<s>
ThinDesk	B-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
hosted	B-General_Concept
desktop	I-General_Concept
platform	O
for	O
small	O
and	O
mid-sized	O
businesses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ThinDesk	B-General_Concept
platform	O
allows	O
an	O
organization	O
's	O
users	O
to	O
access	O
company-related	O
data	O
and	O
applications	O
via	O
a	O
web	O
portal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
type	O
of	O
service	O
is	O
generally	O
called	O
cloud-based	B-Architecture
,	O
and	O
more	O
specifically	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
a	O
Platform-as-a-Service	B-Application
(	O
PaaS	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ThinDesk	B-General_Concept
as	O
a	O
company	O
was	O
founded	O
in	O
2006	O
and	O
partnered	O
with	O
Telus	O
in	O
2007	O
to	O
provide	O
the	O
datacentres	O
necessary	O
to	O
support	O
the	O
platform	O
and	O
its	O
customers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
,	O
ThinDesk	B-General_Concept
was	O
bought	O
by	O
Insite	O
Computer	O
Group	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
currently	O
two	O
versions	O
of	O
ThinDesk	B-General_Concept
,	O
1.0	O
of	O
which	O
is	O
ThinDesk	B-General_Concept
Legacy	O
,	O
which	O
consists	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
platform	O
design	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
platform	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
private	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
ThinDesk	B-General_Concept
was	O
adopted	O
as	O
a	O
cloud	O
brand	O
and	O
will	O
be	O
developed	O
into	O
ThinDesk	B-General_Concept
3.0	O
in	O
2017	O
under	O
the	O
F12.net	O
banner	O
.	O
</s>
