Using Chromebooks as thin client computing devices along with the VMware service could save organizations money in a number of ways, said Caesar Sengupta, Google vice president of product management for Chrome OS. Google and other hardware manufacturers now currently offer Chromebooks starting at $179. Users can also access applications, data and desktops through a browser, using VMware's Blast streaming software. VMware Horizon can stream desktops using VMware's Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), or stream applications using Remote Desktop Services (RDS). With this service, organizations can access their applications or full virtual Windows desktops by using a number of different VMware virtualization technologies. The service, which will be offered both by VMware and selected partners, will go live within the next few months, Poonen said. The pending VMware service, however, may be appealing in that organizations will not have to manage back-end infrastructure for running the virtualized environments, Poonen said.
VMware customers using version 5.3 of Horizon View can already run virtual desktops and applications on Google Chromebooks. "Many customers want to take advantage of thin client computing but want a bridge back to the old world where they can run Windows applications," said Sanjay Poonen, VMware executive vice president and general manager of end user computing.
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