Two more players, MokaFive and Stoneware, have joined the desktop virtualization game and it seems that the pace in this field is gradually increasing, as features and options keep on being introduced. The first gives users the opportunity to carry their desktops on USB flash drives and the latter delivers desktops through a Web broswer.

MokaFive came up with its Virtual Desktop Solution, which will enable central IT management but at the same time, each user will be given a USB flash drive that can be used in case of work interruption: a computing state can be paused and then resumed when moving to another computer. "What we wanted to do was make computing a lot easier for the end user and administrator," John Whaley, MokaFive co-founder and principal engineer said.

Stoneware’s approach is different, as the company began selling its webOS software, which enables businesses to deliver virtual desktops to their employees by using a web browser. Among Stoneware’s customers we find schools and healthcare facilities that need to provide remote access to their students, teachers and doctors.

"Our customer base is strongly oriented to mobile workforces. You're on the road or working at a home office," said Stoneware CEO, Rick German. According to him, the new technology allows customers to run more than 1,000 desktops on a single server; this is due to the fact that only a simple desktop is being pushed out instead of a whole instance of Windows.