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Revere Electric Supply Selects RingCube vDesk for Sales Force Mobility, Increased Productivity and Business ContinuityMOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- RingCube Technologies, the leading provider of managed virtual workspaces, today announced that Revere Electric Supply has selected RingCube vDesk as a key component in the company's business continuity solution and to enable secure computing for field sales. RingCube vDesk is a high-performance enterprise desktop virtualization solution that simplifies the creation, access and management of Windows desktops through Workspace Virtualization. In the event of a natural disaster or severe weather, vDesk will enable Revere Electric Supply employees that use a corporate PC in the office to access their desktop computing environment within a vDesk virtual workspace running on an employee owned laptop and remain productive. "Our goal was to enable ourselves to remain productive in the event of unforeseen occurrences," said Mike Prepelica, director of information technology, Revere Electric Supply Company. "We first looked at solutions from large VDI vendors but vDesk was the only solution that could deliver the performance and usability we required for our remote workers. We recently experienced a major snow storm in Illinois that prevented many of our employees from coming into the office. With vDesk, we can enable our employees to work remotely and still get their work done." To read a detailed case study about Revere Electric Supply's vDesk deployment, please visit: http://www.ringcube.com/portal/content/files/casestudies/cs_revereelectric.pdf RingCube vDesk RingCube vDesk's unique Virtual Workspace technology separates the user's desktop environment including applications, data and settings from the operating system and encapsulates it into a secure container while automatically backing up every virtual desktop to a centralized server. Users can run their vDesk workspace at the office or on unmanaged PCs - at home, or at disaster recovery site. When users start their vDesk workspace, it transforms any Windows PC into their own familiar corporate workspace where users can access their files, applications, settings and entire desktop, just as if they were on their own business PC whether online or offline from the network. vDesk Advantages: No second operating system to license or manage High-performance virtualization technology Runs at 99% of the native host PC performance Four Flexible deployment options: PC, Drive, Network, VDI MobileSync provides offline synchronization No need for data center build out "It isn't just large enterprises that should factor in employee productivity into their business continuity plans, but small- and medium-sized companies as well," said Pete Foley, president and CEO, RingCube. "Economical productivity measures can be put in place that ensure workers can remain productive in the event of catastrophic instance that may prevent them from coming into the office. RingCube is pleased to provide customers like Revere Electric Supply the benefits of secure managed virtual desktops that perform better than other desktop virtualization solutions." For more information about how vDesk helps Secure Mobile Computing: http://www.ringcube.com/portal/content/solutions/secure_mobile_computing.jsp Pricing and Availability vDesk is available immediately through RingCube. Pricing starts at $200 USD per user. About Revere Electric Supply Company Revere Electric Supply is a one hundred year old, fourth generation family owned distributor of electrical supplies and electro-pneumatic products. The company's headquarters are on the west side of Chicago where it has become a staple for over 50 years. The company has multiple locations, including four sites in Illinois, which includes the company's headquarters in Chicago as well as a site in Wisconsin. Revere Electric has been serving customers in government, healthcare, water treatment, contractors, MRO, and OEM for over 80 years. About RingCube Technologies, Inc. RingCube is the leading provider of workspace virtualization. The company's innovative virtualization solution, vDesk, enables users to securely access their complete desktop computing experience from any Windows PC anywhere in the world. With vDesk, organizations can increase user productivity, lower desktop management and support costs, and eliminate the performance and resource overhead commonly found with legacy virtualization approaches. The company is privately held and based in Mountain View, CA (News - Alert). For more information, please visit: www.ringcube.com |
