A new cloud-based Desktop as a Service is being offered for educational institutions by Sun and Ashbourne Technology Group. The multi-platform service provides a virtual desktop experience for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and Solaris to most client devices, including Sun Ray thin clients and other platforms with Java-based browsers.

"Our new offering delivers the benefits of the emerging cloud computing model to the school desktop, providing huge savings for cash-strapped school systems," said Joe Hartley, vice president of Government, Education and Healthcare Sales, Sun.

Sun's Desktop as a Service is optimized for the needs of K-12 schools and community colleges. The hosted desktop is a cost effective way to rapidly deploy desktop computer systems anywhere at anytime via the Internet.

"This is a full-function solution with no compromises to what students, teachers and administrators are used to today," Hartley continued. "With this new offering, they can easily and quickly access a common and familiar desktop environment on thin clients via the Internet -- in the classroom, library, at home or virtually anywhere - without the management and maintenance costs and hassles of OS upgrades, security patches, bug fixes or storage backups. Those services are built into our low subscription price."

In select cases, the Desktop as a Service can be purchased by leveraging American Recovery and Reinvestment or eRate program funds. It is available for as little as $1 (USD) per day per concurrent user.

"Schools can escape from the desktop replacement cycle saving thousands of dollars per year while providing better access to need-to-know information. Plus, there are benefits to preserving the equipment you already have and keeping the familiar desktop environment, but now delivering it anytime and to anywhere," said Ivan Segal, CEO from Ashbourne Technology Group, a Sun partner and service provider. "The Sun Desktop as a Service solution makes a lot of sense from a business and manageability standpoint."

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