Moka5

Moka5
Private
Industry Enterprise software
Founded Stanford, CA
Founder

John Whaley, Monica S. Lam, Ramesh Chandra,

Constantine Sapuntzakis
Headquarters Redwood City, CA
Products

Virtual Desktop Management, Desktop

Virtualization Tools
Website www.moka5.com/ Edit this on Wikidata

Moka5 (also called MokaFive) was a desktop virtualization company founded in 2005.[1][2][3][4][5][6] It ceased operation in 2015 after an apparent bankruptcy. The company’s software began as a lab experiment at Stanford University and founders include professors Monica S. Lam and John Whaley.[1][5][7] It was based out of Redwood City, California and its final CEO was Dave Robbins.[8]

Moka5 provided end-to-end desktop management solutions including client virtualization, central management, and layering solutions. Using the Moka5 Suite, users can run a virtual desktop from consumer devices including tablet computers smartphones.[7][9][10][11] Moka5 offered secure cloud storage for virtual desktops and lets users access multiple computing platforms and operating systems across devices.[1][2][3][4][7][11]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 STEVE LOHR. "Aiming for a Virtual End to PC Headaches". New York Times Bits. Retrieved November 13, 2013.
  2. 1 2 ASHLEE VANCE. "Turn Your iPhone into a Windows Carryall". New York Times Bits. Retrieved November 13, 2013.
  3. 1 2 Mark Hachman. "MokaFive Launches Virtualization on a (USB) Stick". PC Magazine. Retrieved November 13, 2013.
  4. 1 2 NIDHI SUBBARAMAN. "APPLE'S SECRET ENTERPRISE SAUCE IS SERVED BY MOKAFIVE". Fast Company. Retrieved November 13, 2013.
  5. 1 2 John Whaley. "Think Server-based VDI Keeps Your Data Secure? Think Again". Wired Insights. Retrieved November 13, 2013.
  6. ↑ Shane Schick. "Why mobile device management needs consumer ambassadors". Yahoo Finance. Retrieved November 13, 2013.
  7. 1 2 3 Stacey Higginbotham. "3 Questions for MokaFive Founder John Whaley". Gigaom. Retrieved November 13, 2013.
  8. ↑ Sean Ludwig. "MokaFive names former BigFix head Dave Robbins as its new CEO". Venture Beat. Retrieved November 13, 2013.
  9. ↑ Dan Kusnetzky. "MokaFive M5 makes BYOD using iPads/iPhones secure". ZDNet. Retrieved November 13, 2013.
  10. ↑ Dan Kusnetzky. "Is application virtualization the answer for users of XP?". ZDNet. Retrieved November 13, 2013.
  11. 1 2 David Marshall. "MokaFive Suite 3.0 improves Windows 7 migration". Info World. Retrieved November 13, 2013.
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