# Omnissa

> Omnissa is an independent digital work platform company spun out of VMware's End-User Computing business after KKR's roughly $4 billion acquisition closed on July 1, 2024. Led by CEO Shankar Iyer, it builds the autonomous workspace: a unified platform spanning Workspace ONE (unified endpoint management), Omnissa Horizon (virtual desktops and apps / DaaS), and Omnissa Intelligence (analytics and digital employee experience), increasingly stitched together with trusted, AI-driven automation. The company serves more than 26,000 customers worldwide, including a majority of the Fortune 500, with about $1.5 billion in annual recurring revenue and roughly 4,000 employees.

- **Founded:** 2024
- **Headquarters:** Mountain View, California, United States
- **Founders:** Shankar Iyer (CEO (founding leader; led the VMware EUC business that became Omnissa))
- **Team size:** ~4,000 employees
- **Products:** Workspace ONE, Omnissa Horizon, Omnissa Intelligence, App Volumes & Dynamic Environment Manager, Omni Assistant
- **Notable:** Completed one of the largest tech carve-outs in recent memory, becoming an independent company on July 1, 2024., Launched with ~26,000 customers and ~$1.5B in annual recurring revenue from day one., Named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Management Tools.

## Products & services

- **Workspace ONE** — Unified endpoint management (UEM) platform - formerly AirWatch - to manage and secure devices, apps and access across desktop, mobile and rugged endpoints from one console.
- **Omnissa Horizon** — Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) and Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS) for delivering virtual desktops and apps across on-premises, hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
- **Omnissa Intelligence** — Analytics, automation and digital employee experience (DEX) layer that surfaces insights and drives proactive, automated remediation across the platform.
- **App Volumes & Dynamic Environment Manager** — Real-time application delivery and user-environment/profile management for virtual and physical desktops.
- **Omni Assistant** — Generative-AI assistant and agentic service announced in 2025 that brings conversational support and AI workflows across Workspace ONE, Horizon and Intelligence.
- **Workspace ONE Mobile Threat Defense** — Mobile threat detection and endpoint risk remediation for managed devices.

## Achievements

- Completed one of the largest tech carve-outs in recent memory, becoming an independent company on July 1, 2024.
- Launched with ~26,000 customers and ~$1.5B in annual recurring revenue from day one.
- Named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Management Tools.
- Scored highest in all four use cases in the 2026 Gartner Critical Capabilities for Endpoint Management Tools report.
- Carries forward Horizon, one of the most widely deployed VDI/DaaS platforms in the world.

## Latest updates

- **2024-07** — KKR completes ~$4B acquisition of VMware/Broadcom's End-User Computing division; Omnissa launches as an independent company.
- **2025-09** — At Omnissa ONE 2025, the company unveils the Omni AI assistant and agentic service plus new Workspace ONE and Horizon innovations and integrations with NVIDIA and Nutanix.
- **2026-01** — Named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Management Tools and ranked highest in all four endpoint use cases in the Critical Capabilities report.

## Links

- Website: https://www.omnissa.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/omnissa
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/airwatch
- GitHub: https://github.com/euc-oss
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Omnissa
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/vmwareworkspaceone

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Last updated: 2026-06-20