Company:Ardence
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| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Computer software |
| Founded | 1980 |
| Headquarters | Waltham, Massachusetts |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Stephen M. Woodard, Vice President, Product Line Executive, OEM/Embedded Group |
Number of employees | 104 (2006) |
| Website | www.ardence.com |
| Footnotes / references Formerly: Ardence, Inc., VenturCom | |
Ardence, a Citrix Company, is a technology company headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts with representatives in Washington, D.C.; Virginia Beach, VA; Chicago ; Denton, TX; and Europe, Middle East, Africa and India . It develops a software-streaming product and an embedded OEM development platform.
On December 20, 2006, Citrix Systems Inc. announced an agreement to acquire Ardence.
The enterprise software-streaming product deploys Microsoft Windows, SUSE Linux, Red Hat Linux and Turbolinux operating systems, along with all their applications, on demand from networked storage. It allows any x86-based computer - desktop, server, or device - to be provisioned, or re-provisioned from bare metal.
The core technology behind the software streaming product is a device driver for the selected operating system, which mounts a virtual disk over a custom UDP protocol.[1] Basically, computers are configured to netboot a kernel that contains this device driver.
Awards
In 2005, Ardence won the ComputerWorld Horizon Award.[2]
In 2006, Ardence won the CRN Best In Show Award at IBM PartnerWorld.[3]
History
VenturCom was founded in 1980,[4] by Marc H. Meyer, Doug Mook, Bill Spencer and Myron Zimmerman. The company changed its name to Ardence in 2004.[5]
On December 20, 2006, Citrix Systems Inc. announced an agreement to acquire Ardence.[6]
See also
References
- ↑ Madden, Brian (2006). "Using Ardence Disk Streaming with Citrix Servers". http://www.brianmadden.com/content/article/Using-Ardence-Disk-Streaming-with-Citrix-Servers.
- ↑ ComputerWorld Horizon Award
- ↑ "CRN Best In Show Award". http://www.crn.com/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=JAD4H3EN2ZVW0QSNDBOCKH0CJUMEKJVN?articleID=181503782&queryText=ardence.
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ "VenturCom Changes Name to Ardence, Re-Locates to New Global Headquarters; New Software-Streaming Solutions Are Fueling Growth and Creating Additional Market Opportunities" (in en). 2005-01-31. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20050131005140/en/VenturCom-Changes-Name-to-Ardence-Re-Locates-to-New-Global-Headquarters-New-Software-Streaming-Solutions-Are-Fueling-Growth-and-Creating-Additional-Market-Opportunities.
- ↑ "Citrix Announces Agreement to Acquire Ardence Inc. Enabling On Demand Provisioning for Application Delivery". Associated Press. Dec 20, 2006. http://www.citrix.com/English/NE/news/news.asp?newsID=162572&ntref=hp_article_headlines_US.
External links
- Research report on Ardence by infoworld
- Software-Streaming in Education
- Computer World Article on Software-Streaming
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