Desktone Selected as Featured Speaker at Cloud Slam `09

Explores Benefits of Cloud-hosted Virtual Desktop Model
CHELMSFORD, Mass.--(Business Wire)--
Desktone, Inc., provider of the first platform that enables hosted virtual
desktops as an outsourced subscription service, announced that it will be a
featured speaker at Cloud Slam `09, being held online via a virtual conference,
April 20-24, 2009.

Desktone`s senior director of strategic development, Jeff Fisher, will address
attendees on April 24 at 5pm ET during his session, "Cloud-hosted Desktops: The
Smart, Low-Risk Way to Enter the Cloud." He will explore why cloud-hosted
desktops are the logical starting point for enterprises entering the cloud and
how to adopt this model.

"When people talk about cloud computing in the enterprise, they are primarily
referring to IT virtualizing server workloads and moving them to the cloud.
However, there are considerable obstacles with this approach, the most
challenging of which is data security," said Fisher. "Consuming virtual desktops
as a service (DaaS) via the cloud is a much more compelling, low-risk/high
reward way to enter the cloud. It enables enterprises to keep their data secure
within their own infrastructure while reaping the cloud`s cost and flexibility
benefits. I`m pleased to address the concept of cloud-hosted desktops at this
important Cloud Slam event."

Desktone is a pioneer in cloud-hosted desktops. Its Virtual-D Platform, which is
uniquely designed along two tiers (enterprise and service provider), lets
enterprises maintain ownership and control over their Windows OS images,
applications and all relating licensing while outsourcing the physical data
center infrastructure powering their virtual desktops to service provider
partners, such as IBM. This dramatically reduces enterprise desktop TCO and
transforms virtual desktop infrastructure costs from CAPEX to OPEX.

Cloud Slam `09 is a premier, online cloud computing event, covering technology,
business models, industry experiences, research, development and innovations in
the world of cloud computing. For more information, visit www.cloudslam09.com.

About Desktone

Desktone, Inc. provides the industry`s first virtual desktop hosting platform,
enabling desktops to be delivered as an outsourced subscription service. The
Desktone Virtual-D Platform integrates all required technologies into a single,
automated, self-service platform. By enabling desktops as a service, Desktone
simplifies large-scale desktop provisioning and management, transforms virtual
desktop infrastructure costs from CAPEX to OPEX, provides greater protection of
physical resources and corporate information, and increases business agility-all
of which reduces desktop total cost of ownership. For more information, visit
www.desktone.com.

Press Contact for Desktone:
Bedsole & Company
Janice Bedsole, 781-789-6108
janice@bedsoleandcompany.com

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