FreeDesk.com Signs Major Contract for Tarantella Web-Enabling Software And Professional Services
SANTA CRUZ, Calif., June 21 /PRNewswire/ -- The Tarantella Division, an independent business unit of The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOC), today announced that FreeDesk.com has chosen Tarantella software to replace Citrix MetaFrame as the key technology to centrally manage and deliver applications via the web. FreeDesk.com is switching to Tarantella to get better application performance over the web.
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"The world is moving to web-delivery of software," said Joe Caldwell, CEO at FreeDesk.com. "It's the wave of the future, and Tarantella is exactly what we need to remain competitive and stay ahead in this market. In order to provide the best application performance, speed is crucial, and in our testing we found that Tarantella delivered the highest level of performance."
As an Application Service Provider (ASP), FreeDesk.com provides free and subscription-based access to office applications over the Internet, allowing users to instantly use applications from anywhere in the world. With their exclusive PC Share, which instantly networks any number of PCs over the Internet, FreeDesk.com enhances the value of web-delivered software by allowing users to access and work with files on any Internet-connected PC. FreeDesk.com is looking to bring the combination of applications delivered via Tarantella and files delivered via PC Share to other environments, such as major web portals that can expand their service offering and provide additional value to their users.
"We're pleased that FreeDesk.com is joining the growing list of ASPs who are using Tarantella as a key enabling technology to run their business," said Wayne Bergland, vice president, Tarantella Worldwide Strategic Alliances. "These organizations have found that Tarantella helps them quickly make applications available over the web, with the highest levels of performance."
About FreeDesk.com
FreeDesk.com is an Internet Application Service Provider (ASP) that provides web-based office suite software applications and instant PC networking on a free and subscription basis to businesses, consumers, ISPs and major portals. The company is privately held.
About Tarantella
The Tarantella Division is an independent business unit of The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc., which provides enabling technologies connecting clients, server-based applications, and networks. The Tarantella product line includes Tarantella Enterprise II for large companies and organizations, Tarantella Express for workgroup and departmental environments, and Tarantella ASP Edition for Application Service Providers. Tarantella products provide access to Windows, mainframe, Linux and UNIX applications, are available today for all popular RISC and Intel processor-based UNIX servers, and will be available this quarter on selected Linux servers. For more information, see www.tarantella.com. |
