Ardence
Encyclopedia
Ardence, a Citrix Company, is a technology company headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts
with representatives in Washington, D.C.
; Virginia Beach, VA; Chicago, IL
; Denton, TX; and Europe, Middle East, Africa and India.
On December 20, 2006, Citrix Systems
Inc. announced an agreement to acquire Ardence.
Ardence is a software company that develops a Software-Streaming solution and an Embedded OEM Development Platform.
The enterprise Software-Streaming solution delivers Microsoft Windows
, SUSE Linux, Red Hat Linux
and Turbolinux
operating systems along with all their applications on demand from networked storage. Using Ardence's software-streaming technology, any x86-based computer - desktop
, server, or device
- can be provisioned, or re-provisioned from bare metal to production in minutes.
The core technology behind the software streaming solution is a device driver for the desired operating system that mounts the desired virtual disk over a custom UDP protocol. Basically, computers are configured to netboot a kernel that contains this device driver.
In 2006, Ardence won the CRN Best In Show Award at IBM PartnerWorld.
Ardence, Inc. changed its name from VenturCom in 2004.
On December 20, 2006, Citrix Systems
Inc. announced an agreement to acquire Ardence.
Waltham, Massachusetts
Waltham is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, was an early center for the labor movement, and major contributor to the American Industrial Revolution. The original home of the Boston Manufacturing Company, the city was a prototype for 19th century industrial city planning,...
with representatives in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
; Virginia Beach, VA; Chicago, IL
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
; Denton, TX; and Europe, Middle East, Africa and India.
On December 20, 2006, Citrix Systems
Citrix Systems
Citrix Systems, Inc. is a multinational corporation founded in 1989, that provides server and desktop virtualization, networking, software-as-a-service , and cloud computing technologies, including Xen open source products....
Inc. announced an agreement to acquire Ardence.
Ardence is a software company that develops a Software-Streaming solution and an Embedded OEM Development Platform.
The enterprise Software-Streaming solution delivers Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
, SUSE Linux, Red Hat Linux
Red Hat Linux
Red Hat Linux, assembled by the company Red Hat, was a popular Linux based operating system until its discontinuation in 2004.Red Hat Linux 1.0 was released on November 3, 1994...
and Turbolinux
Turbolinux
-Linux distribution:The Turbolinux distribution was created as a rebranded Red Hat distribution by Pacific HiTech employee Scott Stone. Scott was the lead release engineer through version 3.6....
operating systems along with all their applications on demand from networked storage. Using Ardence's software-streaming technology, any x86-based computer - desktop
Desktop computer
A desktop computer is a personal computer in a form intended for regular use at a single location, as opposed to a mobile laptop or portable computer. Early desktop computers are designed to lay flat on the desk, while modern towers stand upright...
, server, or device
Information appliance
In general terms, an information appliance or information device is any machine or device that is usable for the purposes of computing, telecommunicating, reproducing, and presenting encoded information in myriad forms and applications....
- can be provisioned, or re-provisioned from bare metal to production in minutes.
The core technology behind the software streaming solution is a device driver for the desired operating system that mounts the desired virtual disk over a custom UDP protocol. Basically, computers are configured to netboot a kernel that contains this device driver.
Awards
In 2005, Ardence won the ComputerWorld Horizon Award.In 2006, Ardence won the CRN Best In Show Award at IBM PartnerWorld.
History
VenturCom, founded in 1980.Ardence, Inc. changed its name from VenturCom in 2004.
On December 20, 2006, Citrix Systems
Citrix Systems
Citrix Systems, Inc. is a multinational corporation founded in 1989, that provides server and desktop virtualization, networking, software-as-a-service , and cloud computing technologies, including Xen open source products....
Inc. announced an agreement to acquire Ardence.
External links
- Official website
- Success Profiles - Software Streaming Platform
- Success Profiles - Embedded Solutions
- Research report on Ardence by infoworld
- Software-Streaming in Education
- Computer World Article on Software-Streaming
- Official Ardence Support
Competing products
- iRMX by TenAsys
- www.neoware.com — NeowareNeowareNeoware was a company that manufactured and marketed a type of computer hardware called thin clients.It also developed and marketed enterprise software, thin client appliances, and related services aimed at reducing the TCO of IT infrastructure....
Image Manager - www.vhdsoft.com — Xtreaming Technology Inc Virtual Hard Disk system
- LinMin Bare Metal Provisioning by LinMin Corp.