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VMware Desktop Virtualization and Mobility

• Thanks to Horizon 6.1, VDI finally has some inherent security benefits over physical desktops

  "VDI is not more secure than physical desktops," is something that we've been saying, and proving, since the dawn of VDI.  Continue Reading

• Get ready—VMware is combining network virtualization with EMM

  Most of the time, we don't really pay much attention to VMware NSX. It's cool stuff, but it's just not our area.  Continue Reading

• VMware releases Horizon 6.1 (or Horizon 6 "newest release" or whatever they're calling it)

  Last week VMware released the latest version of their Horizon 6 desktop virtualization product. It's been about a year since they first released Horizon 6-their product which combines VDI desktops with RDSH sessions and seamless application ...  Continue Reading

• Horizon Air Desktop DR is a fine idea, but at the end of the day, still DaaS (for better or worse)

  We learned at VMworld Europe that VMware sees disaster recovery as a problem that they can address with cloud services. Currently, customers build elaborate colocation sites or offsite DR facilities with PCs and servers (sometimes the previous ...  Continue Reading

• VMworld Roundup: VMware announces Horizon Flex managed client virtual machines

  In Barcelona yesterday at VMworld, VMware announced their latest attempt at creating an enterprise-class Type-2 client hypervisor. VMware hasn't had a whole lot of success in this department in the past–you might recall ACE having been a thing...  Continue Reading

• VMware lands a few high profile hires of their own in Shawn Bass and Mark Margevicius

  In a blog post last week, Sumit Dhawan announced that VMware had hired both Shawn Bass and Mark Margevicius, two people that many of us know. I first crossed paths with Mark at Key Bank in Cleveland during the late 90's (though it's so long ago that...  Continue Reading

• The AirWatch Connect conference is going on in Atlanta. Here’s everything you need to stay updated.

  I'm in Atlanta this week for the AirWatch Connect conference. Since VMware acquired AirWatch back in January, we've been getting a long-term big-picture view of their combined end user computing plans throughout the year.  Continue Reading

• Live blog of VMworld 2014 Day 2 technical & EUC keynote

  We live blogged our commentary of the Day 2 keynote. Read this from the bottom up.  Continue Reading

• VMware/AirWatch and Box announced a new standards-based MAM framework.

  Last week AirWatch and Box announced a partnership regarding a new standards-based mobile app management framework for ISVs and EMM vendors. This sounds like pretty exciting news, since the mobile app management space is currently a jumble of ...  Continue Reading

• VMware and AirWatch integration continues: Now all channel partners can sell AirWatch.

  Since VMware acquired AirWatch back in February, we've known that there's a long integration road ahead. While AirWatch will continue to operate as a subsidiary, VMware has ambitious (yet logical and exciting) plans to integrate AirWatch's ...  Continue Reading

• VMware Horizon 6 hits the street. Now that the dust has settled, do you care?

  It's been just over two months since VMware announced Horizon 6, their desktop virtualization product which adds app publishing and connectivity to RDSH-based desktops and apps. Last week VMware announced the general availability of the product, and...  Continue Reading

• VMware plans to leverage AirWatch in Horizon 6, Will start managing endpoints & containers like MDM

  Now that Horizon 6 has been announced, the AirWatch acquisition has gone through, and we're no longer questioning VMware's commitment to end-user computing, the next question is what VMware will do to integrate AirWatch and Horizon? Today the two ...  Continue Reading

• VMware beats Amazon, launches Horizon DaaS for $35 per user, including persistent!

  Today VMware announced the general availability of their Horizon DaaS offering based on the Desktone technology they acquired last year. While Horizon DaaS has been available from partners for some time now, today's release is where end customers ...  Continue Reading

• VMware acquires AirWatch. Here's our first impression.

  This morning VMware announced that it will acquire enterprise mobility management vendor AirWatch.  Continue Reading

• Why might VMware need to buy an EMM vendor? Here’s a closer look at the product details.

  With the VMware end-user computing management changes in the news last week, it's time to take a look at where VMware is on the enterprise mobility management mobile front.  Continue Reading