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Virtual desktop software 3 companies
A virtual desktop runs in a data centre and appears on the employee's screen, so the data never leaves the building. Banks, hospitals and call centres use it widely.
OmnissaOmnissa, with engineers in Bengaluru and Chennai, was VMware's business for virtual desktops and device management, and is now a company of its own.Bengaluru · ChennaiHiring now
The tech, explainedVirtual desktop infrastructure (VDI)
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Device management and employee experience 11 companies
IT teams set up and update every device from one place, create and remove accounts as people join and leave, and measure how well each laptop works for its user.
NexthinkNexthink, a Swiss company with engineers in Bengaluru, measures how well each employee's computer works for them, and fixes problems before they complain.BengaluruHiring now
EsperEsper, with engineers in Bengaluru, manages devices that are not laptops: restaurant tablets, payment terminals, kiosks and warehouse scanners.BengaluruHired recently
AqueraAquera, with engineers in Bengaluru, creates and removes an employee's accounts across apps as people join and leave.
RipplingRippling sets up a new joiner's laptop, accounts and apps from the same record as their payroll.BengaluruHiring nowSee alsoHR, payroll and workforce management software
JumpCloudJumpCloud sells a cloud directory of employees' accounts, with device management.Bengaluru · Delhi NCR · PuneHiring nowSee alsoEndpoint security and device management
N-ableN-able sells IT service firms software for watching and protecting their clients' computers.BengaluruHiring nowSee alsoEndpoint security and device management
42GearsIncludes AstroFarm by 42Gears42Gears, the Bengaluru company behind SureMDM, manages companies' phones, tablets and other devices.BengaluruSee alsoEndpoint security and device management
Quest SoftwareQuest sells tools that manage and move Microsoft's Active Directory, which holds every employee's account.See alsoIdentity and access management (IAM)
HexnodeHexnode manages companies' laptops, phones and tablets from one place.See alsoEndpoint security and device management
JamfJamf manages the Apple devices of companies and schools.See alsoEndpoint security and device management
NinjaOneNinjaOne sells software for watching and updating a company's computers.See alsoEndpoint security and device managementThe tech, explainedDigital employee experience (DEX)
How it all worksIT managementA laptop, a dozen accounts, a server down at night.
See how it works →What's changing
The laptop reports problems before the employee does.
Software on every laptop now measures crashes, slow starts and failed updates, and fixes many of them automatically, so IT finds problems before employees complain.
Read moreDigital employee experience (DEX)
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