In a world where tablets and smartphones are outselling desktop PCs, one has to wonder if the desktop PC will soon be obsolete? Vittorio Viarengo, VP of End User Computing at VMware believes that we are already in the post-PC era. In an interview with Dave Vellante, Co-Founder of Wikibon at VMworld 2011, Viarengo discussed how VMware is focusing on enabling both the desktop to be brought forward, as well as accessing applications and data.
VMware announced two new projects at VMworld -- Octopus and AppBlast. Viarengo described Octopus as the dropbox for the enterprise. He said, "You have the same seamless experience for end users, but give IT control so when they need it, when they need compliance, they need to do an audit trail, or when they need to wipe a device, they have the capability."
Vittorio went on to speak of VMware's vision of the end user going to one place where they have access to all of their applications: enterprise apps, SAS apps, mobile apps, windows apps and of course, their data, and then they follow them across all devices.
Viarengo said with AppBlast, they made it as simple as possible. They drop an agent, even on a physical desktop, and as long as you have an HTML5 browser, you can get to that application.
Vellante asked about the competitive landscape between VMware and Citrix. Vittorio replied, "In a world where fifty percent of servers run on VSphere, companies are making a big strategic investment in us, so we have that credibility. On the end user computing side, we have brought in alot of DNA because it's a different ballgame; we understand that. We need more of that desktop and end user DNA, and we see us as a viable partner to take customers into the post-PC world."
Ultimately, Vittorio said VMware wants to be more assertive about the strength of their platform and their vision. "We see this world where Windows is not the choice. It's just one of the choices, and users get their work done with the devices that they like. If we do this right, IT becomes an invisible partner."
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Vittorio Viarengo, VMware | VMworld 2011
In a world where tablets and smartphones are outselling desktop PCs, one has to wonder if the desktop PC will soon be obsolete? Vittorio Viarengo, VP of End User Computing at VMware believes that we are already in the post-PC era. In an interview with Dave Vellante, Co-Founder of Wikibon at VMworld 2011, Viarengo discussed how VMware is focusing on enabling both the desktop to be brought forward, as well as accessing applications and data.
VMware announced two new projects at VMworld -- Octopus and AppBlast. Viarengo described Octopus as the dropbox for the enterprise. He said, "You have the same seamless experience for end users, but give IT control so when they need it, when they need compliance, they need to do an audit trail, or when they need to wipe a device, they have the capability."
Vittorio went on to speak of VMware's vision of the end user going to one place where they have access to all of their applications: enterprise apps, SAS apps, mobile apps, windows apps and of course, their data, and then they follow them across all devices.
Viarengo said with AppBlast, they made it as simple as possible. They drop an agent, even on a physical desktop, and as long as you have an HTML5 browser, you can get to that application.
Vellante asked about the competitive landscape between VMware and Citrix. Vittorio replied, "In a world where fifty percent of servers run on VSphere, companies are making a big strategic investment in us, so we have that credibility. On the end user computing side, we have brought in alot of DNA because it's a different ballgame; we understand that. We need more of that desktop and end user DNA, and we see us as a viable partner to take customers into the post-PC world."
Ultimately, Vittorio said VMware wants to be more assertive about the strength of their platform and their vision. "We see this world where Windows is not the choice. It's just one of the choices, and users get their work done with the devices that they like. If we do this right, IT becomes an invisible partner."
