News Release: Apple iPad Means Business With VMware View Virtual Desktops

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Apple iPad Means Business With VMware View™ Virtual Desktops

Available on Apple App Store, New VMware View Client for iPad Lets
Enterprise and Government Users Access Their Virtual Desktops From
Anywhere

PALO ALTO, CA — March 9, 2011 — VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW), the
global leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure, today
announced the availability of VMware View™ Client for iPad on the Apple
App Store for free. Enabling Apple iPad users to access their virtual
Windows(1) desktops, applications and data from anywhere, the new VMware
View Client, in combination with VMware View, delivers a modern desktop
optimized for the iPad's high-resolution Multi-Touch display.

"The growing popularity of the iPad in business presents a new
opportunity for enterprise IT organizations to empower their mobile
workforces by providing users with anytime access to business critical
apps on the go," said Christopher Young, vice president and general
manager, End-User Computing, VMware. "With VMware View™ Client for iPad,
employees and enterprises get a win-win combination — a complete,
secure virtual desktop solution they trust, paired with the unique touch
interface of the iPad employees have come to love in their consumer
lives."

Growing Use of iPad in the Enterprise:
Serving families in Southern California, Children's Hospital Central
California (http://www.childrenscentralcal.org/Pages/Default.aspx) is
one of the 10 largest hospitals of its type in the United States.
Recently, the Hospital deployed VMware View to provide secure,
"Follow-me Desktops," that move from room-to-room with clinicians and
staff as they treat their patients. The hospital plans to deploy VMware
View Client for iPad.

"The iPad could fundamentally change the way our clinicians and staff
approach their IT needs," said Kirk Larson, chief information officer,
Children's Hospital Central California. "Now with VMware View™ Client
for iPad, our caregivers can have the freedom to access a patient's
electronic medical records anywhere in the hospital via an iPad on a
secure VMware View desktop. This could not only improve patient care but
may enable us to dramatically reduce costs and simplify device
management."

End-User Freedom. IT Control:
VMware's End-User Computing vision seeks to free end users and IT
organizations from more than two decades of complex, device-centric
computing and deliver a more user-centric, consumer cloud experience for
the enterprise. The new VMware View Client for iPad provides a simple
and secure way for end users to access virtual Windows desktops,
applications and data from their iPad.

VMware View is a complete, virtual desktop solution that enables
enterprises to improve security and lower operating costs, while
simplifying desktop administration and management by establishing a
modern, end-user computing architecture. The result is a more flexible,
centrally hosted computing model that provides IT with greater control
and end users with freedom to access to their desktop across the
broadest set of devices.

VMware View Client for iPad features include:

- Modern Desktop Experience - The new VMware View Client is the first
iPad app to deliver Windows-based virtual desktops while taking
advantage of the superior user experience provided by PC-over-IP (PCoIP)
display protocol, creating a highly responsive and flexible user
experience.
- Intuitive, Multi-Touch Support - Custom gestures on the new VMware
View Client enable quick and easy navigation around the virtual desktop
by taking advantage of iPad's Multi-Touch display. An innovative
on-screen track pad lets users leverage a more traditional mouse
interface with the iPad's keyboard for efficient text input.
- Secure, Instant-on Windows Desktops - VMware View Security Server
support for PCoIP allows for a simple, secure remote connection and
authentication to a user's Windows desktop over a WiFi or 3G net
work.
Reconnecting to a View Desktop(2) is made even easier with the ability
to select and connect to a list of recently connected desktops.
- Device and iOS Support - Support for the iPad Keyboard Dock and
Bluetooth keyboards makes text input even easier while the iPad VGA
connector allows you to connect to an external monitor. VMware View
Client for iPad supports iOS 4.2 and iOS 4.3.

For additional details on VMware View, go to
www.vmware.com/products/view.

Additional Resources:

- Read VMware CTO Steve Herrod's blog on the company's End-User
Computing strategy: http://communities.vmware.com/community/cto/steve
- Read more about VMware View Client for iPad on the View blog:
http://blogs.vmware.com/view/2011/03/view-client-for-ipad.html
- Watch a video tour of VMware View Client for iPad:

- Watch a video showing how Children's Hospital Central California is
using VMware View Client for iPad to improve patient care:

- See screen shots of VMware View Client for iPad:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vmwarepr/sets/72157626226406068
- Learn more about VMware View: http://www.vmware.com/products/view/
- Follow VMware View on Twitter (http://twitter.com/vmwareview) or
Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/vmwareview)

About VMware
VMware delivers solutions for business infrastructure virtualization
that enable IT organizations to energize businesses of all sizes. With
the industry leading virtualization platform — VMware vSphere™ —
customers rely on VMware to reduce capital and operating expenses,
improve agility, ensure business continuity, strengthen security and go
green. With 2009 revenues of US$2 billion, more than 170,000 customers
and 25,000 partners, VMware is the leader in virtualization which
consistently ranks as a top priority among CIOs. VMware is headquartered
in Silicon Valley with offices throughout the world and can be found
online at www.vmware.com.  VMware Canada is headquartered in Burlington,
Ontario, and can be found online at www.vmware.ca.

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and/or trademarks of VMware, Inc. in the United States and/or other
jurisdictions. All other marks and names mentioned herein may be
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(1) Microsoft Windows 7 — 32-bit and 64-bit, Enterprise Professional,
SP1; Windows Vista — 32-bit, Business and Enterprise, SP1 and SP2;
Windows XP — 32-bit, Professional, SP3

(2) Connection speed dependent on network fidelity and available
bandwidth.


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