by Geoffrey Murase, Sr. Solutions Marketing Manager, End-User Computing
There’s no denying that the desktop experience both at work and at home is becoming more graphics rich. Whether it’s viewing Adobe 3D PDF drawings in the office or participating in a raid with your World of Warcraft guild (presumably while NOT in the office), the expectation for smooth, detailed graphics is growing. For businesses using virtualized desktops, it’s been challenging to keep up with new graphics intensive applications without overtaxing the processing power of servers in the datacenter.
VMware is pleased to announce that we have partnered with NVIDIA to help solve this problem. With our recently released VMware® Horizon View™ 5.2, we are now able to support graphics acceleration offloading to NVIDIA GRID GPUs in the datacenter. This capability ensures that workers using virtualized desktops get a great visual experience and can use the latest graphics intensive applications while IT departments continue to enjoy the benefits of centralized data, security, and ease of management that desktop virtualization brings.
Use cases for this technology include sharing 3D drawings with third party development teams overseas without compromising security or using tablets to share detailed 3D medical images with colleagues or patients while on the go. In education, low cost computer labs can be setup using thin clients and desktop virtualization while still providing access to the latest and greatest graphics rich applications. In addition, everyday knowledge workers can benefit from this technology by experiencing faster rendering of PowerPoint presentations and smoother delivery of video.
Come visit the VMware booth (#401) at the GPU Technology Conference, March 19-21st at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center, to see for yourself how users can experience rich graphics in a virtualized desktop environment. We also invite you to attend VMware’s breakout session: “Access 3D Apps Anywhere, On Any Device With Accelerated Virtual Desktops (S3544)” to hear VMware’s Director of Product Management, Pat Lee, speak about this technology.
