Omnissa named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Desktop as a Service for the fourth consecutive year. Omnissa announced that it has been recognized for the fourth consecutive year as a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Desktop as a Service (DaaS). Omnissa was also ranked among the two highest scoring vendors across all five use cases in the accompanying 2026 Gartner Critical Capabilities for Desktop as a Service report. Omnissa is the only evaluated vendor positioned as a Leader across the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Desktop as a Service, Gartner Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Management Tools, and the Gartner(R) Magic Quadrant for Digital Employee Experience Management Tools reports. Omnissa believes this recognition reflects the strength of its unified platform approach, enabling IT teams to support major device types and operating systems at scale, while managing digital experiences holistically. Organizations are managing increasingly complex desktop environments across clouds and distributed workforces, while facing pressure to control costs, strengthen security and respond quickly to changing business requirements. IT teams need solutions that simplify management while giving employees secure, reliable access to the applications and desktops they count on from any location or device. Horizon Cloud enables organizations to deploy and scale virtual desktops and applications on-premises, in public clouds like Microsoft and Amazon, or across hybrid environments, while managing them through a single cloud-based control plane. Integration across the Omnissa platform gives IT greater visibility into desktop performance and user experience, while automation helps simplify provisioning and reduce day-to-day management costs. "The value of DaaS is increasingly about helping IT manage complexity while maintaining the flexibility their organizations require," said Arindam Nag, vice president of product management at Omnissa. "Being named a Leader for the fourth consecutive year comes as we continue to give customers real choice across hypervisors and cloud platforms, backed by deeper intelligence and automation in Horizon Cloud. These advancements help IT simplify operations today and build towards a more autonomous digital workspace." The real-world impact of Omnissa Horizon is evident across industries. One large U.S. healthcare organization used Horizon Cloud to modernize its virtual desktop environment while improving the experience for clinicians and reducing the burden on IT. By automating software upgrades and extending the life of existing endpoint devices, the organization reduced hardware costs and freed IT resources, while clinicians gained more reliable access to critical applications and a better day-to-day experience. David Marshall is the founder of VMblog.com, one of the industry's longest-running independent publications covering modern data center technologies. What began as a focus on virtualization and cloud computing has expanded to cover the full spectrum of enterprise IT, including AI, security, and DevOps, making VMblog a trusted destination for vendor news, technology analysis, and industry commentary.Beyond publishing, David has spent his career at the intersection of technology and business, inventing, marketing, and launching a number of successful software companies and products, and building a reputation as a skilled marketing executive in the enterprise IT space.David is also a published author, having written two well-regarded books on virtualization and served as technical editor for two "For Dummies" titles covering virtualization and cloud computing. He co-founded CloudCow.com, a publication focused on cloud computing, and has been named a VMware vExpert every year since 2009, one of the longest continuous honoree streaks in the program's history.Connect with David on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidmarshall/

Omnissa to host Omnissa ONE 2026, where the future of end-user computing takes shape. Aug 26, 2026, 12:20 ET The annual event will highlight how organizations are shifting to an increasingly autonomous workspace and building trust in AI MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Aug. 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ - Omnissa, a leading digital work platform company, today announced that Omnissa ONE 2026, its flagship conference, will take place September 28-30 in Orlando, Florida. The global event will bring together the end-user computing (EUC) community, IT experts, and AI visionaries to explore how organizations can build more trust in digital work as it becomes increasingly autonomous. Attendees will get a first look at agentic innovations that transform how work gets done in the AI era, and the governance innovations that make that autonomy safe to scale. AI is changing how work gets done, creating real opportunities to modernize the digital workspace and improve employee experience, while also creating new blind spots faster than IT can manage them. And the risk is measurable and growing. According to the Omnissa State of Digital Workspace 2026 report, 75% of enterprise-managed devices, on average, had unsanctioned AI tools installed. At the same time, as workflows become more autonomous, organizations are asking how they can trust an AI agent enough to let it act alone and scale the work. Under the theme "Trust is built. Autonomy follows," the Omnissa ONE program will demonstrate how a unified approach to digital work is giving organizations better visibility and intelligence to close the shadow AI gap, trust autonomous workflows and realize the promised benefits of AI. Through customer stories, hands-on learning, and technical sessions, attendees will gain the practical knowledge they need to manage, secure, and govern digital work in their own organizations. "AI is already changing how people work, whether IT has sanctioned it or not," said Shankar Iyer, CEO of Omnissa. "The organizations that win will be the ones that give employees the autonomy to work with AI, backed by the visibility and control IT needs to trust it. At Omnissa ONE, we're showing customers exactly how to build a digital work foundation strong enough to use AI with confidence instead of hesitation." Whether attendees are looking to strengthen endpoint management and security, optimize virtual desktop investment, advance AI initiatives, or enhance digital employee experience, Omnissa ONE will offer opportunities to: * Hear real customer stories and practical use cases for autonomous workflows. * Learn from Omnissa leaders about product roadmaps and new capabilities in unified endpoint management, desktop-as-a-service (DaaS), VDI and app management, digital employee experience, and security and compliance. * Gain hands-on experience through instructor-led labs, certification training, and live product demonstrations. * Network with peers, partners, and industry experts to exchange ideas and explore what's next for EUC. The event will also feature a strong partner ecosystem, including participation from sponsors such as NVIDIA, Nutanix, Google, Amazon Web Services (AWS), IGEL, and Red Hat. At the Omnissa ONE expo, attendees can explore partner solutions and integrations that demonstrate the strength of the Omnissa platform's open ecosystem and the flexibility it provides across diverse infrastructure and endpoint environments. About Omnissa Omnissa is the leading digital work platform company, empowering the world's dynamic workforces to do their best work from anywhere. The company's AI-driven platform helps organizations and their people unlock significant business value with industry-leading solutions that include Unified Endpoint Management, Virtual Apps and Desktops, Digital Employee Experience and Security & Compliance. Trusted by 26,000 customers worldwide, Omnissa has a 20-year track record in defining digital workspaces. Omnissa was previously the End User Computing business unit of VMware and became an independent company in 2024. For more information, visit www.omnissa.com. SOURCE Omnissa, LLC

Omnissa rebrands VMware Horizon: what IT teams need to know. Following the Broadcom acquisition spin-off, Omnissa charts a new path for the popular Horizon VDI platform. Omnissa - the company formed from Broadcom's spin-off of VMware's End-User Computing division - has completed its rebranding of VMware Horizon to Omnissa Horizon, effective Q1 2026. The rebrand brings new licensing terms, a refreshed support portal, and an updated roadmap centered on AI-powered session management and unified endpoint management (UEM) integration. For existing VMware Horizon customers, the transition is largely transparent at the software level. However, support contracts, portal access credentials, and renewal pathways are now routed through Omnissa's new partner ecosystem rather than Broadcom's enterprise agreement structure. Organizations using Horizon through a Broadcom ELA should verify their entitlements directly with Omnissa by March 2026. The Omnissa Horizon 8 2503 release introduces adaptive graphics rendering that reduces GPU overhead in multi-session desktop pools by up to 22%, according to internal benchmark data. Compare Select is tracking this release for inclusion in its Q2 2026 VDI comparison report.