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"VMware ACE® - Take Control of Virtual Desktops in the Enterprise"
What is VMware ACE®
VMware ACE® is an enterprise solution for IT desktop managers who want to provision
secure, standardized PC environments to the extended enterprise. VMware ACE installs
easily, improving the manageability, security and cost-effectiveness of any industry-standard
PC. VMware ACE enables IT desktop managers to apply enterprise IT policies to a
virtual machine containing an operating system, enterprise applications, and data
to create an isolated PC environment known as an "assured computing environment".
Through Virtual Rights Management technology, VMware ACE enables IT desktop managers
to control assured computing environment lifecycles, secure enterprise information
on PCs, and ensure compliance with IT policies.
Benefits of VMWare ACE®
- Reduce additional hardware costs by deploying "virtual
laptops" instead of fully-configured PCs
- Provide secure access by creating hardware-independent,
sandbox environments that run on any PC
- Enable users to "go mobile" and take their
desktops with them on portable media devices using Pocket ACE
- Secure intellectual property and confidential data
on PCs both in the field and locally
- Reduce the high cost of supporting non-standard and legacy desktop systems
How Does VMware ACE 2 Work?
With VMware ACE 2, IT administrators use VMware Workstation 6 to create and package
a hardware-independent, IT-managed PC within a secured virtual machine and deploy
it to a properly licensed physical PC or portable media device such as a USB flash
drive.
VMware ACE 2 Management Server delivers easy control and management of VMware ACE
clients from a centralized console. It supports dynamic policy updates, including
the ability to activate or deactivate a virtual desktop at any time.
VMware ACE 2 Enterprise Edition enables IT administrators to deliver the most complete
virtual desktop environment to end users while maintaining the control the IT organization
requires.
CONTROL
- Centralized security and management policies.
Virtual Rights Management (VRM) centralizes management of security policies and
access rights applied to VMware ACE running on an end-user PC.
- Secured access. Secure the entire VMware ACE
environment, including data and system configuration, with authentication and virtual
disk encryption.
- Device control. Lock down PCs by granting or
denying access to host PC devices such as printers, USB memory keys, or DVD/CD writers
based on device type or ID.
- Expiration control. Configure VMware ACE to expire at a pre-determined time,
or after a pre-set period.
ISOLATE
- Rules-based network access. Enable endpoint
compliance by identifying and quarantining expired, unauthorized or out-of-date
VMware ACE environments by port or traffic type.
- Flexible endpoint lockdown. Tighten desktop
security policies while—at the same time—providing the freedom end-users require
to be productive.
- Secure access. Offer secure, managed access to your standard corporate desktop
image from any PC, managed (company-owned PCs) or unmanaged (employee-owned PCs,
3rd party PCs including vendors and contractors).
CAPTURE
- Snapshots. Eliminate the time required to reconfigure
systems by leveraging pre-captured snapshots of "known good" desktop states.
Rapidly configure demo and training environments with custom snapshots in seconds.
- Quick recovery. Save help desk and support costs by helping users recover
quickly on their own. With a snapshot that is taken after the VMware ACE virtual
machine is installed on the client, end users can revert to a previous state within
seconds.
STREAMLINE
- Design once, deploy anywhere. Create standardized
hardware-independent PC environments with virtual machines and deploy them to any
PC or portable flash media device for an easy to manage, yet complete desktop experience.
- Leverage a single virtual client platform. Support for a single VMware platform
empowers VMware Workstation 6 with ACE Option Pack users to create and securely
package VMware ACE virtual machines for deployment to end users.
For more information regarding VMWare ACE® and or other products Capital Network
Solutions, Inc. supports you can contact us via the
web or call 800-781-2755.
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