-featured Microsoft Windows desktop, and corporate file systems, from anywhere and on any device. The technology includes a Web-based management system that unifies all user systems management tasks into a "single pane of glass." The platform supports more than 600 business applications, enabled on-demand from within the interface.
"We're excited about our partnership with Verio and to serve as the foundation for service-enabled applications to support their growing customer base," said Seth Bostock, CEO for IndependenceIT. "Like us, Verio is strategically focused on delivering business solutions to SMBs, and this new offering will make access to mission critical applications easier to acquire, provision and manage than ever before."
According to Robert P. Mahowald, Program Vice President for IDC's SaaS and Cloud Services Research Practice, "Figuring out how to find and capitalize on the enormous cloud services transformation is the number one strategic goal of all major IT product vendors. SaaS, and broader public cloud opportunities, represents both a tremendous challenge to meet change head-on and a huge opportunity to realign with partners, create new capabilities, move into new markets and define new leaders."
"IndependenceIT's Cloud Workspace provides a powerful and extensible Desktop-as-a-service platform for delivery of applications and full-featured desktop solutions," said Hideyuki Yamasawa, President and Chief Executive Officer, Verio. "Cloud Workspace's API will allow us to deliver strategic business solutions as a service, seamlessly integrated with our advanced management system and existing service portfolio."
