VMware Buys Wanova: More Than Virtual Deskop Infrastructure (VDI)

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Indeed, VMware claims Wanova’s flagship product — Wanova Mirage — offers centralized image management across physical and virtual desktops. Those images can run in a VDI session, on a client hypervisor or natively on a PC, Wanova indicated.

The VMware-Wanova business combination is widely viewed as a counter-move to Citrix Systems and Dell-Wyse in the thin client and desktop virtualization markets.

So how can MSPs potentially benefit from the VMware-Wanova deal? More than traditional desktop as a service (DaaS), Wanova says MSPs can use Mirage to:

Wanova raised $10 million in series B funding back in August 2011. Translation: Some investors are likely exiting the Wanova engagement roughly 10 months later. Changes are, VMware paid a healthy premium to snap up Wanova, though financial terms were not disclosed.