VMware View 4 uses a specialized transport protocol to squeeze out lag time and significantly increase the number of monitors supported by the virtual desktop. The VMware View 4 platform worked well in eWEEK Labs’ tests–delivering full desktop and application functionality to a variety of end-point systems, including thin clients, Linux-based systems and older Windows-based PCs. VMware View centralizes OS and application management tasks while significantly reducing help desk calls by preventing end user tampering with desktop systems. However, IT managers must balance those savings against the platform’s costs.
– VMware View enables enterprises to deliver centrally managed virtual Windows XP and Vista desktops, and now uses a specialized transport protocol to squeeze out lag time and significantly increase the number of monitors supported by the virtual desktop.
View 4–which has the flexibility to meet the…