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A developing trend of late in business has been the “bring
your own device” movement, where employees use their own smartphones or tablets
for work instead of relying on company issued equipment. Now Kingston wants to
step this up a notch with the announcement that it is planning on offering the
entire Windows 8 experience on a bootable USB flash drive.
Called “Windows to Go”, this a new feature in Windows 8
Enterprise that allows for a full corporate desktop on an external USB drive
enabling users to boot and operate from multiple PCs. Kingston says that their
new Kingston DataTraveler Workspace USB Flash drive is the first available that
has full Windows 8 certification requirements — meaning it can provide SSD-like
performance.
“We are excited to have Kingston as an associate on Windows
To Go. Our joint innovation will further enable mobile work styles. Kingston’s
DataTraveler Workspace will give our customers the performance and endurance
required to deliver a great experience when running Windows 8 Enterprise from a
USB drive,” said Karri Alexion-Tiernan, Director of Product Marketing, Windows
Enterprise, Microsoft in a statement.
“Kingston has been working together with Microsoft for over
a year in developing a USB Flash drive capable of meeting the requirements of
Windows To Go. We are excited to offer this drive to our enterprise customers
later this year,” said Andrew Ewing, Flash memory business manager, Kingston.
“We appreciate the work from Genesys Logic, Inc., who have
helped ensure that the drive is compatible and can boot from the latest
systems. Kingston would also like to recognize the work of LSI Corporation in
helping to ensure the forthcoming USB Flash drive with their SandForce Flash
Storage Processor meets the performance requirements of Windows To Go.”
Kingston currently has a beta version of the drive available
for enterprises or organizations in need of evaluating the Windows To Go
feature of Windows 8 Enterprise. For more information visit
www.kingston.com/wtg.
