MokaFive is the next generation desktop virtualization company managing the lifecycle of virtual “Desktops as a Service.” Built on 10 years of research at Stanford University and the National Science Foundation – with 15 patents pending – MokaFive uses the latest advances in virtualization, “cloud” storage, flash memory and ubiquitous broadband connectivity to solve the costly problem of managing desktops and laptops securely for workers on the road, in the office or at home.

MokaFive’s LivePC virtual machines, which contain an entire desktop operating system and application stack that can be run online or offline, boot quickly on a PC, fit easily and securely on a USB flash drive, and update automatically over a network or the Internet. With its unique smart caching and predictive streaming, MokaFive can start up a customized virtual desktop to a Windows, Mac or Linux PC in the time it takes to boot a computer.

SYS-CON’s Virtualization Journal’s “Readers’ Choice Awards”
SYS-CON's Virtualization Journal announced today its first annual Virtualization Readers' Choice Awards. SYS-CON's Readers' Choice Awards, also known as the "Oscars of the Software Industry" has been one of the most prestigious industry award programs for more than a decade. This year's virtualization awards will be given in 17 categories and award-winning products and services will be selected by Virtualization Journal readers.

Virtualization takes the cost and complexity out of IT, and can even help us reduce the CO2 footprint. IDC has stated that the virtualization services market alone is going to reach $11.7 billion by 2011 and in general this technology, which has been around for a good number of years, seems suddenly to be on everyone's mind.

In short, Virtualization is fast becoming a key requirement for every server in the data center, enabling increased workloads in server consolidation projects, efficient software development and testing, resource management for dynamic data centers, application re-hosting and compatibility, and high-availability partitions.

The tipping point, though - as anticipated by industry experts already back in 2005 - seems to be coming in 2008.