Program provides users with validated desktop virtualization architectures that meet VMware's functional and scalability requirements.
VMware is finding new ways
to keep its desktop virtualization business moving.
The Palo Alto, Calif.-based
virtualization provider on June 22 announced the expansion of its VMware Ready program for partners
providing desktop VDI based on the company's View platform.
The program provides users
with validated desktop virtualization architectures that meet VMware's
functional and scalability requirements and are delivered by qualified VMware
solution providers.
As part of the program,
VMware and its partners validate the complete stack, including hardware
components for compute, storage and network resources, and identify qualified
delivery partners who can deploy and support an end-to-end desktop
virtualization solution.
In a VDI scenario, desktop
operating systems and applications run on virtual machines located on a server,
and users access these machines remotely. Users can run thin clients to access
their virtual desktops, or use full-fledged Windows, Linux or Mac hardware,
regardless of the operating system running on the virtual desktop.
This model allows
enterprises to separate the operating system and applications from the
hardware, increasing flexibility and mobility. An example is providing a full
desktop experience over RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) on a Windows Mobile
device.
The use of VDI holds great
promise as a way of easing the pain many enterprises feel while administering
tens of thousands of physical desktops.
Some of these first VMware
VDI validations will help U.S. government agencies comply with the Telework Act
of 2010, which requires the head of each federal agency to develop IT
infrastructure that supports telework policies.
VMware VDI deployments
focused on federal telework are purpose-built to address the security needs of
federal knowledge workers. Force 3 and Hewlett-Packard currently have their own
implementations.
Chris Preimesberger was named Editor-in-Chief of Features & Analysis at eWEEK in November 2011. Previously he served eWEEK as Senior Writer, covering a range of IT sectors that include data center systems, cloud computing, storage, virtualization, green IT, e-discovery and IT governance. His blog, Storage Station, is considered a go-to information source. Chris won a national Folio Award for magazine writing in November 2011 for a cover story on Salesforce.com and CEO-founder Marc Benioff, and he has served as a judge for the SIIA Codie Awards since 2005. In previous IT journalism, Chris was a founding editor of both IT Manager's Journal and DevX.com and was managing editor of Software Development magazine. His diverse resume also includes: sportswriter for the Los Angeles Daily News, covering NCAA and NBA basketball, television critic for the Palo Alto Times Tribune, and Sports Information Director at Stanford University. He has served as a correspondent for The Associated Press, covering Stanford and NCAA tournament basketball, since 1983. He has covered a number of major events, including the 1984 Democratic National Convention, a Presidential press conference at the White House in 1993, the Emmy Awards (three times), two Rose Bowls, the Fiesta Bowl, several NCAA men's and women's basketball tournaments, a Formula One Grand Prix auto race, a heavyweight boxing championship bout (Ali vs. Spinks, 1978), and the 1985 Super Bowl. A 1975 graduate of Pepperdine University in Malibu, Calif., Chris has won more than a dozen regional and national awards for his work. He and his wife, Rebecca, have four children and reside in Redwood City, Calif.Follow on Twitter: editingwhiz
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Chris Preimesberger was named Editor-in-Chief of Features & Analysis at eWEEK in November 2011. Previously he served eWEEK as Senior Writer, covering a range of IT sectors that include data center systems, cloud computing, storage, virtualization, green IT, e-discovery and IT governance. His blog, Storage Station, is considered a go-to information source. Chris won a national Folio Award for magazine writing in November 2011 for a cover story on Salesforce.com and CEO-founder Marc Benioff, and he has served as a judge for the SIIA Codie Awards since 2005. In previous IT journalism, Chris was a founding editor of both IT Manager's Journal and DevX.com and was managing editor of Software Development magazine. His diverse resume also includes: sportswriter for the Los Angeles Daily News, covering NCAA and NBA basketball, television critic for the Palo Alto Times Tribune, and Sports Information Director at Stanford University. He has served as a correspondent for The Associated Press, covering Stanford and NCAA tournament basketball, since 1983. He has covered a number of major events, including the 1984 Democratic National Convention, a Presidential press conference at the White House in 1993, the Emmy Awards (three times), two Rose Bowls, the Fiesta Bowl, several NCAA men's and women's basketball tournaments, a Formula One Grand Prix auto race, a heavyweight boxing championship bout (Ali vs. Spinks, 1978), and the 1985 Super Bowl. A 1975 graduate of Pepperdine University in Malibu, Calif., Chris has won more than a dozen regional and national awards for his work. He and his wife, Rebecca, have four children and reside in Redwood City, Calif.Follow on Twitter: editingwhiz
