Cameyo Brings Virtual App Delivery to ChromeOS

ChromeOS already offers integrated virtual machine (VM) capabilities using Cameyo’s technologies. But now Google partner Cameyo is streamlining the migration to ChromeOS by providing a Windows app virtualization service that eliminates the need for VMs and virtual desktops. It’s called ChromeOS Virtual App Delivery with Cameyo.

“While many organizations previously relied on virtual desktop solutions like VDI [virtual desktop infrastructure] and DaaS [desktop as a service] to deliver their legacy software to end users, many are struggling with the significant overhead caused by delivering full virtual desktops,” Google’s Naveen Viswanatha explains. “In today’s cloud-first world, users just need simple and secure access to their apps in a seamless way that optimizes their productivity. That’s where ChromeOS Virtual App Delivery with Cameyo comes in.”

Thanks to the Cameo integration in ChromeOS, Virtual App Delivery can help organizations eliminate expensive and complex virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) and stream legacy Windows (and Linux) apps via web technologies like Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) to ChromeOS desktops. This approach can also improve security, Cameyo says, because both ChromeOS and Cameyo are built with a Zero Trust security model that ensures apps and devices are isolated from network resources and segmented by default. And ChromeOS, notably, has never had a reported ransomware attack.

Virtual App Delivery lets organizations deliver any app to users via a PWA using the standard Google Admin console. These apps look and work like other ChromeOS apps, provide native file system integration, can be associated with specific documents and other file types, and support the ChromeOS clipboard.

Organizations that are interested in this approach can learn more—including pricing—by accessing Cameo’s Virtual App Delivery Resource Center.