Today is very exciting as we take another major step forward in effort to change the way we use and manage desktop computing today. At VMware we have been executing on the vision of VDI - Virtual Desktop Infrastructure for several years now. Today we are extremely excited to announce the intent to aquire ThinStall. ThinStall is an industry leading application virtualization company that pioneered agentless application virtualization.

For years now customers and IT visionaries have been planning their next generation desktop architectures. IT organizations have been stepping outside the traditional way of deploying desktop services and regaining the control of thier desktop environments by leveraging the power and benifits of VMware virtualization technology. Where server based computing solutions such as Citrix and Terminal services have allen short, VMware VDI has been able to step in and revive the promise of server based computing and dynamic desktop environments.

Where VMware VDI enables organizations to break the bind between the Desktop OS and physical desktops systems. Thinstall allows organizations to break the bind of the Desktop OS and the Applications. Combined organizations will be able to start delivering dynamic desktop environments and better manage desktop computing across the enterprise. With the ThinStall VOS - Virtual Operating System, organizations can easily package and deploy the most complex applicaitons without worrying about application conflicts or costly and challenging application sequencing operations.