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VMware EUC Portfolio: What’s New in Zimbra 7.2

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By Jon Dybik, Product Management, Zimbra

Zimbra 7.2 has arrived, with significant capabilities and enhancements to make collaboration easier and more secure for both users and administrators.

To begin with, your emails are protected with S/MIME encryption and signing, both of which are now native to the Zimbra Web Client and work with Outlook using the Zimbra Connector for Outlook. Which is to say, messages can be read only by the intended recipient, with the sender’s identity assured. Previously, just the communication itself could be secured via SSL. With S/MIME, the data inside is encrypted as well, adding a second layer of protection.  

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VMware Project Octopus: Data Sharing for the Post-PC Era

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By Andrew Hawthorn, Product Marketing, End-User Computing

Last September, VMware provided a glimpse into the future. It demonstrated a new technology, called Project Octopus, that promised to be the first viable Enterprise cloud file sharing application. The way people manage and share information within the Enterprise is changing, and Project Octopus is at the forefront of meeting these new needs.

Today, with the announcement of the Project Octopus Beta, VMware is taking a significant step toward empowering users to securely access files on any device from anywhere. Unlike other solutions, Octopus can be deployed on-premise or accessed via a VMware service provider, and either way, Octopus provides IT with the ability to govern usage and set policies for data access and sharing.

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VMware EUC Portfolio: Shipping Rules!

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By Vittorio Viarengo, vice president, End-User Computing, VMware

At VMware’s core we are a collection of proud engineers. We take quality extremely seriously, we take our time to integrate our products and test them thoroughly. Then we ship and it is a big celebration. It should be!!!! It is hard, rewarding work.

Today, I am thrilled to announce that we have reached another major milestone with our End-User Computing portfolio – we are turning the vision we unveiled at VMworld last year into shipping products!!!!

In a nutshell, our vision is to deliver the end-user management platform for the post-PC-only era combined with a great experience for the user.

  • End-user value: It delivers end-users their desktop, apps and data with a simple, consistent user experience across all their devices.
  • IT value: It gives IT a single management platform that empowers IT to define the policies that determine which users get what, when and with what level of security.

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Agenda: End-User Computing Virtual Conference – May 3rd, 8:30am PST

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End-User Computing Virtual Conference Agenda

 Only a few days a away! Get the details from Vittorio to see why you should join the Virtual Conference.  

Keynote – 8:30am

Accelerating the Journey to the Post-PC Era

Vittorio Viarengo, Vice President, End-User Computing

Enterprises are dealing with two fundamental client computing challenges—end-users are becoming more mobile, requesting data and applications to be provided readily on different devices; IT needs a simple, secure solution to manage the proliferation of data, applications and devices required for employee productivity.

In this keynote, learn how the VMware End-User Computing platform addresses these challenges by providing solutions to free businesses from a device-centric computing to user-centric experience. Traditional technology silos are lifted, application and data entitlement are centralized, and people are connected to technology and each other in new collaborative ways.

On-demand Product Breakout Sessions

VMware View
VMware View simplifies desktop management, control and delivery while providing a high fidelity virtual desktop to increase end-user productivity. See how VMware View continuously improves to simplify management, improve user experience, and lower the total cost of ownership.

VMware Horizon Application Manager
VMware Horizon Application Manager is a new cross-platform enterprise management solution. Understand how this solution simplifies IT by centralizing application management while providing a new on-demand end-user workspace. Go beyond the pc-era and embrace the cloud with flexibility but not complexity.

Project Octopus
Project Octopus provides data as a service to multiple devices in the post-PC era. This session discusses how the way people manage and share information within the Enterprise is changing, and how Project Octopus enables IT leaders to empower their users with secure anywhere access to their data with full control and governance over the data from either the private or public cloud. Watch this session to see a demo of Project Octopus.

Socialcast by VMware
Socialcast is the enterprise social platform that connects people to the knowledge, ideas, and resources they need to work smarter. See how Socialcast unifies communication and collaboration across the organization into one streamlined flow of work by integrating a robust social layer within the business applications and systems people use every day.

VMware Zimbra
VMware Zimbra is an enterprise-class, open source email, calendar and collaboration platform. Zimbra provides an open platform designed for virtualization and portability across private and public clouds, making it simpler to manage and more cost effective to scale.

