Horizon 6 for Indian Enterprises from VMware

BANGALORE, INDIA: VMware, Inc. has unveiled VMware Horizon 6, which it claims, is an integrated solution that delivers published applications and desktops on a single platform, for Indian enterprises.

"Horizon 6 is the industry's most comprehensive desktop solution with centralized management of enterprise applications and desktops, including physical desktops and laptops, virtual desktops and applications and employee-owned PCs." it stated. 

The announcement explained further: In India, according to survey respondents, almost every employee (97 per cent) works outside the office, and 9 in 10 employees believe that they are more productive if they are allowed to work outside the office. However, strict IT policies continue to be imposed to prevent the leakage of confidential information (73 per cent) and avoid the misuse of company assets (66 per cent) by employers today. These insights came from the VMware MeConomy 2014 survey that was conducted in 14 countries across Asia Pacific and Japan to understand the attitudes and preferences of employees in an increasingly mobile world. The study also found that more Indian organizations are supporting employees in ways to gain access to the resources for working outside the office (90 per cent).

"With India's increasingly mobile and young workforce today, organizations are busy preparing for the mobile cloud era. They want to transform their applications and enterprise desktops and extend access to employees on any device, from anywhere and want a comprehensive solution that is simple, secure and cost effective," said Ramesh Vantipalli, Head EUC India & Regional SE Manager - South, VMware India.

"Horizon 6 provides IT with a new streamlined approach to deliver, protect, and manage Windows desktops and applications while containing costs and empowering end users to work anytime, anywhere, on any device."