VMware View Desktop Virtualization Features: Virtual Desktop Security & Management

Simplify desktop and application management while increasing security and control with VMware View. Deliver a personalized high fidelity experience for end-users across sessions and devices. Enable higher availability and agility of desktop services unmatched with traditional PCs while reducing the total cost of desktop ownership up to 50%. End-users can enjoy new levels of productivity and the freedom to access desktops from more devices and locations while giving IT greater policy control.

via VMware View Desktop Virtualization Features: Virtual Desktop Security & Management.

I found this marketing speak funny in that I had no idea what View was after reading that.  After perusing the site more it does look useful.  VMware wants to be gatekeeper to a business’ computing infrastructure and View looks like the end user portal.  Will download to see how this works.

CloudStack, The Best Kept Secret in Cloud Computing

Cross Hypervisor Support

With CloudStack you can use multiple hypervisors, proprietary or open source (VMware, XenServer, Xen Cloud Platform, KVM or OracleVM). Not only can you use whatever hypervisor you want but also you can use multiple hypervisors in a highly available cloud computing instance.

via CloudStack, The Best Kept Secret in Cloud Computing – Head in the Clouds.