VMware extends Horizon beyond virtual desktop infrastructure

Grazed from ComputerWorld. Author: Joab Jackson.

VMware is about to release a new version of its Horizon VDI (virtual desktop infrastructure) software that will allow administrators to manage VDI and non-VDI deployments in a unified manner, by using multiple VMware technologies. "We are extending VMware Horizon beyond VDI, to be able to do virtual desktops," said Sumit Dhawan, VMware vice president and general manager of desktop products and end-user computing.

Horizon is now "a complete system, able to handle 100 percent of desktops," Dhawan said. VDI technologies, such as Horizon’s, encapsulate a user’s entire OS and desktop environment within a virtual machine, so it can be accessed or downloaded over a network. VDI can be beneficial over standard desktop PCs, in a number of ways…

It allows users to access their desktop environments from multiple devices. It also allows administrators to more closely manage their user’s OSes, given that they are stored on centralized servers…

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