DeskStream acquires Irish cloud and virtualization software startup WorldDesk

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Robin Wauters is the European Editor of tech blog The Next Web and lead editor of Virtualization.com. He was a senior staff writer at TechCrunch until his departure in February 2012. Aside from his professional blogging activities, he’s an entrepreneur, event organizer, occasional board adviser and angel investor but most importantly an all-round startup champion. Wauters lives and works in... → Learn More

Thursday, January 12th, 2012

US-based desktop virtualization software maker DeskStream has acquired Northern Irish cloud start-up WorldDesk, the companies are set to announce today at CES in Las Vegas. Terms of the acquisition, which is expected to close this quarter, were not disclosed.

Interestingly, the acquisition will see DeskStream adopt the WorldDesk name and branding.

With the acquisition of WorldDesk, which was founded in 2010, DeskStream gains a cloud-based workspace delivery platform prototype built on Dropbox (but capable of being extended to support other cloud storage providers).

The deal will see all employees of Belfast-based WorldDesk, including co-founders Jonathan Chesney and Claire Moore, join DeskStream.