Deliver rich graphics capabilities for desktop virtualisation

More than 300 customers have already experienced the increased productivity of virtualised remote graphics under an early access program conducted over the past five months by the companies. This gave access to GRID vGPU technology, which allows data center GPUs to be shared across multiple users – enabling greater density and scalability.

Customer feedback showed that NVIDIA GRID vGPU with VMware Horizon 6, built on vSphere, enhances desktop virtualisation with immersive graphics, greater security for mission-critical data, scalable performance and cost-effectiveness.

Among the benefits of enterprise graphics virtualisation with VMware Horizon 6 and vSphere:

· Ability for designers, architects and engineers to run the most advanced, graphics-rich applications in a virtualised environment – using NVIDIA professional graphics and certified application drivers.
· Flexibility for IT departments to support as many as 96 users on a single industry-standard server.
· Cost-effective virtualised graphics for workers who don’t require maximum GPU performance but whose applications benefit from GPU acceleration.
· Support for end users to run immersive, graphics-rich Windows 2D, 3D and media-rich graphics applications on essentially any device through the use of VMware Horizon 6. This brings workstation-class performance to remote and mobile workers, even over the high-latency networks.

As a follow on to the early access initiative, NVIDIA and VMware will be launching their Direct Access Program. Enterprises will be able to quickly adopt VMware Horizon 6 and vSphere 6 with GRID vGPU technology, aided by advisory and technical support from the two companies.

“Bringing great computing experiences to users is at the heart of what we do,” said Jeff Brown, vice president and general manager of Professional Visualisation and Design at NVIDIA. “GRID vGPU unlocks the promise of virtualised desktops by bringing the best graphics performance to the industry’s leading virtualisation platform. This supports new and emerging use cases for desktop virtualisation.”

“The mobile cloud is transforming traditional enterprise desktops and applications, and our collaboration with NVIDIA extends the transformation to high-end workstations and applications so organisations can benefit from the mobile cloud era,” said Erik Frieberg, vice president of marketing for End-User Computing at VMware. “Specialised industries such as design agencies, automotive companies and architecture firms will be able to embrace business mobility to help retain talent, control costs and compete in the 21st century.”