Comments on: Hosted Windows Desktops Meet Open Source

By: Maria Lorna A. Kunnath

Maria Lorna A. Kunnath — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 23:27:07 +0000

I am trying to find a way to install openoffice on my cloud server to be part of my packaged web solutions. Anyone know of how to do openoffice server install?

By: James

James — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 18:28:26 +0000

Microsoft is demonstrating Office Web in their booth at SMB Nation conference. I know it’s just a demo but I was impressed to see pivot tables and other Excel features running in Office Web

By: Victor

Victor — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:46:48 +0000

Frankie: We are also a small VAR. I believe the cloud (or hosted desktop) I will be selling is in my customers office. I can manage all those desktops and servers from my desktop. The cost of hardware is dropping so I can cheaply provide redundancies. The problem for hosted services, that is not mentioned enough, is the need for bandwidth. My customers are scanning in and moving around very large documents. If I have to increase my monthly cost for larger pipes, where am I saving money.
Just something to think about.
Larry Ellison went off on cloud computing in his Churchill Club interview last month. Which suprised me, but I believe his point was that the Internet is here and people are trying to market it as something new and different.
In the end, I think we are going to have a mixture of some applications being hosted on providers systems and other services will be hosted on the business’s own systems.

By: The VAR Guy

The VAR Guy — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:37:58 +0000

Ravi: Thanks for clarifying your affiliation with mindSHIFT, and for some of that hosting info with our readers. The VAR Guy greatly appreciates it.

By: Ravi Agarwal

Ravi Agarwal — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:11:34 +0000

In case it’s not 100% clear, I am a mindSHIFT employee.
(I thought the Website link was going to show in my original comment to make my relationship obvious)

By: Ravi Agarwal

Ravi Agarwal — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 03:24:24 +0000

We’re currently working on a Private Label program for VARs, MSPs, ISPs, and Hosters who can resell the new Hosted Desktop service – under their name and brand. This lets small businesses buy the service from their trusted IT vendor.

By: Frankie Says

Frankie Says — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:44:58 +0000

Curious to know if Mind Shift has gotten out of the PC business (selling/upgrades, etc.). Were they ever in it? The hosted Windows strategy sounds smart but what about the rest of us VARs who don’t have the $$$$ to build data centers to run applications like this?