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Friday, 4 September 2015

New end-user computing solutions announced at VMworld

VMware has announced at VMworld 2015 new end-user computing innovations for universal application delivery and device management to help organisations deliver a more user- and application-centric experience.

VMware End-User Computing solutions help customers bridge from the traditional world of client-server technologies to the new world of mobile-cloud technologies that deliver greater agility, seamless access across user devices and enhanced security. 

According to VMware, the mobile-cloud era challenges enterprises to provide secure access to an increasingly mobile workforce while managing the growing diversity of applications, data and devices. Employees want a unified experience across multiple devices with ubiquitous access to applications, content and services; IT organisations want greater visibility and control of company data being used and shared; and businesses want a return on investment beyond enhanced individual productivity.
“A fundamental technology shift is underway as organisations seek to embrace and capitalise on business mobility,” said Sanjay Poonen, GM and Executive VP, End-User Computing, VMware. “The opportunity for transformative change is massive, and VMware is innovating like never before. Our industry-leading VMware End-User Computing product portfolio is uniquely positioned to help customers navigate this transition to the mobile-cloud era.”

These trends were evident in VMware’s Business Mobility Report, an annual study that examines the state of business mobility among global organisations spanning multiple industries. The June 2015 survey of 1,182 business decision makers (BDMs) and IT practitioners offered insight into the worldwide progress companies are making in the transition from the client-server era to the mobile-cloud era and revealed several key trends.

The report found that:

 Although only 17% of organisations have taken the transformative step to business mobility, shifting at least one core business process to a mobile paradigm, nearly two-thirds (61%) of businesses are actively re-engineering or planning to re-engineer a core business process to a mobile model in the immediate future.

 The bring your own device (BYOD) trend is active among many organisations with only 44% of companies requiring employees to work with company-owned devices.

 The top three goals for investing in business mobility innovations include increasing mobile workforce productivity (45%), streamlining business processes (34%) and reducing the cost of supporting a mobile workforce (31%).

VMware also introduced Project A2, a technology preview showcasing the ability to re-define Windows management and pioneer an approach that is unique in the industry, shifting from a focus on endpoint management to a focus on application management.

Windows 10 will drive a major industry shift due to its mobile-cloud focus. Businesses upgrading to the new operating system will need to embrace a new mobile-centric approach to delivering and managing applications, as pioneered by AirWatch by VMware. Project A2 can accelerate the adoption of Windows 10 by eliminating the costly and complex process of managing and upgrading Windows PCs and applications by using AirWatch enterprise mobile management (EMM) coupled with new VMware App Volumes application delivery technology.

Project A2 will make applications lightweight and easy to deliver, enabling IT organisations to seamlessly move existing physical Windows applications into the new Windows 10 mobile-cloud platform and apply an EMM approach across all applications (universal and classic Windows applications). This new technology will offer IT teams a uniform management experience for their entire fleet of Windows 10 desktop devices along with employee and business owned mobile devices. Moreover, it will deliver a consistent end-user mobile workspace that provides access to all of users applications including Windows, SaaS and mobile, to any device.

The VMware End-User Computing product portfolio provides solutions that securely deliver any app to any device while supporting Windows 10 and earlier versions of Windows. Updates that will further enable customers to embrace the mobile cloud and securely deliver any app to any device include:

 New VMware Identity Manager Advanced Edition – The industry's first identity as a service (IDaaS) offering integrated with a leading, enterprise mobility management and security solution. Initially available as part of the AirWatch Blue and Yellow Management Suites, VMware Identity Manager Advanced Edition will be available as a standalone IDaaS solution through the browser on any Chrome, Mac or Windows device. 

 Continued innovation in application and desktop delivery will introduce several key advancements in VMware Horizon, including:

o Expanded support for applications at-scale that will deliver a rich user experience to global, multi-site deployment of virtual environments;

o An enriched user experience with support for Skype for Business and NVIDIA GRID vGPU (virtual graphics processing unit);

o New VMware Virtual SAN storage optimisations that will include all-flash options delivering much lower costs and incredible performance;

o Enhanced security capabilities including support for biometric fingerprint authentication

In addition, VMware announced VMware Horizon 6.2 for Linux. Designed for customers that require specialised security or high-end workstations, the solution will offer expanded support for NVIDIA GRID vGPU and shared graphics acceleration (vSGA). Along with existing virtual dedicated graphics acceleration (vDGA) support, VMware Horizon 6.2 for Linux will offer a complete spectrum of 3D graphics delivery.

“Applications play a critical role in how we do business so we focus on working with organisations and technologies that help our end-users work smarter and more effectively," said Craig Fletcher, CTO, CH2M, an engineering consultancy which has offices in Asia Pacific and the Middle East. “VMware End-User Computing solutions enable us to seamlessly deliver any application our end users need on any device, whether it’s a graphic intensive application for a high-end design engineer at a workstation or a mobile application for a knowledge worker to access information on the go. With that agility and flexibility, we’re able to better serve our customers.”

Interested?

VMware Identity Manager Advanced Edition, VMware Horizon 6.2 and VMware Horizon 6.2 for Linux will be available in Q3 2015.
Find out more about Project A2
Learn more about the trends identified by the VMware Business Mobility Report

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