Application Virtualization News

Enterprise App Stores Still Need Some Work

Sparked by the jaw-dropping success of Apple's iTunes store, an array of enterprise software vendors are getting into the "app store" act.

Microsoft outlines OCS virtualization support

Microsoft Wednesday announced that it will support server virtualization for Office Communications Server 2007 R2, its first statement on what portions of its real-time platform will run in a virtual environment.

Microsoft outlines OCS virtualization support

Microsoft Wednesday announced that it will support server virtualization for Office Communications Server 2007 R2, its first statement on what portions of its real-time platform will run in a virtual environment.

AppZero debuts server applications virtualization on Windows

AppZero Wednesday released a Windows version of its server application virtualization tools, handily beating Microsoft out the door with a technology designed to help users more easily move server applications between internal and cloud platforms.

Review: Test-Driving VMware's ThinApp

An easy-to-follow interface combined with the Application Sync and Application Link features makes ThinApp a winner for both VMware and its customers.

Novell introduces Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization 7

Novell introduces Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization 7

Application lifecycle management moves beyond VMware

VMLogix and Citrix have signed a new strategic OEM agreement that will provide interoperability by bringing VMLogix's hypervisor-agnostic virtual lab automation and stage management capabilities to both XenServer and Hyper-V. READ MORE

An application-centric approach to virtualization

To increase the ROI of their virtualization efforts, organizations are virtualizing servers that support business-critical applications. While many tools help manage virtual servers, they provide little real-time, actionable data on how the virtualized applications are performing and how they interact with one another and the infrastructure on which they reside.

Application Virtualization: The Client Point of View

I’ve hinted in the past on my ultimate application virtualization scenario – where I want the market to be for deploying and supporting remote applications for clients in the future. I’m still working on that giant whiteboard architecture map in my basement on what AppVirt looks like from the DC computing side, but today I want to write about the client side of that architecture. And while brevity has eluded me in all parts of my lingual life recently, I’m going to try to be succinct here (expect failure).

Learn How to Simplify XenApp Migrations

Welcome to the new year and my first blog of 2009.  Let's kick off '09 with a focus on simplification.