Virtual Computer
Encyclopedia
Virtual Computer is a venture
-backed software company in the Boston
area that produces desktop virtualization
products, which combine centralized management with local execution on a hypervisor running on PCs. Virtual Computer has developed a type-1 hypervisor
that runs directly on end-user PCs, delivering native PC performance and mobility. By running the workload on the PC, Virtual Computer enables companies to have centralized management without servers, storage, and networking required for server-hosted VDI
. The technology supports shared image management, enabling an IT professional to manage thousands of desktops and laptops the same way that they would manage one.
, Alex Vasilevsky, and the former co-founder and General Manager of Guardent, Dan McCall. The company was backed by investors including Highland Capital Partners and Flybridge Capital Partners.
, Flybridge Capital, and Citrix.
Virtual Computer's NxTop desktop virtualization solution is compatible with the previous three generations of Intel Core vPro processor family, including the Intel Core vPro
i3, i5, and i7 processors, as well as all platforms with Intel Virtualization Technology.
-based client hypervisor
to create a single platform for any combination of local desktops, remote VDI sessions, and server
- and cloud
-based applications. NxTop provides IT control of the end-point through advanced management capabilities in NxTop Center.
Virtual Computer’s core technologies include a managed client-hypervisor that runs on a bare-metal PC across a wide set of hardware platforms; a layering technology that pulls apart applications, profiles, and data so they can be managed independently; and a mechanism to tightly integrate a centralized management system with a type-1 managed hypervisor running on end-user PCs.
Venture
Venture may refer to:* VENTURE NOTC, the Canadian Naval Officer Training Centre based in CFB Esquimalt, British ColumbiaIn automobiles:* Chevrolet Venture, a General Motors Corporation minivan.* VentureOne, a concept car by Venture Vehicles...
-backed software company in the Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
area that produces desktop virtualization
Desktop virtualization
Desktop virtualization , as a concept, separates a personal computer desktop environment from a physical machine using the client–server model of computing....
products, which combine centralized management with local execution on a hypervisor running on PCs. Virtual Computer has developed a type-1 hypervisor
Hypervisor
In computing, a hypervisor, also called virtual machine manager , is one of many hardware virtualization techniques that allow multiple operating systems, termed guests, to run concurrently on a host computer. It is so named because it is conceptually one level higher than a supervisory program...
that runs directly on end-user PCs, delivering native PC performance and mobility. By running the workload on the PC, Virtual Computer enables companies to have centralized management without servers, storage, and networking required for server-hosted VDI
VDI
VDI may refer to:* VDI, a code for Vidalia Regional Airport* VDI , the virtual disk image file used in VirtualBox systems* Verein Deutscher Ingenieure, the Association of German Engineers* Virtual Desktop Infrastructure; see...
. The technology supports shared image management, enabling an IT professional to manage thousands of desktops and laptops the same way that they would manage one.
History
Virtual Computer was founded in November 2007 by the founder of Virtual IronVirtual Iron
Virtual Iron Software, was located in Lowell, Massachusetts, sold proprietary software for virtualization and management of a virtual infrastructure...
, Alex Vasilevsky, and the former co-founder and General Manager of Guardent, Dan McCall. The company was backed by investors including Highland Capital Partners and Flybridge Capital Partners.
Funding
Virtual Computer has received over $20 million in funding from Highland Capital PartnersHighland Capital Partners
Highland Capital Partners is a venture capital firm that focuses on investments in seed, early, and growth stage companies in the communications, consumer, digital media, healthcare, and information technology sectors. The firm's partners include: Peter Bell, Sean Dalton, Bob Davis, Richard de...
, Flybridge Capital, and Citrix.
Partnerships
In March 2011, Virtual Computer announced its collaboration with Lenovo to optimize Virtual Computer’s NxTop client virtualization and management solution on Lenovo's business-oriented systems. These include select models of Lenovo's ThinkCentre A and M series desktops and ThinkPad T and X series laptops.Virtual Computer's NxTop desktop virtualization solution is compatible with the previous three generations of Intel Core vPro processor family, including the Intel Core vPro
VPRO
The VPRO was established in the Netherlands in 1926 as a religious broadcasting organization. Falling under the Protestant pillar, it represented the Liberal Protestant current...
i3, i5, and i7 processors, as well as all platforms with Intel Virtualization Technology.
Product
Virtual Computer's product is the NxTop® Enterprise. It released the fourth version 4 of its client hypervisor, NxTop®4 Enterprise, in August 2011. NxTop combines a centralized management system with an enhanced XenXen
Xen is a virtual-machine monitor providing services that allow multiple computer operating systems to execute on the same computer hardware concurrently....
-based client hypervisor
Hypervisor
In computing, a hypervisor, also called virtual machine manager , is one of many hardware virtualization techniques that allow multiple operating systems, termed guests, to run concurrently on a host computer. It is so named because it is conceptually one level higher than a supervisory program...
to create a single platform for any combination of local desktops, remote VDI sessions, and server
Server (computing)
In the context of client-server architecture, a server is a computer program running to serve the requests of other programs, the "clients". Thus, the "server" performs some computational task on behalf of "clients"...
- and cloud
Cloud computing
Cloud computing is the delivery of computing as a service rather than a product, whereby shared resources, software, and information are provided to computers and other devices as a utility over a network ....
-based applications. NxTop provides IT control of the end-point through advanced management capabilities in NxTop Center.
Virtual Computer’s core technologies include a managed client-hypervisor that runs on a bare-metal PC across a wide set of hardware platforms; a layering technology that pulls apart applications, profiles, and data so they can be managed independently; and a mechanism to tightly integrate a centralized management system with a type-1 managed hypervisor running on end-user PCs.