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{{Short description|Virtualization software company}}

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{{Infobox company

|name = NComputing, Inc.

|logo = File:NComputing-Compute-Smartly.svg

|type = [[Privately held company|Private]]

|foundation = 2003

|location_city = [[San Mateo, California]]

|location_country = USA

|key_people = Young Song (CEO)

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'''NComputing''' is a [[desktop virtualization]] company that manufactures hardware and software to create [[virtual desktops]] (sometimes called zero clients or [[thin clients]]) which enable multiple users to simultaneously share a single operating system instance.

NComputing, based in [[San Mateo, CA|San Mateo, California]], is a privately held for-profit company with offices in the [[United States]], [[Singapore]], [[UK]], [[Germany]], [[India]], [[Korea]], and [[Poland]]; and resellers around the world.<ref name="locations">[https://web.archive.org/web/20080313044030/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=29649726 NComputing, Inc.]</ref>

==History==

===Founding the company===

In 2003, Young Song, a former VP at [[eMachines]], met German entrepreneur Klaus Maier (formerly CEO of hydrapark), who had spent more than ten years developing the core software on which NComputing is based.<ref name="Klaus">[http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_27/b3991411.htm The Next Cheap Thing]</ref> They formed a team to develop the complementary hardware in Korea, while the software was written in Poland and Russia. After they successfully launched the product and reached $10M10 million revenue in two years, the two founders decided to move its headquarters to Silicon Valley. Stephen Dukker, former chairman of eMachines, joined NComputing in August 2006, to lead the company together.<ref name="Dukker">[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/07/08/BUGQ5QS9UM1.DTL&feed=rss.business A lesson in technology sharing]</ref>

===Financing===

Dukker introduced NComputing to venture capitalists and technology journalists in September 2006 at DEMOfall 06.<ref name="DEMO">[http://www.demo.com/demonstrators/demo2006fall/79903.html nComputing, Inc. (DEMO)]</ref> By October 2006, NComputing had raised $8 million from [[Scale Venture Partners]] (formerly known as BA Venture Partners).<ref name="SVP">[https://venturebeat.com/2006/10/19/ncomputing-gets-8m-for-low-cost-computer-workstations/ NComputing gets $8M for low-cost computer workstations]</ref> In January 2008, the company raised a $28 million series B round of financing,<ref name="SeriesB">[https://venturebeat.com/2008/01/13/ncomputing-raises-28m-to-spread-cheap-computers-to-poor/ NComputing raises $28M to spread cheap computers to poor]</ref> led by Silicon Valley venture capital firm [[Menlo Ventures]] with participation from Scale Venture Partners and South Korea’sKorea's Daehong Technew Corp. In April 2012, the company raised a $21.8 million series C round of financing led by Questmark Partners with participation from existing investors. In 2017, original NComputing Co., Ltd, a Korean corporation, became the ultimate holding company for all other subsidiaries and had raised $6M6 million from MDI VC (Telkom Indonesia VC in Jakarta), Pinnacle Ventures (Menlo Park, USAUnited States), and Bokwang Ventrues (Seoul, Korea) for accelerating South Asia region's growth and boost enterprise VDI software products.

===Current growth===

The company was founded in 2003. andCurrent isglobal theusage fastest growing desktop virtualization company in the world with overis 20 million daily users in 140 countries. ItTypical hascustomer dealsprofile withincludes 70,000 education and business organizations in 140 countries<ref name="VBMain">[http://ncomputing.com/tabid/180/default.aspx?ContentID=330/ NComputing Passes Two Million Seat Milestone and Innovates with Breakthrough Virtual Desktops]</ref> including 5,000 school districts in the United States. NComputing has shipped more than three million units overall,<ref name="1million">[https://venturebeat.com/2008/10/13/ncomputing-scores-big-indian-deal-for-its-thin-client-school-computers/ NComputing scores big Indian deal for thin-client computers]</ref> including 180,000 seats to provide one computing seat for every K–12 student in the country of [[MacedoniaNorth (country)|Macedonia]].<ref name="Macedonia">[httphttps://www.desktoplinuxncomputing.com/newsnode/NS7546509093.html7557 All Macedonian students to use Linux desktops]</ref> NComputing sells its solutions through value-added resellers around the world.<ref name="resellers">[http://www.crn.com/software/196700944 NComputing Readies Channel Push]</ref> In 2016, the company added VERDE Enterprise VDI solution (originally developed by Virtual Bridge) by acquisition of assets from Verde Workspace, LLC in Austin, TX and enhanced its version from 7.x to 8.x after 1 year of integration work. As of 2017, the company has 100 employees worldwide.<ref name="employees">[conversation with NComputing HR representative]</ref>

According to several survey metrics, Ncomputing is positioned as one of the top five major players in the enterprise thin client market - next to [[Dell]], [[Hewlett-Packard]], [[Lenovo]], and IGEL.

