The German language blog www.vireference.de published an article which compares the three different kinds of Teradici hardware zero clients for VMware View. The main devices are: Class 1 (eVGA, Leadtek, Wyse P20), Class 2 (DevonIT, Verari) and Class 3 (Samsung thin client monitors). Beside the technical information, the article describes the compatibility for View 4. It should be possible to use Google translation for this article.

Back in August 2009 Devon IT released the VDI Blaster software to help companies to repurpose personal computers into thin clients. The new version 1.1 now supports VMware View 4 and the PC-over-IP (PCoIP) protocol which gives users a true PC like experience, including multimedia. The new version also includes the ability to boot the VDI blaster software from a USB key or a CD-ROM in addition to the network installation.

View 4 with PCoIP does support 4 screens with a maximum resolution of 1920×1200 per monitor. Mostly I see customers with the requirement for two screens and very often they are asking for the Pivot function where you can flip the screen from T-scale to L-shape like shown in the photo.

Yesterday Expand Networks announced immediate support for all VMware View 4 remote display protocols across Expand’s Accelerator range of WAN optimization solutions to securely enable, accelerate and control VMware View over the WAN. Expand’s benefit for Teradici PCoIP is the securely transport of PCoIP with standard or advanced tunneling options, eliminating the potential need of reconfiguring firewalls.

Finally its here, View4 is now available for download:
https://www.vmware.com/tryvmware/p/download.php?p=view4&lp=1
Release notes are here:
https://www.vmware.com/support/view40/doc/releasenotes_viewmanager40.html

Taipei, Taiwan, Nov 20, 2009 – Leadtek Research Inc., known globally for extreme visual graphics technology development, is pleased to announce its newest virtual desktop certifications and solutions, strengthening its strategic partnership with VMware®.

Teradici today announced the first multi-protocol hardware zero client solution for virtual desktops. This flexible client solution enables IT to deploy PCoIP clients across the enterprise and connect to a wide range of hosted compute resources including VMware View virtual desktops, rack, tower or blade graphics workstations via PCoIP protocol mode or Microsoft Windows Terminal Server sessions via RDP.