VMware, Inc., a global leader in cloud infrastructure and business mobility, has announced it will deliver VMware Horizon\u00ae Cloud on Microsoft Azure. The integration helps customers accelerate the move to Windows 10 and brings VMware virtual desktops and applications to the increasing global presence of Azure in the enterprise \u2013 available in 38 regions globally.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe addition of VMware Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure puts VMware in a unique position to offer customers several infrastructure options for virtual desktops and applications with the flexibility to move between different platforms,\u201d said Sumit Dhawan, Senior Vice President and General Manager, End-User Computing, VMware. \u201cThis is an example of VMware executing against its cross-cloud strategy and bringing innovation to the desktop-as-a-service (DaaS) category it pioneered in 2009.\u201d<\/p>\n
Horizon Cloud is unique in its ability to use a single cloud control plane to give customers the flexibility to choose their preferred infrastructure for delivering and managing virtual desktops and applications. Leveraging VMware\u2019s cross cloud strategy, customers can choose from several deployment options and can dynamically switch options if use cases change, employees move or economics shift. Only Horizon Cloud offers this flexible scale-out of virtual desktops and applications with options including: <\/p>\n
\u2022\tFully managed public cloud infrastructure from VMware \u2013 Designed for organisations looking to outsource management of infrastructure to the cloud for a desktop-as-a-service (DaaS) experience and great for quick scaling and predictable economics.
\n\u2022\tLeverage public cloud infrastructure from Microsoft \u2013 Connect Azure Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) to Horizon Cloud to deliver and manage Horizon virtual desktops and applications, ideal for organisations with an Azure subscription.
\n\u2022\tBring your own on-premises infrastructure with Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) appliances \u2013 Designed for organisations that desire greater control over their virtual desktop infrastructure and ideal for those with tight security or performance requirements.<\/p>\n
Horizon gives customers the ability to use an industry-leading solution that has been recognised for having \u201c\u2026the most complete mix of business and solution strategies and capabilities for delivering virtual desktops and applications\u201d according to the 2016 IDC Marketscape.<\/p>\n
\u201cEnterprises all over the world are rapidly looking to the cloud to consume their IT solutions,\u201d said Steven Guggenheimer, Corporate Vice President, Developer and Platform Evangelism, Microsoft Corporation. \u201cWe are excited to see VMware bring their Horizon Cloud offering and enterprise customers to Azure.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDaaS has matured over the years and today offers the cost savings, performance and agility that appeals to businesses in search for a modern desktop strategy,\u201d said Robert Young, Research Director, IDC. “The addition of a major cloud platform such as Microsoft Azure has the potential to accelerate the adoption of VMware Horizon among customers searching for a different way to manage and deliver Windows 10 desktops and applications.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe believe the future of computing is virtual and VMware Horizon Cloud enables us to deploy desktops and applications to new employees significantly faster and offers greater platform agility,\u201d said Kevin Klosiewski, Cloud Services Manager, Hydrite Chemical Company. \u201cWhether it\u2019s our sales team using tablets in the field or staff working with thin clients, they can easily access their desktops or applications without skipping a beat.\u201d <\/p>\n
VMware Horizon Cloud on Microsoft Azure is expected to be available in the second half of 2017. \t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
VMware, Inc., a global leader in cloud infrastructure and business mobility, has announced it will deliver VMware Horizon\u00ae Cloud on Microsoft Azure. The integration helps customers accelerate the move to Windows 10 and brings VMware virtual desktops and applications to the increasing global presence of Azure in the enterprise \u2013 available in 38 regions globally. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":12497,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[182,399],"tags":[22,2691,433,625,2692],"class_list":["post-12496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cloud","category-more-news","tag-cloud","tag-horizon-cloud","tag-microsoft-azure","tag-public-cloud","tag-vmware-horizon"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12496"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12496\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}