Pano Logic Inc., a maker of desktop virtualization technology, has extended a $12 million Series B round announced a year ago to include an additional $6 million, the company said Tuesday.
The extension was led by Foundation Capital and Goldman, Sachs & Co. Goldman led
the first tranche of the round, with Foundation and ComVentures participating. Goldman managing director Pete Perrone joined the board as part of the original Series B.
Founded in 2006, Pano Logic offers software and hardware, including a desktop client that uses very little power compared to a traditional desktop PC and connects a keyboard, mouse and other peripherals to a virtual server.
- Olaf de Senerpont DomisSee January 2008 press release from Pano Logic
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Pano is an incomplete solution – here’s why
The challenge with Pano is the limited desktop performance – display resolution, video and graphics. While better than plain RDP, it is a compromised experience compared to a PC at the user desk.
There is another Zero Client solution that provides and un-compromised user experience and that is PC-over-IP (PCoIP) technology.
To be truly cost effective a Zero client needs to handle any user - from terminal/task workers, mainstream office users and power users that may require full DVI resolutions and full frame rate 3D graphics. This is what PCoIP delivers.
Check out this Zero Client that is an all-in-one display that Samsung just announced (SyncMaster 930ND) it supports VMware View (aka VDI) and PCoIP to be forward compatible when Vmware VIew integrates PCoIP technology (see vmware announcement with Teradici at the Sept08 Vmworld)
See this performance demo including HD video and 3D graphics. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzGmwNIpFG4
For full disclosure, I am the Director of Business Development at Teradici. For more info go to www.teradici.com