==Operating system support==

==Operating system and virtualization support==

[[File:NComputingThinClient.jpg|thumb|An NComputing thin client running Windows]]

===Linux support===

Linux is supported through a version of vSpace Server for Linux<ref>[https://www.ncomputing.com/products/vspace-for-linux NComputing vSpace for Linux]</ref> software. Currently, NComputing offers support for Ubuntu 14.04, 16.04 and Ubuntu 1618.04. This software is proprietary and requires a server-based license. There is a 710-day free trial period. The vSpace Server for Linux provides features like client session monitoring, virtual IP, optimized video playback and messaging service between the clients.

===Windows support===

Windows is supported through a version of vSpace Server for Windows software. The supported versions of Windows include: Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2, Windows XP SP3 (32-bit); Windows Server 2008 SP2, Windows Vista SP21(32-bit); Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows MultiPoint Server 2011, Windows 7 SP1 (both 32- and 64-bit), Windows 8 SP1 (64-bit), Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 10 and, Windows Server 2016. Theand vSpaceWindows Server software and hardware clients require registration after 30 days for product upgrade notification2019.<ref>[httphttps://www.ncomputing.box.com/kbshared/vSpace-Operating-System-Support-Matrix_252static/mt4uj0uwxsi679px5fc6e8kbt3qidpet.htmlpdf NComputing Operation System Support Matrix]{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>،vSpace Server software utilizes Microsoft [[Remote Desktop Services]] features to host user sessions.

==See also==

{{Portalbar|Companies|Telecommunication|Electronics|Technology}}

===VDI support===

NComputing's VERDE VDI Enterprise Edition 8.x product provides a virtualization solution based on Virtual Desktop Infrastructure.<ref>[[Desktop virtualization#Virtual desktop infrastructure]] Desktop virtualization</ref> NComputing acquired VERDE VDI intellectual property rights from Virtual Bridges in Q1 2017 and officially launched the product in June 2017.<ref>[https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ncomputing-launches-verde-vdi-81-solution-for-enterprise-customers-628443933.html] NComputing Launches VERDE VDI 8.1 Solution for Enterprise Customers</ref> It runs on KVM enabled Linux OS baremetal or nested KVM enabled Azure or Google Cloud. Current version 8.3.4 supports 10 languages.

==Awards==

*InfoWorld's 2010 Green 15 Award<ref name="Green15">[http://www.infoworld.com/d/green-it/the-green-it-stars-2010-454?page=0,2 Andhra Pradesh overcomes resource limitations with virtual desktops]</ref>

*Frost & Sullivan Green Excellence Award — Thin Clients 2008<ref name="F&S">[http://www.frost.com/prod/servlet/press-release.pag?docid=143908680&ctxst=FcmCtx5&ctxht=FcmCtx6&ctxhl=FcmCtx7&ctxixpLink=FcmCtx7&ctxixpLabel=FcmCtx8 Frost & Sullivan Recognizes NComputing Desktop Virtualization Solution for Green Computing Excellence; NComputing Virtual Desktops Can Cut Electricity Use by 95%]</ref>

*Gartner “Cool Vendor” — Client Computing 2008<ref name="Gartner">[http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/080519/0398247.html NComputing Named "Cool Vendor" in Client Computing by Leading Analyst Firm]</ref>

*VAR Business Gold 5-Start Partner Program Winner 2008<ref name="VAR">[http://www.crn.com/var/apps/2008/ppg/details.jhtml?c=67 NComputing, Inc.: NComputing Channel Partner Program]</ref>

*IT World Canada "Top 5 Business to Watch" 2008<ref name="ITWC">[http://www.itbusiness.ca/it/client/en/CDN/News.asp?id=46827&cid=59 Top 5 Vendors to Watch: NComputing ]</ref>

*Red Herring Top 100 Startups in North America 2008<ref name="RH">[http://herringevents.com/northamerica08/redherring100.html Red Herring 100 Top Tech Startups in North America]</ref>

*Wall Street Journal Technology Innovation Award — Computing Systems 2007<ref name="WSJ">[http://www.dowjones.com/innovation/ei_winners_2007.html 2007 Technology Innovation Winners and Runners-Up]</ref>

*Silicon Valley Business Journal Emerging Technology — Green & Clean Finalist 2007<ref name="SVBJ">[http://sanjose.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2007/10/29/daily86.html Emerging tech award winners honored]</ref>

==See also==

* [[Multiseat configuration]]

* [[Windows MultiPoint]]

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