Google and VMware have signed an agreement that will allow conventional Windows applicationscan run on Chrome OS, in an important step more to give even greater relevance to this operating system and others Chromebooks who had a remarkable 2013.

These low-cost laptops are aimed at working with cloud services, but at Google they have been offering more and more "local" services for some time, and the possibility to run Windows applications it will give them an important added value.

Chromebooks managed to capture 21% of laptop sales in the United States during 2013 according to NPD data, although those data were later clarified to highlight that that percentage did not include the most important distribution channels, physical and online shops, and it was limited only to the quota in the educational, business and governmental segment.

Although that incidence is not as high as that study seemed to suggest, the growth could be important: the possibility of run Windows applications thanks to virtualization It would open the doors to the use of Chromebooks in business environments, for example. In that offer would be added the guarantees offered by Chrome OS in terms of security, with an operating system very focused on ensuring that the security of the Internet session is well protected through various techniques.

At the moment companies can acquire the call VMware Horizon Desktop as a Service, but VMware engineers They are preparing an application which will be available in the Chrome Web Store.

News excerpt from: https://www.xataka.com/portatiles/los-chromebooks-pronto-seran-capaces-de-ejecutar-aplicaciones-windows-gracias-a-vmware