Application Virtualization

Application Virtualization covers application layering and application delivery approaches like streaming application, and local application virtualization.

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    What the Numbers Tell Us About The Success of VMware

    February 1, 2010
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    On January 25th 2010 VMware reported earnings for the fourth quarter of 2009 and for the full year of 2009. While we are not a financial analysis site focused upon earnings and stock prices, there is important information contained in these earnings numbers about the success of VMware.

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    Citrix still at forefront of Mobile Device Access for VDI

    January 7, 2010
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    Citrix have released an updated version 2 of their Receiver for the iPhone, but if they are to keep ahead of the competition, is delivering VDI access to the all powerful iPhone the best device to grab a CIO's attention with?

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    VMware Buys Zimbra from Yahoo – Moves Up the Stack into Applications

    January 5, 2010
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    VMware Buys Zimbra from Yahoo – Moves Up the Stack into Applications

    If VMware buys Zimbra it will set off a a nuclear hand grenade throwing contest between Microsoft and VMware. Microsoft is trying to commoditize the layer of software where VMware makes all of its money - the hypervisor. VMware is returning the favor by using open source initiatives like SpringSource and (possibly) Zimbra to commoditize…

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    2009 In Retrospect

    December 31, 2009
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    Quite a bit has gone on in our industry in the last year. While this is not intended to be a comprehensive review of all that has occurred, we hope that we have captured the important events that have shaped virtualization and cloud computing.

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    User Installed Applications – Dream or Nightmare?

    November 20, 2009
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    A corporate desktop application installation is far from the consumer experience of adding an application to say your iPhone. What is the impact of enabling User Installed Applications in a virtualised environment - is it a compliance nightmare.

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    Desired End State for the Next Generation Desktop

    November 16, 2009
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    Enterprises and mid-sized businesses (SME’s) face two significant challenges and opportunities with respect to the end user desktops in the next two years. The first opportunity and challenge is how to replace the aging Windows XP installed base with the recently released Windows 7 platform. The second is how to end up with a desktop…

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    News: Less than a week to VM Expo in London

    October 2, 2009
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    In its second year, VM Expo is the UK’s first and largest event dedicated to Virtualization.  From 7th – 8th of October in London at Earls Court Two, this free to attend event has over 190 seminars and 180 vendors. This year’s virtualization keynote address will be delivered by Stephen Herrod, CTO and Senior VP…

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    VMware’s “No OS” Application Platform Strategy

    September 15, 2009
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    VMware’s “No OS” Application Platform Strategy

    VMware's SpringSource acquisition will result in VMware directly implementing the SpringSource Java runtimes in a VMware Guest. VMware will also work to allow other open source application frameworks like Ruby on Rails, Python and PHP to run directly in VMware Guests. VMware will provide value added API's to these run time frameworks, that will make…

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    Hail the Microsoft RDS CAL-more than just a renamed TS CAL

    September 9, 2009
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    The Microsoft TS CAL has become the Microsoft RDS CAL. The change is not only in name, but in functionality and price. The most important new offering is the inclusion of an App-V license. This will make introducing Application Virtualization in Presentation Server more cost effective and may also impact on the choice of Application…

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