Symantec and VMware Announce Strategic Partnership to Deliver Desktop-as-a-Service Solutions
August 31, 2011Today at VMworld(R), 2011, Symantec Corp. /quotes/zigman/78627/quotes/nls/symc SYMC +1.30% and VMware /quotes/zigman/464645/quotes/nls/vmw VMW +4.51% announced an expansion of their strategic partnership to define and architect Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS) solutions with the goal to provide secure, pre-integrated and well-managed enterprise-quality virtual desktop computing environments for enterprises and IT service providers. This initiative will leverage VMware virtual desktop and cloud infrastructure solutions including VMware View(TM), VMware vShield(TM), VMware vCloud(R) Director 1.5 and VMware vSphere(R) 5 with Symantec Endpoint Protection and the Altiris Client Management Suite to deliver a secure, manageable and cost-effective DaaS solution…
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As the industry leaders in security, management and virtualization, the two companies are well positioned to deliver hosted virtual desktops that are secure, easy to manage and compliant with enterprise customers’ governance and regulatory requirements. The DaaS solution will provide:
— Service Driven Cloud Infrastructure: Building on existing vCloud and
vSphere infrastructures from VMware, the DaaS solution will provide
the agility, efficiency and choice to quickly provision, manage and
track all aspects of a multi-tenant, virtual desktop environment.
— Security Protection from the Cloud to the Endpoint: Delivered with
Symantec Endpoint Protection and VMware vShield, DaaS delivered
virtual desktops are protected from internal and external threats
emanating from email, web and storage vectors.
— End-to-End Configuration and Control of Applications: The day-to-day
demands of managing virtual desktops in addition to the applications
that reside within them are made easier through centralized control
using Symantec Client Management Suite.