VMware Virtual Desktop Manager Partner Quote Sheet

HP
“HP views the end-user experience as paramount, and the new features and functionality of VMware Virtual Desktop Manager 2 will complement HP’s industry-leading client virtualization portfolio to ensure customers receive the secure, reliable and easy-to-manage desktop virtualization environment they expect from HP,” said Jeff Groudan, vice president of marketing, HP Desktop Solutions Organization. “As customers continue to deploy client virtualization solutions, they need confidence that the various solution components are well integrated. HP, a longstanding VMware partner, can uniquely deliver a complete VMware-certified solution from the desktop to the data center.”

IBM
“As customers replace their traditional PCs with virtual desktops, they need a proven, enterprise-ready solution,” said Sergio Amoni, worldwide director of marketing, IBM Modular Systems. “With the scalability and availability of our IBM System x and BladeCenter servers combined with VMware Virtual Desktop Manager, our customers will be able to reduce the total cost of their desktop infrastructure while continuing to experience excellent performance and value through deeper integration of our technologies.”

NEC
“The virtual desktop grants exceptional access to a flexible working environment by strengthening security, mobility and manageability. Furthermore, the virtual desktop enables greater business continuity, contributes to environmentally friendly IT and delivers a new experience to business clients,” said Masato Yamamoto, executive general manager, Computer Software Operations Unit, NEC Corporation. “NEC’s Virtual PC Center, an end-to-end desktop virtualization solution, premiered in 2006 as a groundbreaking video and VOIP multimedia technology. The know-how gained through the large-scale operation of nearly 10,000 in-house clients by NEC has led to even greater functional enhancements. NEC, as an industry pioneer, warmly welcomes the ongoing advancement of VMware Virtual Desktop Manager and looks forward to its enhancements being enjoyed by an ever increasing range of worldwide users.”

Wyse
“As a company that puts the ‘desktop’ in ‘desktop virtualization,’ we are happy to support VMware’s efforts to improve user experience, lower TCO and improve scalability of virtual desktop environments,” said Ricardo Antuna, vice president of business development and alliances for Wyse Technology. “VMware Virtual Desktop Manager 2 makes an already strong VDI offering even stronger, and an already compelling business proposition even more so.”