‘Omnissa’ may be new brand for VMware end-user products

VMware ’s end user compute products appear likely to be rebranded as Omnissa after being sold off.

博通 decided to sell VMware’s portfolio of desktop and application virtualization products after it acquired the biz, deeming them surplus to requirements. They were picked up by private equity operation KKR for around $4 billion.

The Omnissa name appeared in a VMware Knowledge Base article published on April 11 advising that as of May 6 users of the products will be able to access support services at customerconnect.omnissa.com.

VMware has previously sought to register a trademark for “Omnissa” and defined the term as describing “Computer services for delivering end user computing to personal computers, tablet computers, and mobile devices, namely delivering a remote working experience to individual members of an organization.”

A post establishing an Omnissa Subreddit – dedicated to the former VMware products – is another sign Omnissa is imminent.

KKR is presumably confident it will be able to land the trademark, despite the existence of Omnidirectional Space Situational Awareness – which uses the acronym OmniSSA.

The Knowledge Base article also reveals they’re about to embark on a tight deadline migration project at a very tricky time.

The article is titled “VMware Support Transition to Broadcom” and explains that at around 5:00PM Pacific Time on Tuesday, April 30, online tools allowing user registration, license management, account management, enrolment in learning courses, and “purchase or upgrade products” won’t be available.

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