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The vendor's vDesktop offering aims to virtualize storage, applications, client devices, servers, processing, and network technologies -- and to control them all from a single management console.

Last summer, Desktone claimed to have sold around 1,500 licenses for its software in just a few accounts, some of which were in the financial services sector, although management has not discussed the company's latest customer figures.

The vendor has also been extremely quiet on the news front since the summer, making only a handful of announcements, none of which were product related.

Desktone is nonetheless said to be planning a major announcement next month that is expected to include significant enhancements to vDesktop.

Despite its low profile, Desktone should not be written off. Desktop virtualization is an extremely hot technology at the moment, as evidenced by VMware's acquisition of startup Dunes for an undisclosed fee last year and Microsoft's planned purchase of Kidaro, announced this week.