Leading the Pack in Desktop-as-a-Service
VMware Horizon Air – Leading the Pack in Desktop-as-a-Service
By Josue Fontanez, product line marketing manager, End-User Computing, VMware
When VMware acquired Desktone last year, many people wrote that 2014 would be the year of DaaS. As we get closer to wrapping up the calendar year, I thought I�d look back at what we�ve accomplished and highlight our progress this year.
We�ve been moving at a rapid pace since the acquisition of Desktone in late 2013. We have innovated quickly based on what we�ve heard from our customers and unlike other vendors stuck in never-ending tech previews, we haven�t stood still since then.
Horizon DaaS Platform with NVIDIA GRID
Getting Started
In March 2014, VMware released VMware Horizon DaaS, the industry�s first hybrid cloud desktop service that enables customers to take advantage of virtual desktops and apps in the cloud. We also introduced a new collaboration with Google and NVIDIA to deliver high performance graphics to Chromebooks using DaaS. In August at VMworld U.S., we introduced a slew of new features that offered expanded use cases, with support for a broader range of enterprise customers. These included:
- High performance desktops: In addition to the Standard and Advanced DaaS options, the new Enterprise Desktop edition enables developers and engineers who want a high-performance desktop with 4 vCPU, 8GB vRAM, and 120GB HD.
- Apps as a Service: Customers now have the ability to publish applications and shared desktops using RDS infrastructure from VMware.
- Seasonal use case support with monthly terms: For those seasonal requirements across a variety of industries where customers need services for as little as 1 month, all services are now available on monthly terms. In fact, this enabled one of our customers to deploy several thousand cloud-hosted desktops to support their short term M&A activities.
- Expansion to EMEA: Customers in Europe now have the ability to take advantage of all our services from the vCloud Air UK datacenter in Slough
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