Application Virtualization

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

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    Is Desktop Virtualization the Key to an Effective Windows 7 Migration?

    September 8, 2009
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    Layered operating system, application, personalization, and user data management approaches will be key to the migration to Windows 7 in the enterprise. Vendors like RingCube, MokaFive, Tranxition, Wanova and Unidesk should be investigated along with desktop virtualization initiatives as enterprises migrate to Windows 7.

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    VMware Buys SpringSource

    August 10, 2009
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    It was only a matter of time before VMware decided that if it was going to be an applications platform company, and really take on Microsoft, that it would need a presence in the business of building applications, and in providing the run-time infrastructure for applications. Acquiring SpringSource is a brilliant move because it leverages…

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    ThinApp Security Concerns

    July 10, 2009
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    Since I last blogged ThinApp I have been thinking about the security aspects of ThinApp and came up with a set of questions to which I searched for some answers. In essence could ThinApp be used to subvert existing system security? What about other similar technologies like Microsoft App-V.

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    Rampant Innovation in Desktop Virtualization

    July 8, 2009
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    Rampant Innovation in Desktop Virtualization

    While server virtualization has largely settled down into a slugfest between VMware (vSphere), Microsoft (Hyper-V) and to a lesser extent Citrix (XenServer), and Red Hat (KVM), the desktop virtualization field remains wide open, and is being targeted by numerous startups with highly creative and appealing solutions. While VMware (View), and Citrix (XenDesktop) certainly represent the…

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    VMware and Microsoft Race to Make Each Other Irrelevant

    June 16, 2009
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    VMware is trying to package Microsoft Windows out of existence by allowing applications to run in guest with no OS from Microsoft or Red Hat. Microsoft is trying to package VMware out of existence by including Hyper-V for free in Windows Server, and by providing application virtualization functionality that makes virtualizing server operating systems unnecessary.

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    ThinApp – Licensing Issues – Ethics do not ship with the code

    June 10, 2009
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    The recent VMware Communities Podcast had ThinApp engineers on the call. Their mantra when presented with questions on licensing was "Ethics do not ship with the code." In other words, applications that could end up as ThinApps could violate your End User License Agreements (EULA).

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    May 29, 2009
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    Welcome to The Virtualization Practice

    May 29, 2009
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    Welcome to the new analyst site, The Virtualization Practice, committed to analysis and commentary in cloud and virtualization spaces. Join us in this new endeavor.

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