Alacos creates desktop and server migration management software for corporate and governmental use. Alacos focuses on developing software that makes the deployment and management of computer systems easier to manage with fewer IT resources. Alacos provides associated computer migration and management consulting services such as migration pilot projects and migration implementation for companies.

Products
Alacos’ first product line, the Desktop Migration Agent™ suite, solves the migration problem for moving data, documents, personalized settings, email, and users from a Windows® computer to a Linux® computer. Desktop Migration Agent™ Professional migrates from Windows 95, 98, 98SE, ME, NT, 2000, and XP to Mandrakelinux®, SuSE® Linux, Red Hat®, Fedora®, and TurboLinux®.

Desktop Migration Agent™ Professional’s powerful automated migration technology reduces by over 80% the average time to migrate a PC desktop to a Linux computer. The program increases efficiency, reduces migration errors, and decreases the IT migration learning curve. Migration concerns represent a barrier to switching operating systems. Desktop Migration Agent™ Professional significantly reduces those concerns.

Management
Alacos is a privately held company founded in 2004 by computer industry veterans Luis Aguilar Lemaroy and Glenn Thomas. Alacos’ President is Bill Munro, long time head of specialty printer manufacturue Tally. Alacos is based in Seattle, Washington.