V2 Cloud is set to release two new products aimed at HR professionals by the end of June: an enhanced performance management system for virtual desktops and a governed artificial intelligence assistant for workflow automation.
The Quebec-based company made the announcement at SHRM26, the Society for Human Resource Management’s annual conference, where it is exhibiting at booth 2260.
Performance assurance
The V2 Cloud User Experience Manager replaces an earlier load-balancing system that assigned users to virtual machines in sequential order. Under the new system, the health of all virtual machines is actively monitored, and users are directed to machines with confirmed available performance when they log in.
Administrators can now set performance thresholds at the pool level rather than only at the individual machine level. V2 Cloud says this brings performance assurance closer to individual users than the industry standard allows.
If all machines in a pool reach their performance limits, the system will automatically create additional identical machines to handle the load. Administrators can turn this auto-scaling feature on or off. Any machines added automatically will be provided free of charge for one week, giving administrators time to remove capacity that was only needed temporarily.
A new resource alerts feature will also be added to the V2 Cloud administration dashboard, making it easier for administrators to monitor resource use across their virtual environments.
AI assistant
V2 Cloud’s new AI assistant lets clients connect their own large language model — such as those from OpenAI, Anthropic, or Google’s Gemini — to V2 Cloud’s system within their virtual environments.
Administrators can restrict the assistant to providing guidance only, with step-by-step visibility into any actions it takes. For trusted or low-risk tasks, users can allow the assistant to complete work automatically. Human review checkpoints can also be added to any workflow.
Administrators can choose which users have access to the AI assistant, or they can build workflows themselves and share them with others, with governance controls already built in.
The company says the assistant can answer questions about resources within virtual environments, execute tasks within or across applications, and handle repetitive work such as collecting receipts for reimbursement, drafting social media posts from a messaging guide, or analyzing data and generating reports.
V2 Cloud says virtual cloud environments are well suited for AI agents because they already include data governance tools, including controls over file transfers, screen activity, and user access levels.
About V2 Cloud
V2 Cloud, founded in 2012, provides managed virtual desktop, server, and application services. The company says more than 1,000 companies and 150 partners use its platform.
