Mirage: Frequently Used Terms

• It was an acquisition by VMware in 2012, the company named Wanova which was established in the year 2008 for providing the Windows Image Management solution.
• It is a product which is there for Windows Desktop Image Management which provides a granular approach to the desktops.
• It breaks down the desktop into different layers namely
  - Base Layer: Operating system and libraries.
  -Application Layer: MS Office, Firefox, could be broken           down into different application layers   or could be made as       one.
  -Endpoint: End user system.
  -Drivers: Called as driver profiles, specific to particular               vendors.
  
  -CVD(Centralized Virtualized Desktop) : Complete copy of the   endpoint.