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VMware ACE
The Assured Computing Environment for the Enterprise
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What Is VMware
ACE?
Enterprise applications
and confidential data are accessed by an increasing number of
unmanaged PCs used by contractors, outsourcers, telecommuters,
and partners. Unmanaged PCs are not owned or maintained by IT
and therefore present increased costs and security risks.
VMware® ACE gives security administrators the ability
to lock down PC endpoints and protect critical company
resources against the risks presented by unmanaged PCs. With
VMware ACE, security administrators package an IT-managed PC
within a secured virtual machine and deploy it to an unmanaged
physical PC. Once installed, VMware ACE provides a secured and
IT-compliant PC endpoint, enabling safe access to IT
resources.
VMware ACE offers complete control of the hardware
configuration and networking capabilities of an unmanaged PC,
transforming it into an IT-compliant PC endpoint. This unique
capability for improving endpoint security can be used
internally, remotely, connected or disconnected from the
trusted network. VMware ACE increases the security and reduces
the cost of enabling unmanaged PCs to access IT resources.
How Is VMware
ACE Used in the Enterprise?
VMware ACE is used by
security administrators to:
- Provision secured, IT-managed endpoints on unmanaged
PCs.
- Secure confidential data on endpoint PCs.
- Run multiple secure PC environments on a single PC.
Virtual Rights
Management technology built into VMware ACE Manager enables
central security policy control over expiration,
authentication, encryption, network access, device access, and
copy protection for VMware ACE deployed on end-user
PCs.
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| "VMware ACE will allow us
to provide a home-based staff member or visiting
contractor with virtual machine containing an
operating system, and the software they need to do
their work. The product's Virtual Rights
Management technology enables us to set up access
control, image version control, image expiration,
copy protection and virus control, protecting
Baptist Healthcare System data."
-- Tom
Taylor, Senior Client Server Analyst, Baptist
Healthcare
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| "We are looking forward
to deploying VMware ACE to provide a secure and
controlled desktop to users who work from home,
offshore, and for disaster recovery. The VRM
technology in ACE is very valuable to Guardian as
it will allow us to enforce network and patch
management compliance policies on environments
that connect to our corporate network."
-- Bob
Mathers, Second Vice President, I.T. Operations
and Disaster Recovery, Guardian Life Insurance
Company. | |
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How Does
VMware ACE Work?
Using VMware ACE Manager, security
administrators create MSI-compliant deployment packages that are
comprised of:
- One or more self-contained virtual machines with an operating
system, enterprise and security applications, and data
- Security policies that control encryption, authentication,
expiration, copy protection, network access, and device access for
the virtual machine(s)
Security administrators then distribute the VMware ACE
package to end users via direct download, provisioning tool, or
DVD/CD media. End users install this package to create a secured and
IT-managed endpoint.
VMware ACE Virtual Rights Management
(VRM) centralizes management of security policies and access rights
applied to VMware virtual machines in order to control PC
environment lifecycles, and enable endpoint compliance with IT
policies.
VMware ACE enables
secured and I.T.-managed endpoints on any standard
PC.
| Why Use VMware ACE? |
| Usage Scenarios |
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Benefits |
| Provision secured, IT-managed
endpoints |
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Secure
unmanaged PCs used by offshore workers,
telecommuters, and
contractors | |
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Reduce
exposure to malware from unmanaged and unsecured
PCs |
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Protect
confidential data in secure, encrypted, and
copy-protected PC environments |
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Reduce the
cost of enabling access to unmanaged
PCs |
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Eliminate the
need to remediate unmanaged physical
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| Secure confidential data on
endpoint PCs |
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Encrypt and
protect sensitive enterprise intellectual
property and personally identifiable
information | |
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Centralize
security, copy protection and encryption
policies with Virtual Rights Management (VRM)
technology |
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Reduce the
risk of theft and unauthorized copying of
enterprise intellectual property, copyrighted
digital media and personally identifiable
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| Run multiple secure PC environments
on a single PC |
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Eliminate the
need to use multiple physical PCs to isolate
work environments, information, and network
access | |
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Centralize
security policy control with Virtual Rights
Management (VRM) technology |
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Reduce the
cost of creating, testing, provisioning and
migrating hardware-dependent PC
images | | | |
Get VMware ACE Now.
To purchase,
evaluate or obtain more information about VMware ACE,
contact Five IT directly on +44 (0)845 123 2913 or email
sales@FiveIT.co.uk.
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