Identity Management Systems, Logical and Physical Access, Convergence

VMware? There's an iPhone app for that

Thursday, May 19, 2011

VMware has introduced a new application for iOS, which promises to bring desktop like virtualization features to the mobile platform. VMware has been working on this project for a while dubbed Project Horizon.

VMware Horizon App Manager, as the application is being called, will help end users and IT professionals work anywhere using the cloud to their advantage. The application isn’t quite ready to be released, but trials are ongoing, reports infosecurity.com.

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