InstallFree Wins Gold for a Best of VMworld 2008 Award for Desktop Virtualization

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--InstallFree Inc., the leading provider of Dynamic Desktop Computing, today announced it has won “The Desktop Virtualization Best of VMworld 2008 Award” at VMworld 2008, a gathering of over 200 companies and thousands of executives promoting the fast growing computer virtualization market.

The award covers eight categories and was selected from 196 product entrants being held this week at the Venetian Hotel. A team of 13 independent experts, analysts and editors reviewed and evaluated the products according to innovation, value, performance, reliability and ease of use.

InstallFree’s winning product entry, the InstallFree Bridge, addresses one of the biggest challenges that IT professionals face namely being able to lock down a corporate PC without diminishing the end users’ experience. InstallFree enables corporate IT departments to transparently and centrally manage and deploy InstallFree Virtual (IFV) applications without altering or making any changes to the host computer while allowing for full functionality and complete user autonomy in all environments including non-dedicated and locked-down computers.

A single IFV application can be deployed across Windows XP, Vista and server-based computing environments such as Citrix XenApp, Windows Terminal Server and Windows-based Virtual Machines.

“Winning “The Desktop Virtualization Best of VMworld 2008 Award” is a tremendous recognition of our innovative technology and the critical problems we solve for our customers,” said Yori Gabay, founder and CEO of InstallFree Inc. “We look forward to continuing to help companies and end-users fully reap the benefits of application and desktop virtualization,” he said.

Earlier this year, InstallFree was named a “Hot Company to Watch” in 2008; it secured $8.6 million financing in August to drive the expansion of its product development and go-to-market teams.

About InstallFree

InstallFree is a privately-held company with headquarters in Stamford, CT and Research and Development in Israel. Founded in early 2006 by a team of veterans of an automated support and ease of use software solutions company, InstallFree is the leading provider of Dynamic Desktop Computing, helping companies improve IT operational efficiency and increase end-user productivity. InstallFree’s innovative virtualization technology was designed from the ground up based on extensive user input. Its executive team includes respected experts in the Windows environment based on more than 30 years of experience.