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'''Simdesk''' was a [[software as a service]] provider of on demand [[text messaging|messaging]] and collaboration tools for business. Early in the company's history, it was sold to municipal authorities. The company began to commercially offer Simdesk direct to small businesses in March 2006. There were several Simdesk [[reseller]]s, including [[KDDI]] in Japan.<ref>{{cite web | title=KDDI For Business: Security Services > Secure Share | work=[[KDDI]] | date= | url=http://www.kddi.com/english/business/service_domestic/security/secureshare/index.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513031754/http://www.kddi.com/english/business/service_domestic/security/secureshare/index.html | archive-date=May 13, 2008 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
'''Simdesk''', fully known as '''Simdesk Technologies, Inc.''',<ref>{{cite web | title=Simdesk Champions Technology Model for Digital Inclusion at W2i Digital Cities Convention in Los Angeles | website=[[Government Technology]] | date=August 3, 2010 | url=https://www.govtech.com/dc/articles/Simdesk-Champions-Technology-Model-for-Digital.html }}</ref> was a [[software as a service]] provider of on demand [[text messaging|messaging]] and collaboration tools for business. Early in the company's history, it was sold to municipal authorities. The company began to commercially offer Simdesk direct to small businesses in March 2006. There were several Simdesk [[reseller]]s, including [[KDDI]] in Japan.<ref>{{cite web | title=KDDI For Business: Security Services > Secure Share | work=[[KDDI]] | date= | url=http://www.kddi.com/english/business/service_domestic/security/secureshare/index.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513031754/http://www.kddi.com/english/business/service_domestic/security/secureshare/index.html | archive-date=May 13, 2008 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Discontinuation==
==Discontinuation==
On May 1, 2008, Simdesk ceased operations, terminating [[retail]] [[Hosted service provider|hosted services]] for [[Server Message Block|SMB]] and individual customers in the United States and Latin America. It was announced that externally hosted services based on Simdesk's [[Platform (computing)|platform]] license would remain in place. (As of 2009, the [[URL]]s have gone dark.) Future direction has not been announced.
On May 1, 2008, Simdesk ceased operations, terminating [[retail]] [[Hosted service provider|hosted services]] for [[Server Message Block|SMB]] and individual customers in the United States and Latin America. It was announced that externally hosted services based on Simdesk's [[Platform (computing)|platform]] license would remain in place. (As of 2009, the [[URL]]s have gone dark.) Future direction has not been announced.

Revision as of 12:00, 24 January 2023

Simdesk
FounderRay C. Davis[1]
DefunctMay 1, 2008 (2008-05-01)
FateCeased operations
Websitewww.simdesk.com

Simdesk, fully known as Simdesk Technologies, Inc.,[2] was a software as a service provider of on demand messaging and collaboration tools for business. Early in the company's history, it was sold to municipal authorities. The company began to commercially offer Simdesk direct to small businesses in March 2006. There were several Simdesk resellers, including KDDI in Japan.[3]

Discontinuation

On May 1, 2008, Simdesk ceased operations, terminating retail hosted services for SMB and individual customers in the United States and Latin America. It was announced that externally hosted services based on Simdesk's platform license would remain in place. (As of 2009, the URLs have gone dark.) Future direction has not been announced.

References

  1. ^ "A Sweet Deal In Suite Software". BusinessWeek. July 4, 2004. Archived from the original on May 13, 2008.
  2. ^ "Simdesk Champions Technology Model for Digital Inclusion at W2i Digital Cities Convention in Los Angeles". Government Technology. August 3, 2010.
  3. ^ "KDDI For Business: Security Services > Secure Share". KDDI. Archived from the original on May 13, 2008.