Last month, Pano Logic closed a second round of funding of $12 million which the company said it would use to keep up with the growing demand within the enterprise for desktop virtualization solutions. Pano said the money would be used to accelerate product development, expand sales and marketing efforts, and secure additional channel/SI partners to address the midmarket. And the company is already making good o Last month, Pano Logic closed a second round of funding of $12 million which the company said it would use to keep up with the growing demand within the enterprise for desktop virtualization solutions. Pano said the money would be used to accelerate product development, expand sales and marketing efforts, and secure additional channel/SI partners to address the midmarket.And the company is already making good on accelerating product development. Pano Logic has a new software release, Pano Virtual Desktop Solution 1.5, which is optimized for LAN deployments, supports VMware ESX Server 3.5 and VMware VirtualCenter 2.5, enables new usage models and provides more efficient resource management capabilities. According to Michael Fodor, VP of Product Management at Pano Logic, “The new release’s emphasis on LAN optimization and usage models is important, and will prove incredibly useful as more enterprises begin to identify and differentiate the needs for desktop virtualization in their LAN environments from their WAN environments.” The company has been getting a lot of interest with its shiny, silver box. And some of the new features it hopes will add to that interest include: Support for the latest VMware releases – Adds support for the latest versions of VMware Infrastructure 3 including ESX Server 3.5 and VirtualCenter 2.5. Kiosk mode usage model – Enables Pano devices to be deployed in public or shared locations for any user. Kiosk mode allows users to have easy access to limited-purpose, highly secure virtual desktops, whether deployed in conference rooms, lobbies or shared work areas. Device and location-based usage model – Provides access to designated desktop virtual machines based on the particular Pano device being used. Device restricted mapping allows users to be connected to desktop virtual machines based on the Pano device and its location within the network. For industries such as healthcare that must comply with data privacy policies based on physical and logical rules, this usage model provides the advantages of desktop virtualization while still enabling location based policies. Resource optimization – Conserves CPU and memory resources by shutting down idle desktop virtual machines (DVMs) when not needed. Expanded USB peripheral support – Adds certified support for more USB peripherals, including printers, scanners and authentication devices such as fingerprint readers and proximity cards.The new 1.5 software release will be available on February 25, 2008 with a starting price of $300. Software Development