VMware has its Horizon Suite is refreshed in an attempt companies with better tools for workforce mobilitymanagement. In addition, companies can use virtualization to secure business environments on devices such as tablets and cell phones to use.
With the Horizon Suite will VMware to say that companies better capitalize on the bring your own device trend, where employees increasingly using their own devices to work. However, there is the risk that, for example, a tablet of an employee is less protected than a laptop provided by the company is provided to an employee. Also, there is the risk of the city’s business information by ‘foreign’ media.
VMware sees mainly with virtualization capabilities and comes with Horizon Workspace, a virtualized container containing a desktop environment, data and applications. This environment can be from a server to each type of device streamed. According to VMware, this allows for easier and cheaper administrative tools because the user and group level, working in place of management by the device.
In the Horizon Suite are also two already existing tools updated. Horizon View 5.2 makes it possible, for example to a virtualized environment to open it in any web browser thanks to the application of html5. This is the install of client software is no longer necessary, says VMware. Furthermore, you can View 5.2 works with hardware 3d acceleration which, for example, cad applications can be run.
VMware claims finally, some improvements have been made in Horizon Mirage 4.0. This tool for layered image management the system administrator must give the option of desktop environments on different levels to manage without the end user even noticing. The new virtualisatietools of VMware will come this quarter, promises the company.