Welcome to Episode 28 of the Cloud Wars Horizon Minute — featuring news and commentary hosted by Acceleration Economy analyst Tom Smith. Each episode provides insights into one or more Innovation Accelerators on the Cloud Wars Horizon.
This episode delivers a quick overview of the cloud desktop technology developed by Workspot to provide secure, high-performance access to applications for specific use cases.
Highlights
00:40 — Tom introduces Workspot and its technology, which effectively secures desktops that users access in the cloud.
01:00 — Workspot is a 10-year-old company with $120 million in venture funding.
01:10 — Cloud desktops feature multi-layered security from the cloud providers to the existing client software to Zero Trust security and adherence to a least privilege model.
01:20 — For maximum performance, the software can live in the user’s closest cloud region.
01:30 — The software works with Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure today so users retain flexibility in terms of cloud providers.
01:50 — The company’s founder, Amitabh Sinha, says security is the biggest driver for customers, especially in today’s prevalent hybrid work and WFH environment.
02:10 — The manufacturing firm Rohm used Workspot when it needed to securely connect engineers from third-party partners to a bandwidth-hungry 3D modeling application being used in a manufacturing setting.
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