More Heartbleed Protection: Update VMware Horizon View Client on Your Mobile Devices

The industry is still cleaning up following the news about the Heartbleed bug in OpenSSL. VMware has released updated versions of the Horizon View Client for both Android and iOS.

The easiest way to ensure you’re safe from the Heartbleed vulnerability is to check to see if there’s an update to the View Client available for your device, and if there is, install it. You can do this on Android by going to the Google Play Store and then selecting “My Apps”. On iOS, go to the App Store and select “Updates”.

If you want to be sure, here are instructions for confirming that you’re running a “Heartbleed-safe” version of the client. Continue reading

VMware Announces Updates to View and Horizon Application Manager

[NOTE: The information in this post was provided to me by VMware in a pre-announcement briefing and was under embargo until 8:01 EDT 2 May 2012.]

Today, 2 May 2012, VMware is announcing new advanced features in their End-User Computing solution set.  These features come to us in the form of VMware View version 5.1 and VMware Horizon Application Manager version 1.5, both of which should be GA by the end of May.

Here’s what you’ll see in the new versions:

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