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Microsoft buys startup Kidaro By Raphael Fogel Tags: microsoft Computer giant Microsoft announced yesterday that it had bought virtualization solution start-up Kidaro, in a move to boost sales of its Vista platform. Industry sources surmise Kidaro will join Microsoft Israel's development apparatus. Microsoft did not disclose the price of the deal. Ran Oelgiesser, Kidaro VP of Product Marketing and co-founder, said the acquisition will help Microsoft in its market penetration efforts for Windows Vista. It will allow enterprise users to run both the Windows XP operating system and Windows Vista on the same computer, as well as manage all their permissions remotely. "Virtual technology is the ability to create an additional virtual computer system on an existing computer," says Ran Kohavi, who founded the company along with Oelgiesser and R&D VP Itzik Levy. "We founded the company with a vision that this technology can bring enormous added value to organizational computering which simply isn't utilized because there are not good tools." Advertisement He contends that informaton-technology enterprise managers find it hard to control remote computers and to secure the organization's property as well as to meet regulatory rules. "Kidaro's solution allows, for example, an employee working at home to install an enterprise computer systems environment alongside his private environment on the same computer," says Kohavi. "Thus an easy management platform is created, which combines speedy deployment, hermetic data security, and full control of user activity, together with a familiar and simple user experience." The company explains that desktop virtualization enables encapsulation of an entire desktop - operating system, applications, tools and data - into a virtual machine that can operate as an isolated workspace on any computing platform. The Ramat Gan-based startup only began operations in 2005. Today it employs 27 people. The company's investors are VC funds Opus Capital, Genesis Partners and Storm Ventures. Bookmark to del.icio.us   Hezbollah scare Lebanese group's influence has dramatically increased in the West Bank. Literary boycott Peres calls Muslim countries' shunning of Paris Book Fair 'most ridiculous.'

Today Online Abbas accuses Israel of 'ethnic cleansing' in Jerusalem Responses: 218 At least 30 Qassam rockets fired into Israel from Gaza since Wed. Responses: 172 Amira Hass: PA officials should act more like Gandhi Responses: 75 Poll: Half of Jewish public oppose Arabs in their neighborhoods Responses: 127 Wagner show in Nazi-era hall to raise funds for Ramallah venue Responses: 81 More Headlines 22:40 At least 30 Qassam rockets fired into Israel from Gaza since Wed. 22:13 Israel Bank intervenes in foreign currency market, buys dollars 01:35 Israel and France have a second honeymoon as Peres visits Sarkozy 02:39 Deputy TA mayor: Gov't reneges on promise to help refugees 01:01 Police arrest rabbi for 'inciting Palestinians' in East Jerusalem 20:56 Jerusalem yeshiva commemorates 8 students slain in terror attack 19:07 Ban: Israel must halt 'excessive force' against Palestinians 02:22 Jerusalem parents held in suspicion of torturing 3- and 4-year-old boys 02:48 Israel falls behind the times in having woman parliamentarians 22:23 Abbas accuses Israel of committing 'ethnic cleansing' in Jerusalem 00:43 Rubinstein competition / Exalted strokes outweigh the flaws 23:17 Traffic cop jailed for shooting at drivers who refused to pull over 20:38 Two Kiryat Ata men arrested for attacking Arab workers Previous Editions Select Day 13 mar 12 mar 11 mar 10 mar 09 mar 07 mar 06 mar 05 mar 04 mar 03 mar 02 mar 29 feb

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