Product Description
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VMware Workstation is powerful desktop virtualization software
for software developers/testers and IT professionals who want to
streamline software development, testing and deployment in their
enterprise. VMware Workstation allows users to run multiple
x86-based operating systems, including Windows, Linux, and
NetWare, and their applications simultaneously on a single PC in
fully networked, portable virtual machines — no hard drive
partitioning or rebooting required.
From the Manufacturer
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VMware Workstation is powerful desktop virtualization software
for software developers/testers and IT professionals who want to
streamline software development, testing, and deployment in their
enterprise. VMware Workstation allows users to run multiple
x86-based operating systems, including Windows, Linux, and
NetWare, and their applications simultaneously on a single PC in
fully networked, portable virtual machines--no hard-drive
partitioning or rebooting required.
Shipping for more than six years and winner of more than a dozen
major product awards, VMware Workstation improves productivity
and flexibility, and reduces costs so dramatically that it has
become an indispensable tool for software development and IT
professionals worldwide.
How Is VMware Workstation Used?
The powerful and flexible virtualization properties and features
of VMware Workstation enable a wide range of solutions for a
diverse set of users. Individuals and organizations use VMware
Workstation to:
* Streamline software development and testing operations. Create
multiple development and testing environments as virtual machines
on a single PC and use them to test "real world" multi-tier
configurations, complex networks, and multiple operating systems
and applications all on a single machine.
* Improve team collaboration. The portability and
hardware-independent properties of virtual machines, coupled with
new features in VMware Workstation, lets users easily share
development environments and pre-packaged testing configurations
without risk, and also facilitates collaboration between
development and QA.
* Enhance the productivity of IT professionals. Allows system
administrators and other enterprise IT professionals to test
software, including new applications, application updates, and
operating system patches, in virtual machines prior to deployment
on physical PCs or servers in a production environment. IT help
desk departments can create and reference a virtual library of
end-user configurations to help them resolve problems more
quickly.
* Introduce virtual infrastructure to your enterprise. Virtual
machines created in Workstation can be deployed to the other
desktop and server virtualization platforms offered by VMware.
Introducing VMware Workstation virtualization to the desktop is
an ideal first step to transforming your physical IT
infrastructure into virtual infrastructure. How Does VMware
Workstation Work?
VMware Workstation works by creating fully isolated, secure
virtual machines that encapsulate an operating system and its
applications. The VMware virtualization layer s the physical
hardware resources to the virtual machine's resources, so each
virtual machine has its own CPU, memory, disks, and I/O devices,
and is the full equivalent of a standard x86 machine. VMware
Workstation installs onto the host operating system and provides
broad hardware support by inheriting device support from the
host.
- Desktop virtualization software for software developers and IT professionals.
- Streamline software development, testing, and deployment.
- Enhances productivity; test software in virtual machines prior to deployment.
- Safely share development environments and pre-packaged testing configurations.
- Transform physical IT infrastructure into virtual infrastructure.