MokaFive ships Virtual Desktop super-app

The company is touting version 1.0 of MokaFive's Virtual Desktop Solution as a complete virtual desktop package. It aims to give IT administrators a centralized management system, and allows for the creation, deployment, securing, updating and managing of virtual desktops, which it calls 'LivePCs.'

These LivePCs can be executed on any x86-based desktop or laptop, or even from portable storage devices such as a USB stick or even an iPod. VMware offered something similar last year.

The LivePC is a cross platform product that can run on both Windows XP and Vista, as well as Macintosh Leopard. It also runs on a stripped-down Linux operating system called BareMetal Linux, which if used, allows companies to save on multiple Windows licences.

The company says that as MokaFive Virtual Desktop Solution is delivered as a service, IT administrators do not need to invest in or manage new infrastructure.

Automated updates and security patches can be easily rolled out thanks to an administrative console, which can also monitor every single LivePC. Users can also run multiple LivePCs on a single machine, one for work (loaded with work-based applications for example), and one for home (with games).