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IBM launches Virtual Linux Desktop

IBM is collaborating with Virtual Bridges and Canonical to offer a new Linux-based virtual desktop solution.

This package has totally bypassed the need to use Microsoft applications.

They are showcasing it as an alternative to Windows operating system.

The package runs applications like web browsers, word processors, spreadsheets from a virtual desktop login on a Linux-based server configuration.

Jeff Smith, vice president of open source and Linux middleware for IBM spoke about this new product offering: “The solution is a virtual desktop that includes a collection of collaboration software from IBM’s Lotus organization. You get all the collaboration capability you would need for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations and text; unified communications, things that allow you to connect voice, video and text oriented-collaboration; social networking things like blogs and wikis and, of course, tried and true things like e-mail, group calendaring and all that stuff.”

The Virtual Linux Desktop solution is available in price from $59 to $289 per user . The price depends upon the level of software and service desired by the user.

Checkout: IBM VLD