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Unidesk Adopts a Northborough Family for the Holidays
by Andrew Nadeau on Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 9:54 AM 0 comments, 373 views

This year Unidesk is going to make Christmas very special for a local family that has fallen on tough times. In the spirit of giving, we adopted a family in Northborough for the holiday season.  Everyone in the company pitched in to buy gifts on the family’s wish list. Through the generosity of everyone, we were able to buy every gift on their list as well as wrapping paper and $400 in gift...

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Tagged helping hands, unidesk culture, unidesk culture
A Wild October: Extreme Heat, Record Snowfall, and Helping Hands
by Andrew Nadeau on Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 2:00 PM 0 comments, 428 views

We are a pretty lucky group of people here at Unidesk. We have well-paying jobs that give us the ability to not have to worry about some of the basics in life – a roof over our heads, food on the table, heat, warm clothes, clean water, etc. Sometimes it is easy to take all that we have been afforded for granted, so a few times a year we come together as a company to give back to the community and...

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Tagged helping hands, unidesk culture
Was Team Unidesk up for the Challenge?
by Andrew Nadeau on Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 1:39 PM 0 comments, 796 views

Indeed. The J.P. Morgan Corporate Challenge Boston that is. Last night marked the 28th annual J.P. Morgan Corporate Challenge race in Boston and was also the 17th consecutive year that the race has reached full capacity of 12,000 participants. The beneficiaries of the Boston event this year were the Emerald Necklace Conservancy and Horizons for Homeless Children. With representation from more than...

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Tagged jp morgan corporate challenge
Friday's Wii Tennis Tournament
by Andrew Nadeau on Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 8:44 AM 0 comments, 1342 views

On Friday we took a break from disrupting the enterprise desktop market and held a company Wii Tennis tournament. Whether a participant or spectator, it is pretty entertaining and comical to watch 4 grown adults battle it out on the "court". Here's a good action shot from the championship match...

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And for company bragging rights, he's a copy of the tournament ...

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"Make the IT People Smile"
by Andrew Nadeau on Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 4:16 PM 0 comments, 1402 views

This week Bruce Hoard of the Virtualization Review wrote an article titled "Make the IT People Smile: A Hypervisor Story." The article highlights the previous successes of Unidesk CEO, Don Bulens, including Radnet, Trellix, EqualLogic (acquired by Dell for $1.4 billion in 2008), and now Unidesk. The article also touches on two of the common threads between all of Don's start-ups: simplifying a task...

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Tagged bruce hoard, virtualization review
Unidesk Lego® village raises hundreds for charity
by Nicole Reineke on Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 5:37 PM 0 comments, 1322 views

Several times a year, the Unidesk employees pull together to support our favorite charities. Given our affinity for building and design, we decided that for this holiday season's event, we would all work together to create a Lego village, voting on the most creative and best executed entry. The winner got to pick their favorite charity to receive the donation.

Each employee was supplied with a base...

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