Red Hat collaborating with Omnissa to bring Horizon virtual desktops to OpenShift Virtualization

Red Hat collaborating with Omnissa to bring Horizon virtual desktops to OpenShift Virtualization Why this matters Looking ahead Learn more 15 reasons to adopt Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization About the author Simon Seagrave More like this Blog post Blog post Original podcast Original podcast Keep exploring Browse by channel Automation Artificial intelligence Open hybrid cloud Security Edge computing Infrastructure Applications Virtualization Share Choice and flexibility are essential in today's IT environments. That's why Omnissa is collaborating with Red Hat to enable organizations to deploy virtual desktops and applications using Omnissa Horizon on Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization. In the coming months, this collaboration will provide organizations with a modern, Kubernetes-native option for deploying and managing virtual machine-based (VM-based) virtual desktops and published applications alongside modern container-based applications, without having to maintain separate virtualization silos. Organizations continue to rely on virtual machine VM-based applications for critical workloads, even as they accelerate their shift to containers and Kubernetes. Maintaining separate virtualization and container platforms can lead to unnecessary silos, duplicate processes, and higher costs. By enabling Omnissa Horizon on Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization, customers will be able to: Run Horizon-based virtual desktops and apps on OpenShift Virtualization Simplify monitoring and operations with a unified platform for policies, automation, and governance Modernize workloads at the desired pace , supporting current VM workloads while introducing new cloud-native applications, including AI Omnissa is a digital work platform leader, trusted by thousands of organizations worldwide. Omnissa’s integrated platform and solutions deliver exceptional employee experiences that optimize security, IT operations, and cost. Omnissa Horizon, formerly part of VMware’s End-User Computing business, is an industry-leading platform for delivering secure, scalable virtual desktops and applications across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. Horizon includes capabilities such as on-demand application delivery and management via Omnissa App Volumes , Omnissa Dynamic Environment Manager , and secure access gateway using Omnissa Unified Access Gateway. Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization, built on the mature and widely used KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) hypervisor, extends Red Hat OpenShift to run VMs alongside containers. IT teams can manage both types of workloads with a consistent set of management tools and processes, automation, and security policies. By combining Red Hat’s hybrid cloud expertise with Omnissa’s digital workspace capabilities, organizations will be able to gain: Simplified VDI and modern application deployment : With Horizon's VM-based infrastructure, customers can more easily deploy virtual desktops alongside their containerized application workloads using OpenShift Virtualization.