"This alpha integrates both Horizon Application manager, the project formerly known as Octopus," Viarengo says. "It will also feature the HTML remoting technologies that we demoed last year as part of the AppBlast project. In this first release we will use the HTML remoting protocol to give user access to their View desktops from any browser but stay tuned for more exciting ways we are going to leverage this technology."

Horizon Suite will bring together Project Octopus, Project AppBlast, ThinApp, Horizon Application Manager and Horizon Mobile into an integrated management platform. It uses a central Web management console that allows IT to customize a service catalog for an organization's data and applications.

Horizon Data will sit at the center of Horizon Suite, providing role-based access and policy enforcement across applications, data and desktops.

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"You need to start thinking about applying policy and identity to a person and then have it follow on whatever device they happen to use," Herrod said.