VMware Unveils Workplace Suite and NVIDIA Partnership For Chromebooks

Posted by samzenpus on Tuesday August 26, 2014 @06:38AM from the check-it-out dept.

Gamoid writes At VMworld today, VMware introduced the Workplace Suite, a platform for securely delivering applications and content across desktops and mobile devices from the cloud. The really cool part, though, is a partnership with Google and NVIDIA to deliver even graphics-intensive Windows applications on a Chromebook. From the article: "The new VMware Workplace Suite takes advantage of three existing VMware products: Tools for application, device, and content management as well as secure cloud file storage that comes from the January acquisition of enterprise mobile management company AirWatch; VMware Horizon for desktop-as-a-service; and brand-new acquisition CloudVolumes for app delivery. "

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Re:Hmmm .... by i+kan+reed · 2014-08-26 07:14 · Score: 4, Insightful

Because it is. What they're doing is selling remote desktop as a service. Rather than your windows machine, they're offering a windows machine. It's not new, not as a technology, nor explicitly as a service.
But sometimes all you want is useful.