VMware announced its collaboration with Adaptiva to help enterprise customers to accelerate the deployment of Windows 10 and next generation PC management from the cloud.
The combined solution — VMware AirWatch Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) and Adaptiva OneSite peer-to-peer (P2P) systems management technology — will enable companies to deploy PC software at scale within a modern Windows 10 management architecture.
This will help solve common distribution challenges associated with large software files for PCs and help drive down costs by eliminating the need for costly on-premises servers and throttling of network bandwidth.
“As the collaboration continues, we believe the integration could also offer additional benefits in the future to help organizations optimize OS and security patching, and content delivery,” said Blake Brannon, vice president, product marketing, mobile products, End-User Computing, VMware.
Meanwhile, VMware released the 2016 State of the Digital Workspace Report, a survey of business and IT decision makers, practitioners and influencers.
The report said organizations taking a digital workspace first approach experience business, operational, and financial benefits while those that wait are falling behind.
Respondents acknowledged that game-changing IT relies on organizations adopting a digital workspace that includes security and identity management as vital components.
With realistic prospects of achieving return on investment (ROI), even businesses that cited obstacles to adoption may want to consider taking another look at business mobility initiatives.
Nearly half of organizations, 48 percent, that have executed mobility initiatives saw improvements in their ability to rapidly introduce new revenue streams, compared to 34 percent among organizations that have not executed a single initiative.
Participants also raised concerns about security. 45 percent viewed a digital workspace solution that includes the necessary elements of security and compliance tools, mobile device management software, and identity management as a way to address compliance and security risks.
Particularly, 43 percent of financial services leaders pointed to identity management software as a necessary element in the financial services segment.