Simdesk Explained

Simdesk
Founder:	Ray C. Davis^[1]
Founded:	1999
Defunct:	^[2]
Fate:	Ceased operations
Hq Location City:	Houston
Website:	www.simdesk.com

Simdesk, fully known as Simdesk Technologies, Inc.,^[3] formerly Internet Access Technologies,^[4] was a Houston-based^[5] software as a service provider of on demand messaging and collaboration tools for business. It was founded by Ray C. Davis in 1999.^[6] 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.^[7]

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.) Its future direction has not been announced.

Further reading

• News: Microsoft loses showdown in Houston. USA Today. January 21, 2003. Byron Acohido.

External links

• Simdesk homepage
• Cache of the Simdesk homepage
• KDDI Secure Share
• Simdesk at Startup Houston
• Simdesk: No comment
• BlogHouston

Notes and References

1. Web site: A Sweet Deal In Suite Software . . July 4, 2004 . https://archive.today/20230124113139/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2004-07-04/a-sweet-deal-in-suite-software . January 24, 2023 . live .
2. Web site: To Simdesk customers and partners . www.simdesk.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20080614235616/http://www.simdesk.com/ . 2008-06-14 . dead .
3. Web site: Simdesk Champions Technology Model for Digital Inclusion at W2i Digital Cities Convention in Los Angeles . . August 3, 2010 .
4. Web site: Robert Knowling . Aspen Global Leadership Network . January 24, 2023.
5. Web site: Apicella . Mario . The hurricane that never was . InfoWorld . September 29, 2005 .
6. Web site: HP eases migration to Itanium on Superdome . Tech Monitor . May 31, 2005 .
7. Web site: KDDI For Business: Security Services > Secure Share . . https://web.archive.org/web/20080513031754/http://www.kddi.com/english/business/service_domestic/security/secureshare/index.html . May 13, 2008 . dead .