VMware releases VMware Workstation 11 and VMware Player 7 Pro
VMWare, a company that specializes in developing virtualization solutions and cloud infrastructure, today announced the launch of VMware Workstation 11, the latest version of the company's PC virtualization solutions. .
The company said that the new version of VMware Workstation 11 solutions is characterized by its work on the new Windows 10 Tech Preview operating system, advanced performance, and cloud connectivity with the integrated VMware vCloud Air platform. To secure support for the most advanced computing environments.
VMware added that VMware Workstation 11 solutions will provide an advanced set of features and high performance, which technical experts can rely on during their daily work with virtual machines.
With the support of the latest version of these solutions for the "Windows" and "Linux" operating systems, and providing it with the latest processors and equipment, and the ability to connect with network solutions VMware vCloud Air, VMware Workstation solutions will become the ideal tool to increase productivity, save time, and enhance the level of utilization from the cloud.
The new version can also work on more than 200 operating systems, including the latest version of the Microsoft operating system, “Windows 10 Tech Preview”, and technical users can use the “Windows 2012 R2” operating system for servers, “Ubuntu 14.10”, and “ RHEL 7, CentOS 7, Fedora 20, Debian 7.6 and many more operating systems.
VMware Workstation 11 will also support the latest 64-bit Intel x86 processors, including the new high-performance microarchitecture Haswell processor.
To take advantage of the key features of the new Haswell processor, VMware Workstation 11 solutions will improve up to 45 percent of CPU-intensive operations, such as multimedia, encryption/decoding, and other demanding performance tests, compared to the performance of VMware Workstation 10.
Developers and IT managers will be able to create virtual machines with up to 16 virtual CPUs, 8 TB of virtual disk space, and up to 64 GB of memory to run even the most demanding applications. Graphics-intensive applications will be boosted by reserving up to 2GB of video memory in each virtual machine.
The ability to connect to VMware vSphere or VMware vCloud Air will be secured for scaling and upgrading public cloud virtual machines, where developers will be able to easily connect to VMware vCloud Air and download, run, and view Virtual machines directly from the terminal interface, in order to facilitate sharing with remote team members, and upgrading through the public cloud.
In addition, users will be able to seamlessly drag and drop virtual machines between their PC and vSphere private cloud solutions, VMware ESXi or any other similar workstation as well.
The company introduced the “VMware Player 7 Pro” solutions, which is a set of virtual desktop solutions, which the company said is characterized by being streamlined and updated, allowing users the ability to run one or more operating systems on the same device. the computer. Compatibility with added operating systems, support for the latest laptops and tablets, compatibility with VMware Fusion 7 Pro and VMware Workstation 11 solutions, and VMware Player 7 Pro solutions will make it easier for IT professionals to configure and operate employee devices from through the common desktop interface.
The new version of VMware Player7 Pro solutions is characterized by the fact that it will work with the latest version of the “Windows 8.1” operating system, and it also supports the most common operating systems in the virtual environment, such as “Windows XP” and “Windows 7”, so that users can They can continue to run old applications for as long as they need them.
VMware Player 7 Pro solutions will be the perfect choice to run on modern and modern devices, including the latest high-resolution laptops and tablets.
VMware Player 7 Pro solutions will be able to run limited-scale virtual machines created by VMware Workstation 11 or VMware Fusion 7 Pro solutions.
These domain-enabled virtual machines secure the corporate desktop with encryption, runtime password protection, USB access restriction, host-guest OS isolation, and task timing.
VMware confirmed that while 32-bit operating systems are supported within virtual machines, VMware Workstation 11 and VMware Player 7 Pro solutions require a 64-bit processor and 64-bit host operating systems. For advanced computing and higher performance.
Customers who purchase VMware Workstation 10 and VMware Player 6 Plus between October and December 2014 will be able to upgrade to VMware Workstation 11 and VMware Player 7 Pro for free. , respectively.
VMware Workstation 11 and VMware Player 7 Pro will be on the market in December, priced at $249.99 and $149.99, respectively.
Upgrading from VMware Workstation 9.x and VMware Workstation 10.x to VMware Workstation 11 will cost $149.99, and upgrade from VMware Player 6 Plus to VMware Player 7 Pro will cost $79.99, when available. .
