Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Kidaro Acquired By Microsoft

Redwood City-based Kidaro, which develops desktop virtualization software for enterprises, has been acquired by Microsoft, Microsoft said Wednesday. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. Kidaro's software will become part of the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack suite. Kidaro is venture backed by Genesis Partners, Storm Ventures, and Opus Capital, and is headed by Kevin Brown, who was previously at Decru before it acquisition by NetApp. Kidaro's software is used to export Virtual PC images to Windows desktops.