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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
• 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 Workstation Work?

VMware virtualization software maps physical hardware resources to the virtual machine's resources so that each virtual machine is equipped with its own CPU, memory, disks and network interface cards. No rebooting or hard‑drive partitioning is required to switch between the virtual machines. Virtual machines are the full equivalent of a standard x86 machine and are able to run most Windows, Linux and Novell desktop and server operating systems.

How Does VMware ACE Work?

With VMware ACE, IT administrators use VMware Workstation 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 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 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 with ACE Option Pack users to create and securely package VMware ACE virtual machines for deployment to end users.

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