VMware View 4.5 Announced!! General Availability Early September!!

VMware announced yesterday at VMworld-San Francisco the release of their desktop virtualization solution View 4.5 in early September. This is a major update centered around the simple, cost effective migrations to Microsoft Windows 7, among many other key benefits and features.

VMware View 4.5 Features and Benefits:

VMware View 4.5 delivers new innovations, expanding the value of desktop virtualization to the

enterprise:

• Rapid, Cost-Effective Windows 7 Migration – VMware View 4.5 fully supports Microsoft Windows

7 while providing a model for enterprises to significantly reduce the cost and time required migrating

from legacy operating systems. Customers who combine VMware View 4.5 with VMware ThinApp™

for application virtualization can realize even more benefits, reducing the time and cost of Windows 7

migration by 50 percent. Customers can calculate their expected savings by visiting VMware’s ROI

calculator.

• Offline Desktop Access – VMware View Client with Local Mode, the industry’s first integrated

offline virtual desktop solution, enables users to access their virtual desktops even while

disconnected from the network. In addition to offline requirements, VMware View Client with Local

Mode delivers solutions to enable use cases such as Bring Your Own PC (BYOPC) and contractor

owned IT. Innovative management provides enforcement of consistent security and compliance

policies across connected and disconnected virtual desktops.

• Expanded Administrative Capabilities – At the core, VMware View Administrator has been

enhanced from the ground up to deliver new levels of scalability and efficiencies for IT organizations.

With the addition of role-based administration, monitoring dashboards, simplified reporting and

support for third-party tools VMware View Administrator continues to drive simplification of virtual

desktop management through a single administrative interface.

• Integrated Application Assignment – VMware View 4.5 simplifies the delivery of virtualized

applications to end-users through integration of application assignment with the VMware View

Administrator console. Integration enables VMware ThinApp applications to be centrally managed

and easily delivered to pools or individual desktops.

• Improved User Experience – With enhancements to optimize delivery of virtual desktops to endusers

on the LAN and across the WAN, VMware View 4.5 continues to improve the end-user

experience and to address new use cases. Enhancements to the PCoIP protocol in the VMware

View 4.5 release include expanded support for authentication mechanisms, improvements to zero

client capabilities and optimized interaction for end-users over wide area links.

• Reduced Solution Cost – With the introduction of tiered storage, VMware View 4.5 helps reduce

the cost of storage by enabling customers to take advantage of multiple storage tiers, including high

performance and locally attached storage. This helps to not only optimize performance but also

allows organizations to reduce the cost associated with storage requirements for virtual desktop

environments. In addition VMware has worked with partners such as Dell, HP, Cisco, NetApp and

EMC to provide prescriptive reference architectures, which enable customers to deploy a desktop

virtualization solution that is both scalable and cost effective. Finally, through integration with

vSphere 4.1, a key component of the VMware View solution, customers benefit from increased

desktop VM consolidation to improve server utilization and further optimize solution costs.

• Enhanced Security Features – Improved security management and security card support in

VMware View 4.5 enables secure access to virtualized desktops while protecting sensitive data.

Enterprises can now deliver a secure, consistent desktop environment for remote and branch offices,

mobile workers, and outsourced and contract business models. VMware View 4.5 also supports the

FIPS 140-2 U.S. Federal Government Security Compliance, enabling protection of sensitive and

secure data for U.S. Federal Government agencies.

• Flexible Device End-Points – View delivers a personalized, uncompromising desktop experience

across nearly any end-user device, including Microsoft Windows and Mac devices, Zero Clients, Thin

Clients, Kiosks and new computing platforms such as the Apple iPhone and iPad as well as Android

devices. This capability enables new flexible desktop models, supporting contractors and employees

leveraging their own endpoint devices. It provides enterprises and users increased flexibility to

choose from new device types while ensuring each system remains managed, secure and compliant.

To see a complete list of VMware View Ready clients, visit

http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/view

• Optimized Anti-Virus Protection – Integration of VMware vShield™ Endpoint enables the

centralization of anti-virus and malware scanning to optimize virtual environment performance,

simplify AV management and improve desktop security.