Kidaro Inc., a leading provider of enterprise desktop virtualization solutions, today unveiled the Kidaro Desktop DR solution for rapid disaster recovery of employee desktop access. With the Kidaro Desktop DR solution, enterprises can maximize business continuity by distributing corporate-controlled virtual desktops on DVDs, USB drives, or over the Web. Kidaro's virtual desktop platform enables secure employee access to corporate resources and data from their home PCs or recovery center computers. Because the solution runs locally on existing desktop and laptop computers, without expensive server farms, Kidaro Desktop DR provides a cost-effective and secure method for recovery.
Most large enterprises have implemented disaster recovery plans for their mission-critical applications and data centers, but many of these programs fail to plan for rapid recovery of end user desktops, a critical link for insuring business continuity. Even in cases of successful data-center recovery, the need to rebuild and provision hundreds of desktop computers can result in days of additional downtime, cutting the business off from customers, suppliers, and partners.
In the recent Enterprise Management Associates brief - "Reducing Costs and Improving Security Using Local Desktop Virtualization" - EMA's Research Director Andi Mann says: "Desktop virtualization is a rapidly growing technology that can substantially increase flexibility and manageability in enterprise desktop environments." For desktop disaster recovery, "the secure, corporate-controlled desktop can be easily redeployed on almost any system - including home computers or recovery centers - allowing fast and cost-effective continuity for disasters, pandemics, or system failures."
With Kidaro, enterprises can:
- Implement a cost-effective disaster recovery plan for desktop continuity
- Get employees back to work quickly and securely, on any computer including home PCs
- Simply distribute software or USB drives, without deploying expensive server farms
"Many enterprises have 'checked the box' on disaster recovery for their data centers, but are risking extended downtime because there is no cost-effective solution for rapidly provisioning replacement PCs for employees," said Carl Wright, vice president of corporate strategy at Kidaro. "Kidaro changes the equation, providing a secure, simplified solution that leverages existing hardware instead of using brute force to duplicate existing capabilities."
Kidaro Desktop Virtualization Platform
Kidaro addresses the unique business challenges faced in desktop disaster recovery, eliminating most of the costly and labor-intensive aspects of offsite solutions and providing an easily implemented way for employees to work securely from their home PCs.
The Kidaro platform automates the provisioning of virtual desktops that can be rapidly deployed on alternate corporate PCs, employee home computers, or recovery center machines. With Kidaro, enterprises can pre-distribute virtual desktops on DVD, USB drives, or over the Web using Kidaro Trim Transfer® for efficient delivery, updating, and policy control of virtual machine (VM) images. Integrated encryption and leak prevention features insure that sensitive corporate data is protected. These virtual desktops can be used as an everyday remote computing platform, or can be installed on-demand for business continuity.
In addition, Kidaro supports disconnected use, which is critical for mobile laptops, or scenarios involving degradation of the telecommunications infrastructure. For a variety of disaster situations, including weather emergencies and pandemic flu, planning assumptions include extended disruptions to WAN connectivity. Providing disconnected access to virtual desktop resources insures that employees can access critical information regardless of network conditions.