On-demand Solution Breakouts

VMware View Solutions

As desktop virtualization garners more momentum, IT organizations are looking for a solution that is cost-effective and easy to deploy, manage, and scale. VMware View provides a comprehensive set of features that address the most challenging desktop use cases for customers

This session shows how VMware View can meet your desktop use cases:

  • Enable IT to easily deploy and manage desktop infrastructure on any device and any time for mobile, secure desktops. Give end-users to flexibility and choice to work they way they want to.
  • Meet the desktop requirements of end-users, from task workers to power users, working from out sourced or off-shore locations
  • Easily manage an agile and secure desktop infrastructure from a central location to remote offices and branch offices.

VMware View for Healthcare

The healthcare industry is in the midst of major transformation.  Hear how VMware View and ThinApp can modernize existing clinical desktops into a highly available, secure and mobile virtual desktop solution. Streamline clinician workflows, simplify desktop and application management and prepare for the next generation clinical workspace.

The Post-PC Era in the Federal Government

Hear how VMware technology is impacting three important building blocks of mobile computing in the Federal space. Learn how to embrace the post-PC era, by leveraging managed desktops, user-centric applications, and collaborative environments. 

How Desktop Virtualization Helps Cut Spending and Improve Computer Services at Schools
Desktop virtualization is a strategic investment that helps campuses overcome many of the critical technology hurdles they face today. Hear VMware and IDC Government Insights discuss desktop virtualization adoption, as well as the benefits and challenges that 10 primary, secondary and higher-education customers. 

Scheduled Expert Chats

10am – 10:30am PST
VMware View Vertical Solutions
Discuss how VMware View can help solve business challenges in Healthcare, Government, Education, and Financial Services.

Hosts:
Pam Takahama, Product Line Manager, End-User Computing
John Dodge, Director, Desktop Solutions

10:30 – 11:00am PST
VMware View Solutions
Understand how VMware View can help Mobile Secure Desktop, Business Process Desktop, AlwaysOn Desktop and Branch Office Desktop solutions.

Hosts:
Courtney Burry, Product Line Manager, End-User Computing
Sreekanth Kannan, Sr. Product Marketing Manager, End-User Computing
Muthu Somasundaram, Sr. Technical Solutions

11:00am – 12:00pm PST
Technical Expertise for VMware View
Have a technical or more detailed question on a specific feature of View? Ask the product experts here.

Hosts:
Robert Baesman, Director, Desktop Product Management
Lebin Cheng, Group Manager, Desktop Product Management
Rory Clements, Reference Architect Engineer, Desktop Product Marketing

12::00 – 12:30pm PST
VMware View Clients
Share your experience with using View on different devices and provide feedback to the View Client team. 

Hosts:
Ben Chong, Sr. Product Manager, End-User Clients
Pat Lee, Director, End-User Clients

End-User Computing Virtual Conference

May 3rd, Thursday    
8:30am – 1:30pm PST / 11:30am – 4:30pm EST

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VIDEO: VMware Zimbra is the Communications Hub for The City of Ventura

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Learn how the City of Ventura relies on VMware Zimbra to help maintain uninterrupted critical city services, connecting city employees with their email, contacts, files, calendars and other enterprise systems all in one user interface.

VIDEO: VMware Zimbra a Key Collaboration Tool for Cal Poly State University

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Learn how VMware Zimbra has become a key collaboration tool for students, faculty and staff at Cal Poly State University with its easy, intuitive and web-based email, calendaring, file sharing and task management features.

VIDEO: Monterey Bay Aquarium Enhances Collaboration with VMware Zimbra

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Learn how the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute is using VMware Zimbra to enhance collaboration and communication between its scientists, engineers and operations staff to further oceanographic research.

Blurring the Boundaries of End-User Computing

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Brian Gammage – Chief Market Technologist, VMware End-User Computing

The rapid pace of change in end-user computing is affecting more than just the way users work through technology.  It is also changing the language and the units of measure in what was, until recently, a very stable market environment. This creates ample scope for confusion, misunderstanding and (in some cases) creative license with descriptions.

Take the word “desktop” for example. Until recently, most people would have translated this as "PC". Measures of the desktop market described how many PCs were shipped or sold. It was easy – everyone was counting the same, physical objects.  A desktop today might be virtual, with all the same software elements, but located somewhere completely different and accessed through a tablet or smartphone. The physical implications have changed.

For those measuring markets, this creates challenges – without consistency in measures, there are no meaningful comparisons across time: the growth rates and forecasts on which business performance is measured risk losing their meaning. So it is very important, when language and measures are changing, to ensure we are always very clear in what we are counting.

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