Last week we made a press announcement in China that the company has opened a new facility in Beijing, headed by our Chief Strategy Officer, Cliff Miller, and the new home base to several high-level employees, including founding team member Alex Lu, SVP of BD; newly appointed VP of OEM Sales and Alliances, William Wang; Director of New Business Development, Kevin Wang; and Allen Shen, PR Director for China. The Beijing office will focus on building strategic relationships in China as well as the broader Asian market.

All of us at DeviceVM are excited to have a new office to continue ongoing sales and marketing activity from pre-existing DeviceVM offices in Shanghai and Hangzhou, as well as our base of engineering operations headquartered in Taipei. With the foundation now in place, Cliff and team will be focused on existing relationships with top-tier PC OEMs, as well as expansion into the telecom sector, introducing the award-winning Splashtop platform to enterprises in Asia, and working with leading web companies in the areas of gaming, education, and new media.

Here’s a photo of the new building:

…and the team at work entertaining a team of local journalists:

Finally, here’s Cliff with several engineering students following a talk at the prestigious Beijing University:

Congrats to Cliff and team – if you are ever in Beijing, drop by and pay them a visit!

HP has just announced their new lineup of netbooks and notebooks. We at DeviceVM are excited to point out that a number of new systems feature HP QuickWeb functionality, powered by Splashtop. As HP explains:

“QuickWeb allows users to access the web in seconds when the notebook is shut down. The application resides outside the notebook’s operating system, so there is no need to wait for the computer to boot up.”

With the world’s largest PC maker fully embracing instant-on technology, the day when all of us can browse the Web instantly is now upon us. Here is a screenshot of the new QuickWeb browser in action:

A number of publications have covered the announcement and are reviewing the products:

• Computer World
• jkOnTheRun
• Laptop Magazine 
• eWeek
• Notebook Review