At the VMware Partner Exchange event Fusion-io (FIO) announced comprehensive updates to its full portfolio of flash-fueled virtualization solutions based on Fusion ioMemory. The general availability of Fusion ioVDI software for VMware Horizon View hosted virtual desktop environments was announced, as well as Fusion ioVDI software for VMware Horizon View. "Flash and virtualization technologies complement each other to maximize datacenter efficiency, performance, and cost savings," said Lee Caswell, Fusion-io vice president, Virtualization Products Group. "By relieving the stress that virtualization places on conventional disk performance as users increase virtual server density, flash memory extends the performance of desktops and boosts the value of existing shared storage resources."