Numecent Promises New Cloud and Virtualization Features for Linux

Numecent, which develops a “cloudpaging” platform that delivers runs code from the cloud on local systems, has received significant funding to bring its software to Android and Linux.

Numecent’s cloudpaging feature lets computers download and instantly run code from the cloud. The big idea is to make it possible to virtualize entire operating systems in the cloud without actually running them there — a solution that allows users to make the most of both cloud hosting and virtualization, without the limitations that usually accompany them.

Cloudpaging is similar to thin clients, which have been around for decades. Thin clients are computers that get some of their resources — such as data and video displays — from remote servers via the network. However, Numecent aims to innovate by allowing client machines to execute code that is itself hosted in the cloud. That’s a key difference from thin clients that simply download processed information that servers send to them.

Cloudpaging is already supported for Windows. Now, Numecent has raised $15.5M from several European investors, including Deutsche Telekom, to extend the technology to support the open source Android and Linux platforms.

“With this major new funding, we will not only be able to continue our disruptive growth on Windows but will also accelerate the development of cloudpaging for other form factors and operating systems like Android and Linux,” said Osman Kent, executive chairman and cofounder of Numecent, in a statement.

The new funding increases Numecent’s total treasury to $38M.