What is
eyeOS?
The company
eyeOS invented the web desktop 6 years ago and it is today the leading Cloud Desktop worldwide. Headquartered in Barcelona, eyeOS is one of the biggest Open Source projects in Europe with more than 1 million downloads and communities across the globe. IBM has selected eyeOS as its preferred Open Source Cloud platform in 2010 and signed a global partnership. Gartner named eyeOS Cool Vendor in IT Operations management in 2011. The company has closed its first funding round with Spanish VCs and Business Angels in June 2011 and has just launched in September 2011 its first commercial license, the eyeOS Professional Edition.
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The product
eyeOS cloud desktop presents, organizes and manages the users’ data, files and apps.
eyeOS Professional Edition is the shortest way to virtualize your company’s user workspace, while keeping data under total control in the eyeOS private cloud. It ensures high user satisfaction since users can access their workspace from any device while all their data and files are synchronized and backed up in a single place in the company. The company saves dramatically on servers and software licenses vs. a traditional desktop virtualization solution.
Read more about eyeOS Professional Edition.
For the mobile workforce with data and files access needs, eyeOS Mobility Solution is the perfect alternative to create a private cloud that syncs calendars, contact lists, emails and files while the users continue to work with the native apps of each of their devices.
Read more about eyeOS Mobility Solution.
How does it work?
- The software, in both its Open Source and Professional Edition version, is enterprise software that is installed onto the client’s servers to provide service to employees, external collaborators and/or clients.
- eyeOS software creates a private cloud, allowing the system administrator to oversee user data at all times.
- It’s up to the administrator to decide how much storage space to set aside for users, the applications they have access to and permitted privileges and functions.
- The eyeOS desktop is fully customizable, not only in terms of visual aspects, but also with regard to menu structure and content, be it in the menu bar or right-click options.
- The software was written in PHP, JavaScript and Ajax. The Professional Edition is compiled.
The architecture
Main user benefits
Awards
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2010
- Winner of Accelera (Ernst & Young) – Asturias & Girona Spanish Prince award “IMPULSA”
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2009
- BMW Innovation Award – Premio Nacional de Internet – SourceForge Project of the Month (August)
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2008
- Sourceforge Finalista as Most Likely to Change the World – Finalistas WebWare 100 por CNET, en la categoria de “Navegación”
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2007
- Sourceforge Finalista Best Project – Web Revelación Yahoo! España