Dizzion Inc.

• Author: Peterson, Eric
• Position: COMPANY

INITIAL LIGHT BULB Steve Prather, Manny Laths and Rob Green worked together at Greenwood Village-based colocation and data center provider ViaWest for most of the company's existence, leaving after it sold to a private-equity firm in 2010.

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Their post-ViaWest entrepreneurial ideas "kept coming back to virtual desktop architecture," says Prather, Dizzion's president and CEO, evolving into the concept of "cloud-delivered desktops."

The idea has gained immediate traction: Dizzion has about 40 customers and active conversations with another 50 potential clients. "We thought we were six or nine months early," says Prather. "It turns out the market is a couple of quarters ahead of what we thought it was."

IN A NUTSHELL "Everyone wants to bring their own device," says Ladis, senior vice president of sales and marketing. "Employees want to work on their own device. IT wants to maintain control."

Dizzion offers the best of both worlds with its cloud-delivered desktops. The company streams computer desktops - featuring everything from the operating system to applications to the folder and storage structure - to users on their desktop, laptop, iPad or other device. The VMware-based technology is PCI and HIPAA compliant and integrates with other clouded options.

"We're disconnecting the user from the confines of their device," Prather says. "Whatever the device, they have an identical experience on our platform."

Dizzion's technology allows for "personalization and persistence," he adds. "We've built the platform so you get the picture of your kid on your desktop. You also get persistence: When you reconnect with another device, you're at the same point you left off."

This allows for much easier updating, upgrading and patching for both IT and end user. "That upgrade that used to be painful is now seamless," Prather says. Pricing ranges from about $40 to $70 per user...