Endeavors Technologies, the pioneer of application virtualization and the inventor of application streaming, announced today that Silicon Valley veteran Osman Kent joined the company as an investing Chairman. The announcement was made at BriForum, the premier desktop and application virtualization event geared toward technologists held June 15-17, 2010 at the Chicago Hilton.

“It’s a real coup to have Osman join our company,” said Paul Hacker, Chief Executive Officer of Endeavors. “Osman is a rare blend of technologist, visionary, and entrepreneur, and has preeminence in complex embedded and extreme computing technologies. I am certain he’ll add significant value to our company at this time of our international scale-up and as a burgeoning market is rushing towards us.”

“For the last fifteen years, Endeavors has led the nascent application virtualization industry through its innovative thinking as a pioneer,” said Kent. “The Application Jukebox™ product is not only positioned well in the market, but can also provide our customers with competitive advantages that no one else is able to provide. I’m excited to be on board to help Endeavors monetize and capitalize on their superior intellectual property and technology just as the market is entering a period of rapid growth.”

Osman Kent is a serial technology and media entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and CEO of 3Dlabs – at one time an almost $1B NASDAQ company which enabled 3D graphics on the PC. Kent is an advisor and non-executive director for a number of emerging technology and media companies and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in the UK. He has a First Class degree in Computer Science and Electronics Engineering from University of Birmingham (UK) and he is the inventor of numerous patents in the field of computing and graphics.