Cameyo offers Windows apps delivery on Chrome devices

Cameyo has built-in its digital app delivery providers with ChromeOS to offer IT departments with a option to repurpose older Windows devices.

Cameyo stated that ChromeOS with Cameyo is designed to allow organisations to ship any software – from software program as a service (SaaS) to legacy apps – over the online, with out the necessity for particular devices or digital desktops to entry them.

A research in May from Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) for Cameyo discovered that over half (53%) of organisations really feel that their firm’s IT surroundings is extra or considerably extra advanced than it was two years in the past. ESG discovered that 40% of IT departments attributed this elevated complexity of their IT surroundings to the surge of distant and hybrid work.

Other elements contributing to larger IT complexity embrace a altering cyber safety panorama, the elevated quantity and kind of endpoint devices, new knowledge safety and privateness rules and better knowledge volumes. ESG discovered that this elevated complexity can have vital damaging impacts on an organisation, together with elevated prices, decreased effectivity and lowered safety.

Andrew Miller, CEO at Cameyo, stated that the combination of ChromeOS and Cameyo will allow enterprises to eradicate the desktop and undertake trendy, cloud-first computing whereas sustaining seamless entry to all their apps.

“We realised that moving to ChromeOS devices would provide us with a more productive and cost-effective device strategy, so we decided to make the switch,” stated Dan Morley, head of IT infrastructure and repair at Village Hotels, a buyer of Cameyo. “But we would not have been able to make the switch to ChromeOS without maintaining access to all the apps our people need.”

The resort chain discovered that working its earlier digital desktop infrastructure, Citrix, on ChromeOS, was inflicting a disjointed “dual OS experience”. As its Citrix infrastructure was reaching finish of life, the corporate determined to change over to ChromeOS-based devices for desktop computing.

Morley stated: “As part of our hardware refresh, we began by replacing our Windows laptops with Chromebooks. In the second phase, we began migrating our thin client workstations to Chromeboxes.”

ESG discovered that ChromeOS with Cameyo can be utilized to simplify an organisation’s software delivery course of by eliminating infrastructure, streamlining enterprise operations, and maximising sources. By virtualising functions, ESG stated that ChromeOS with Cameyo retains knowledge and software information safe with a zero-trust safety mannequin, which prevents the necessity to expose firewall and server ports to the web.

Cameyo can also be a VPN-less answer that retains staff off the company community and removes the potential for misconfigurations or outdated software program.

“Traditional VDI solutions can be difficult and costly to configure, implement and maintain, especially for organisations that have built their EUC [end user computing] strategy to take advantage of the benefits of ChromeOS,” stated Gabe Knuth, senior analyst at Enterprise Strategy Group.

“This integration of ChromeOS and Cameyo provides a great experience for both IT and the end users, while combining the economic impact of both solutions to deliver even greater TCO [total cost of ownership] and accelerated time to value.”

Naveen Viswanatha, head of product, ChromeOS options at Google, stated: “In today’s cloud-first world, users just need simple and secure access to their apps in a seamless way that optimises their productivity.”

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