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Chapter 21 Pocket ACE
Providingaccesstooffshoreoutsourcepartners–Typically ,offshorepartners
manageandownthedesktopsystemstheyuse.Becausetheseresourcesareowned
byanoutsideorganization,theydonotfallunderstandardITpolicy.Insome
cases,desktopsystemsarepurchased,imaged,andshippedtoanoffshorepartner
foraccessingtheenterprise.Thisisoftenale
ngthyandcostl
yprocess.
WithPocketACE,ITadministratorscaneasilydeployatrusted,managed,and
moresecurevirtualdesktopinstan cetooffshorepartners.Thevirtualdesktop
instancescanbedistribu tedusingportablemediaordownload.Securityfeatures
includethedataencryptionfeatureandthenetw
orkquarantineandrestriction
featuresalreadymentioned.
Providingdisasterrecovery–UsingPocketACE,organizationscaneasilypackage
desktopinstanceswithallthenecessaryenterpriseapplicationsforuseinthecase
ofadisaster.Theseinstancescanbedeployedtoportablemediadevicesandstored
safelyinasecureoffsitefacility.Ifadisasteroccurs,thePocketACEinstancescan
bequicklydi
stributedandused.
Distributingbetaortrialsoftware–UsingPocketACE,ISVscandistribute
softwarepreinstalledasavirtualapplianceeitherbydownloadoronaportable
mediadevice.AnISVcanprovideacompleteworkingenvironment,ensuringno
compatibilityissues.CustomEULAscanbecreatedandusedtoensurethatauser
acce
ptstheagreementpriortousinganACEinstance.Inaddition,anexpiration
periodcanbesetthatdisablesanACEinstanceafteranallottedperiodoftime.
Portable Device Requirements
YoucaninstallACEpackagesonthefollowingtypesofdevices:
Flashmemorydrives(USBkeys)
Flash‐basedAppleiPodmobiledigitaldevices
Harddrive–basedAppleiP odmobiledigitaldevices
Portableharddrives
ForUSBdevices,useUSB2high‐speeddevicesonly.
WhenaPocketACEpackageisdeployedtoaremovabledevice,thevirtualdiskis
preallocatedtofullcapacityforenhancedperformance.Makesurethattheremovable
devicehasenoughdiskspacetostorethevirtualdisk’stotalcapacity,memory
,and
approximatel
y300MBforoverhead.See“UsetheNewVirtualMachineWizard”on
page 89.
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