- Qumranet
Qumranet, Inc is an enterprise software company offering a
desktop virtualization platform based on hosted desktops in KVM virtual machines on servers, linked with their proprietary SPICE protocol. The company is also the creator, maintainer and global sponsor of the KVM open source hypervisor.History
From a low-profile Israeli startup [ [http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/dealflow/archives/2005/09/sequoia_and_nor.html "Sequoia, Norwest, Storm Fund Israeli Startups"] ] the company made waves with the rapid acceptance of KVM into the
Linux kernel [ [http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/82344/from/rss09 "Virtualization solution KVM will be in the next version of Linux"] ] , and theirSolid ICE desktop virtualization platform has received serious attention. [ [http://www.itbusinessedge.com/blogs/dcc/?p=225 "Barbarians at the VMware Gate"] ] [ [http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Reviews/Skating-on-SolidICE-Desktop-Virtualization/ "Skating on Solid ICE Desktop Virtualization"] ] On September 4 2008, Qumranet was acquired by Red Hat, Inc. [ [http://sacha.labourey.com/2008/09/04/phase-2-rht-acquires-qumranet "Red Hat acquired Qumranet"] ]Key executives
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Benny Schnaider , Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Director
*Rami Tamir , Co-Founder, President and Director
*Moshe Bar Ph.D. Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer
*Giora Yaron Ph.D, Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board [http://investing.businessweek.com/businessweek/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=23941978 "Qumranet, Inc.", BusinessWeek]References
External links
* http://www.qumranet.com/
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