Latest version gives technical professionals multimedia support, improved security and debugging tools.

VMware, Inc., a provider of virtualization solutions from the desktop to the datacenter, today announced the general availability of VMware Workstation 6.5, a virtualization product for professionals who develop, test, deploy and support software. The company claims VMware Workstation has rnew features which include the ability to seamlessly toggle between windows on different virtual machines, support for Direct X 3D graphics and debugging tools with Virtual Machine(VM) Record Replay.

It avers that VMware Workstation accelerates software development and testing, provides rapid provisioning and resetting of multi-tier environments, enables pre-production testing of new desktop and server applications in secure, easy to manage virtual machines and allows users to run any application on their preferred operating system.

"VMware Workstation 6.5 lets users do things they would never be able to do without it, like debugging complex multi-tier applications while running productivity applications all on a single computer," said Jeff Jennings, vice president of desktop products and solutions, at VMware. "With the enhancements in VMware Workstation 6.5, we continue to raise the bar for desktop virtualization by giving technical professionals a simpler, richer and more secure user experience that's also mobile with new Pocket ACE support. Workstation is a must-have product and the only choice for serious technical desktop virtualization users."