Since the iPad is available I’ve seen several blog articles about using it to connect to a VMware View server but I wanted to try it myself. I don’t really know what I should say about it because it’s really easy to use. First of all you need the Wyse Pocket Cloud Client that is on offer for $14.99 at the moment. At the first start-up of the client you can switch to VMware View mode which gives you the configuration dialog for your connection. Configure your server URL, the username, password and domain and you’ll get access to the hosted desktop list. Select your preferred desktop and save the configuration. Then just select your saved session and hit connect. That’s it! The client does only support Microsoft’s RDP but even on my overseas connection it worked well.

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SpringSource, a division of VMware announced today that they are about to acquire GemStone, a leader in data grid technology. The acquisition will add another important piece of cloud to the middleware. To learn more about the acquisition please check Rod Johnson’s blog article.

A new maintenance release of VMware View is available at the download website. The version 3.13 is a free upgrade for customers with an active VMware View Support and Subscription contract and includes for kwon issues. The release can be downloaded here. To see a complete list of the fixed issues please visit this link.