VMware Announces View 5 - VMworld 2011, Las Vegas

VMware Announces New Products and Services for the Post-PC Era

VMware View™ 5 to deliver new levels of innovation and simplicity with protocol enhancements,
advanced 3D graphics, scalable unified communications and integrated persona management

VMware Horizon™ extends benefits of cloud-based application management to virtualized Windows applications and connected mobile workspaces

LAS VEGAS, Aug. 30, 2011 —Advancing its vision for the future of end-user computing in the post-PC era, today at VMworld®, VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW), the global leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure, today announced new solutions to help IT organizations empower a more agile, productive and connected enterprise.

"As our customers begin to embrace this shift to the post-PC era, we offer a simple way to deliver a better Windows-based desktop-as-a-service that empowers organizations to do more with what they already have,"said Christopher Young, vice president and general manager, End-User Computing, VMware. "At the same time, we are investing in expertise and delivering the open products needed to accelerate the journey to a new way to work beyond the Windows desktop. This combination of empowered users and flexible IT as a service, enables a new working style that leads to a more connected enterprise."

The growing VMware End-User Computing portfolio seeks to free employees and enterprise IT from more than two decades of complex, device-centric computing, and delivers a more user-centric, IT as a service experience for the connected enterprise. In this new model, enterprises leverage hybrid cloud resources, while maintaining a managed, secure environment, and providing new ways for employees to collaborate across applications and data from any device, where and when a user needs it. ...more...