Specifications

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Pocket ACE Guide
FromtheACEMaster,administratorscreateanACEpackagethatisdistributedtoendusersusingdownload,
DVD,CD,USBFlashdrive,orothermedia.SeeFigure 1foradiagramofACEpackagedistribution.
Figure 1. ACE Package Distribution
ACE2EnterpriseEditionisusedacrosstheenterpriseto:
 EnsuresecurecontrolledaccesstoenterpriseresourcesfromastandardizedPCenvironmentrunningan
ACEvirtualdesktop.
 Provideasimplifiedend‐userinterfacedesignedfornon‐technicalusers.
 Providepolicy‐basedcontrolsincludingaccess,network,anddevicerights.
 Provisiontime‐limitedlocked‐downACEvirtualdesktopsonunmanagedguestPCs.
 Encryptandprotectsensitiveenterpriseinformationforsafedeploymenttomobileusers.
Introduction to Pocket ACE
ReducingriskandprovidingmoresecuredesktopsolutionscontinuetobetopprioritiesforITorganizations.
Workplacetrendssuchasflexibleschedules,workfromhome,andrealestateconsolidationleadtoincreased
usermobility.Evenasusermobilityincreases,thereisstillaneedforprovidingaccesstoenterpriseresources,
while
at thesametimereducingtheriskoflosingsensitivedataandsufferingnetworkattacksfromunknown
orunmanagedsystems.
Theincreaseinusermobilityhasspawnednewapproachestoaddressingtheabilityofmobileusersto
leverageportablemediadevices.ITorganizationshaveanumberofsolutionstheycanchoose
fromincluding
desktopvirtualization,applicationvirtualization,andsolutionsthatattempttoblendthetwo.Considerthe
followingwhenselectingamobilesolutionfortheenterprise:
 Preventinglostorstolendata.
 Isolatingyourinstancefromunknownoruntrustedhosts.
 Applicationcompatibility.
 Effortrequiredtorepackageapplications.
 Remotelydisablingandmanaginginstances.
 Provisioninganeasy‐to‐useandunderstandablesolutionforusers.
PocketACEenablesanACEAdministratortodeployACEinstancesusingportablemediadevicessuchasUSB
keys(flashmemorydrives),AppleiPodmobiledigitaldevices,orportableharddrives.WhenanACEinstance
isdeployed,youcanattachtheportable
devicetoanyx86‐basedhostcomputertoruntheACEinstance.When
youfinishusinganACEinstance,youcanshutdown,detachthemedia,takeitwithyou,andrestartyour
sessionbyattachingtheportablemediadevicetoanotherhost.
BecausePocketACEisafeatureofACE
2,itincludesseveralbenefitsthatdifferentiateitfromothersolutions
thattargetportablemediadevices,including:
 Fullyisolatedvirtualmachinebaseddesktopsthatworkconnectedordisconnected.
 Thebroadestcombinationofoperatingsystem(WindowsandLinux)support.