It was included in Horizon Suite to deliver a virtual workspace that provides a single portal for the user to access enterprise and Cloud-based applications, data services, and View desktops. VMware Workspace is targeted to delivering services in a way that is more tablet, mobile, and Cloud friendly. VMware announced that View would be part of the Horizon Suite, which thus consists of VMware View, VMware Mirage, and VMware Workspace. Unlike local mode desktops, Mirage does not make use of a hypervisor as it runs as an agent on a traditional XP or Windows 7 operating system. If the virtual desktop needs to be run in a disconnected/offline mode, users running Windows clients can check out the virtual machine (VM) so that it runs as a local mode desktop changes to the desktop are synchronized to the datacenter when they reconnect. Users can connect to virtual desktops running in the datacenter from various types of View clients. VMware View, VMware’s vSphere-based virtual desktop solution, provides online and offline access to desktops in the datacenter. Any changes are synchronized back to the endpoint, enabling centralized management without sacrificing the decentralized execution of a traditional desktop environment. The CVD is built using OS and application layers, in addition to a driver library that can be managed and changed. Endpoints are synced to a centralized virtual desktop (CVD) in the datacenter. Mirage was designed to centralize and optimize desktops by providing layered image management over both local-area network (LAN) and WAN links.

The experience in WAN optimization was the basis of the company name Wanova.

The founders of Wanova had extensive experience in wide-area networking (WAN) and had already developed and sold a WAN services company, Actona, which was acquired by Cisco. VMware acquired Wanova and its flagship product Mirage. VMware’s product line has rapidly evolved to become a more complete end-user suite. Learn More Buy The Evolution of the End User VMware Horizon Suite: Building End-User Services

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