Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

Virtual Desktop Delivery. Secure and Affordable at Scale.

Desktop Ark is a complete virtual desktop platform — broker, gateway, management console and endpoint applications — running on-premise, in an existing cloud tenant, or fully managed.

  • On-Premise and Cloud

    Deploys to on-premise hypervisors or manages cloud desktops in an existing tenant — one console for both.

  • Applications for Every Endpoint

    Native applications for Windows, Linux and IGEL, plus browser access and an iOS app for administrators.

  • Enterprise Software Streaming

    Streams line-of-business applications straight to the user's screen, without a full desktop session.

  • Software Modernization

    Expert engineers on hand to rebuild older applications for a modern user experience — on desktop, web and mobile.

  • 5-Year Price Guarantee

    Per-user pricing locked for five years. No repricing at renewal, no surprise at contract time.

  • Trust-Based Licensing

    No licence server, no activation to chase, no audit tooling on the network. Grow without worrying about licensing.

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Pricing & Delivery

Three Ways to Run It

Whole desktops or individual applications — on a private datacenter, in an existing cloud tenant, or fully managed.

Model 1

On-Premise Virtual Desktops & Apps

$7.99/ user / month

Trust-based licensing — add users the moment they need access. No licence server, no purchase cycle, no audits.

Best for: Teams already running on-premise VDI who want to swap the management layer, not the datacenter.

We bring

  • Virtual desktop with native clients built for Windows, Linux and IGEL — plus browser access
  • Administration web app and iOS app for managing desktops and users
  • Support for multiple hypervisors and hardware virtualization layers
  • Connection broker with pooled and personal desktops, leases and auto-recycle
  • Individual applications published on their own, with no desktop around them
  • Golden-image cloning, domain join, and pool scaling — no scripts to maintain
  • DMZ relay gateway for secure remote access without a VPN

You bring

  • A datacenter — hosts, storage and network
  • Windows and VDA/RDS licensing
  • Active Directory or another identity provider

Model 2

Cloud Desktops & Apps

$5.99/ user / month

Easier management and a smaller monthly cloud bill. Cloud usage stays billed directly by the provider.

Best for: Cloud-desktop teams who want better management and a better endpoint experience, without changing clouds.

We bring

  • One console across Azure Virtual Desktop and AWS desktops
  • Adopts existing host pools — nothing to rebuild or migrate
  • Azure cost control — start/stop schedules, right-sizing and idle shutdown
  • Session-host lifecycle: image updates, scale-out, drain and retire
  • Published applications alongside full desktops, from the same host pools
  • The same applications everywhere — Windows, Linux, IGEL, browser and iOS
  • Reporting on where the monthly cloud bill actually goes

You bring

  • An Azure or AWS tenant and subscription
  • Cloud spend, billed directly by the provider
  • Entra ID or another identity provider

Model 3

Fully Managed Cloud

Varies by region

Priced by desktop specification and the region the desktops run in.

Best for: Organizations with no VDI staff — or anyone who wants desktops without owning the platform.

We bring

  • The infrastructure — hosts, GPUs, storage and networking
  • All management: images, patching, scaling, monitoring and backup
  • Secure access and identity, configured end to end
  • Regional placement — desktops run close to the people using them
  • Monitoring and support — one bill, no surprises
  • The same endpoint applications, installed once and forgotten

You bring

  • Users, and the applications they need. That's it.

Add-on — any model

One-Time Migration Service

A fixed-scope engagement to move an existing estate across — pools, golden images, entitlements and users — running alongside the current broker until cutover.

Quoted once. Not billed monthly.

Add-on — any model

Custom Software & Application Modernization

Expert engineers rebuild older line-of-business applications for a modern user experience — as desktop, web or mobile applications, or all three — and package them to run inside the platform.

Scoped and quoted per project.

Trust-based licensing means no licence server, no activation calls and no audit tooling on the network — just a self-reported seat count. if you're not sure which line fits.

Side by Side

Legacy VDI Stack vs. Desktop Ark

Same desktops, same users, same hosts. The difference is what it takes to run the platform in front of them.

Licensing
Legacy VDI Stack

Per-user renewals that jump at contract time, bundled with products you don't use

Desktop Ark

One per-user price with a 5-year price guarantee — trust-based, so you grow without worrying about licensing

Lower cost
Hypervisor
Legacy VDI Stack

Tied to the vendor's own stack — changing hosts means changing brokers

Desktop Ark

Multiple hypervisors and virtualization layers side by side, Proxmox included — drop hypervisor licensing altogether

Lower cost
Endpoints
Legacy VDI Stack

Approved thin clients only; older ones drop off the support matrix

Desktop Ark

Windows, Linux, IGEL, browser and iOS — run Linux thin clients and cut endpoint OS licensing

Lower cost
Remote Access
Legacy VDI Stack

A separate gateway product, usually licensed per user on top

Desktop Ark

TLS relay in your DMZ included — no VPN, no second licence

Pool Automation
Legacy VDI Stack

Image pipelines held together with scripts and runbooks

Desktop Ark

Golden image → clone → domain join → lease → recycle, built in

Cloud Desktops
Legacy VDI Stack

On-prem and AVD managed as two separate products by two separate teams

Desktop Ark

Your datacenter and your Azure or AWS tenant in the same console

GPU Desktops
Legacy VDI Stack

A premium tier and a separate protocol licence

Desktop Ark

Graphics-accelerated desktops included, with no separate tier to buy

Getting Started
Legacy VDI Stack

Months of professional services before the first user logs in

Desktop Ark

Adopt the pools and images you already have — nothing to rebuild

GPU Accelerated

Graphics Desktops That Actually Feel Local.

Add graphics power to any desktop for the work that moves — video, 3D, animation, design and engineering. Everything stays smooth on screen, wherever the person using it happens to be.

Smooth motion

Video, 3D viewports and animation play fluidly instead of stuttering

High-res video

Full-resolution playback and editing, across one screen or several

Datacenter GPUs

Full or shared graphics cards assigned to a desktop as the work demands

CAD / CAMEngineering3D & RenderingVideo EditingSimulationDesign

The Platform

Everything the Broker Should Have Been

Brokering & Pools

Pooled and personal desktops, entitlements, leases, and automatic recycle on logoff. Non-persistent pools stay clean without a runbook.

Multi-Hypervisor, Multi-Cluster

One workspace spans many clusters and providers, with support for multiple hypervisors and hardware virtualization layers rather than a single vendor's stack.

Endpoints You Already Own

Native clients for Windows, Linux and IGEL, plus browser access and an iOS admin app — so an endpoint refresh stays your decision.

Access Without a VPN

A TLS relay in your DMZ brokers every session. Credentials stay end-to-end, MFA gates the connection, and nothing else has to be exposed.

Migration, Not Rebuild

Live Alongside Your Current Stack

1

Connect Your Infrastructure

Install one agent per cluster — or point us at your Azure tenant. Nothing goes on the hypervisor hosts themselves.

2

Adopt What You Have

Your existing hosts, golden images and pools are imported as they are. Entitlements map to the AD groups you already use.

3

Move Users a Group at a Time

Point one department at the new client and leave the rest where they are. Both brokers can run until you're ready to switch.

Talk to Us

Bring Your Own Datacenter, Tenant, or Neither

Tell us what you're running today — hypervisor, broker, endpoints, seat count — and we'll show you exactly what changes and what stays. No pitch deck, just an engineer and your environment.

  • A walkthrough against your actual stack, not a generic demo
  • A straight answer on which delivery model fits and what it costs
  • A migration path that runs alongside your current broker

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