SIMtone Announces Immediate Availability of its Universal Cloud Computing Platform Software Products for Download at www.SIMtone.net
Durham, NC (October 22, 2008) – SIMtone Corporation, a privately held company delivering the next cloud computing paradigm, today announced the immediate availability of its SIMtone Universal Cloud Computing downloadable software platform. Utilizing SIMtone’s end-to-end platform, organizations can “cloud-enable” existing infrastructures and create a multitude of new services such as virtual desktops, DaaS, SaaS and other Web applications that can be delivered across a broad range of devices.
The SIMtone’s cloud computing platform is comprised of three core components: the SIMtone Universal Service Provisioning Platform (SIMtone USP); SIMtone Virtual Service Platform (SIMtone VSP); and SIMtone Cloud Applications (SNAPs). All SIMtone operators and data center cloud computing products are offered with a number of free evaluation licenses that can be obtained at http://www.simtone.net/downloads.htm. SIMtone SNAP software terminals are free and downloadable at http://www.simtone.net/snap_download.htm. SIMtone-based cloud services can also be accessed from any Web browser by clicking “Access SIMtone” at http://www.SIMtone.net.
“With our downloadable software, organizations can quickly and easily orchestrate and pervasively deliver cloud computing services by leveraging their existing infrastructure and technology investments as well as radically simplifying migrations to virtualized environments,” explained Lorenzo Mejia, Senior Executive Vice President of Worldwide Field Operations at SIMtone Corporation. “Our carrier-grade Universal Cloud Computing platform is highly scalable and allows organizations to affordably deliver a wide range of cloud desktop and applications services to any Internet, LAN or WAN access point -- all accessible with a single user ID and without a computer.”
The SIMtone Universal Service Provisioning Platform (SIMtone USP) provides the equivalent of carrier-class signaling (a 'dial tone') for delivery of multiple, diverse cloud-hosted OS and application services to zero-touch user terminals. This is accomplished via a single SIMtone user ID that provisions, manages and delivers all types of value-added cloud computing services on-demand and on-the-fly anywhere and on any Web-enabled device. The SIMtone USP Operator product line includes several OAM expansion modules that enable “in-cloud” granular service profiling, billing, reporting and management. These modules are designed for both network operators and cloud service providers, service aggregation and branding management solutions. In addition, the modules offer multi-tiered, multi-cloud, self-service end-user support solutions that are all 100 percent network provisioned, without the need for end-point management.
The SIMtone Virtual Service Platform (SIMtone VSP) quickly and inexpensively transforms an enterprise or small/medium business application or desktop environment into a highly manageable cloud computing service, securely and ubiquitously accessible from any SIMtone Terminal. The SIMtone VSP provides a simple, inexpensive and flexible path towards virtualization, offering enterprises and small/medium businesses a smooth, continuous and failback-safe migration from distributed to virtual desktop environments. SIMtone VSP can be flexibly and securely managed in house or within external hosting facilities. SIMtone VSP also supports multiple and diverse operating systems and applications which can be hosted in Virtual environments, Terminal Servers, Blade PCs. It can also be enabled on existing distributed desktop PCs that are aggregated, managed, migrated and provisioned as end-user cloud services. SIMtone VSP supports VMware Server and ESX, Windows XP, Vista and Terminal Server hosts. It also offers multi-zone network security, automated peak capacity (based on user-driven activity), guest machine management, load balancing, and failure recovery – these features radically reduce virtual data center real-estate and power requirements.
With zero-touch SIMtone SNAP terminals, all SIMtone cloud computing services can be easily and securely accessed from any internet, wireless, 3G, LAN or WAN connection. All SIMtone SNAP terminals deliver the full, native end-user experience created by each computing service hosted in the cloud. These include full frame-rate desktop media and native USB services for printing, storage and synchronization for devices such as PDAs or iPod. SIMtone SNAP zero-touch terminals are offered as standalone, low cost hardware appliances, usable on LAN, WAN and public Internet connections. Out of the box, these SIMtone SNAP terminals require no configuration as well as offer free, downloadable software usable on browsers or on PCs, thin clients and mobile devices.
About SIMtone Corporation
The SIMtone Corporation makes cloud computing universally simple. The company has developed and commercialized the patented SIMtone Universal Cloud Computing Platform that allows network operators and businesses to host, manage and quickly provision any cloud-hosted services, and ubiquitously deliver them to zero-touch terminals that can be standalone, low cost hardware appliances, or software terminals usable via browsers or on PCs, thin clients and mobile devices. With the SIMtone, cloud services such as virtual desktops, DaaS/SaaS, PC remote access or Web services, are simple and very inexpensive to host and manage for businesses and providers, and become usable without a computer, on-demand and on-the-fly, simply and safely, by everyone, everywhere. SIMtone Corporation’s North American headquarters are based in Durham, North Carolina and SIMtone International headquarters are based in Vevey, Switzerland. SIMtone is a privately-held company backed by Motorola Ventures, Brightstar Corporation and Kodiak Venture Partners. For more information, please visit: www.SIMtone.net.