Ardence
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| Type | Private |
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| Industry | Computer software |
| Founded | 1980 |
| Headquarters | Waltham, Massachusetts |
| Key people | Stephen M. Woodard, Vice President, Product Line Executive, OEM/Embedded Group |
| Employees | 104 (2006) |
| Website | www.ardence.com |
| 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, 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.[1] Basically, computers are configured to netboot a kernel that contains this device driver.
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[edit] Awards
In 2005, Ardence won the ComputerWorld Horizon Award.
In 2006, Ardence won the CRN Best In Show Award at IBM PartnerWorld.[2]
[edit] History
VenturCom, founded in 1980.[3]
Ardence, Inc. changed its name from VenturCom in 2004.
On December 20, 2006, Citrix Systems Inc. announced an agreement to acquire Ardence.[4]
[edit] Founders
- Marc H. Meyer
- Doug Mook
- Bill Spencer
- Myron Zimmerman
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Madden, Brian (2006). "Using Ardence Disk Streaming with Citrix Servers". http://www.brianmadden.com/content/article/Using-Ardence-Disk-Streaming-with-Citrix-Servers.
- ^ IBM PartnerWorld[dead link]
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ "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.
[edit] 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
[edit] Competing products
- iRMX by TenAsys
- www.neoware.com — Neoware Image Manager
- www.vhdsoft.com — Xtreaming Technology Inc Virtual Hard Disk system
- LinMin Bare Metal Provisioning by LinMin Corp.
