

In 2020, VMware changed the naming convention once again and opted to follow a ‘YYMM’ format (i.e. VMware Horizon has gone through many iterations since its launch in 2009 as View and was renamed Horizon View at the end of 2015 with version 6.1.0. Others went the more traditional Microsoft RDS route or opted for a mix of RDP and VDI to increase the maximum concurrent users. This is where VMware Horizon came in handy and helped some of those businesses offer a solid and flexible infrastructure for their employees to log in and work remotely. Unfortunately, many executives in the management layers are still reluctant to teleworking due to a lack of trust and were not prepared for it. The lockdown imposed by governments all over the world to counter the spread of the pandemic forced most companies to allow their employees to work from home. While VMware Horizon was already one of the most advanced EUC solutions on the market, its popularity gained even more traction in 2020.
