{"id":399,"date":"2011-05-17T11:36:06","date_gmt":"2011-05-17T18:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nadynerichmond.com\/blog\/?p=399"},"modified":"2011-05-17T11:36:06","modified_gmt":"2011-05-17T18:36:06","slug":"vmware-horizon-app-manager-is-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nadynerichmond.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/17\/vmware-horizon-app-manager-is-launched\/","title":{"rendered":"VMware Horizon App Manager is launched!"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of my first projects upon joining VMware was to give some user experience love to Project Horizon. \u00a0Today, we have launched VMware Horizon App Manager<\/a> 1<\/a><\/sup>, which is the first piece of Project Horizon.<\/p>\n

So what is the Horizon App Manager? \u00a0It’s a portal that allows end-users one-click access to cloud apps that their providers have deployed. \u00a0On the backend, it hooks up to Active Directory (or others). \u00a0What this means for the end user is that they don’t need a billion different usernames and passwords for all those cloud apps that they use. \u00a0For admins, they can quickly and easily deploy apps to users, also leveraging their existing Active Directory setup. \u00a0For example, they can say that everyone in the “sales” AD group gets access to Salesforce, or everyone in “engineering” gets access to WebEx.<\/p>\n

I think it’s pretty spiffy. \u00a0If you’re interested in learning more, check out our site for Horizon App Manager<\/a>. \u00a0There’s also already a bunch of coverage in the tech press, including:<\/p>\n