PCoIP - delivering the desktop experience
One of the most important elements of a virtual desktop solution is how you get the screen contents of the virtual desktop machine running in the data center delivered to the user's end-point device, which they are connecting from. To do this, VMware Horizon View uses the PC-over Internet Protocol (PCoIP). In this section, we are going to cover what the PCoIP protocol is and how it works in delivering the end-user experience.
Introducing PCoIP
PCoIP is a high-performance display protocol designed and developed by Teradici ( http://www.teradici.com/ ). It has been purpose-built to deliver virtual desktops over the LAN or WAN and to provide end users with the best, feature-rich desktop experience.
With PCoIP, ...
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