Workgroup has released VMware ThinApp 4 into the country.
VMware ThinApp 4 is an application virtualisation solution that lets customers run multiple versions of any application on a Windows operating system.
Angeline De Castro, business unit manager of virtualisation at Workgroup, says ThinApp, based on Thinstall technology, needs no pre-installed software on physical or virtual PCs and no new deployment infrastructure or management tools.
"ThinApp dramatically improves application packages, delivery and management by enabling plug-and-play applications using enterprises' existing systems and management tools," says De Castro. "ThinApp packages applications in familiar formats that can plug into existing infrastructure for software licence management, deployment, audit and compliance."
According to Workgroup, ThinApp 4 has two new features, application link and application sync, which enable two virtualised applications to communicate with each other and remote virtual applications to be updated.
De Castro says: "Traditional application packages and delivery tools are fraught with application and operating systems conflicts, which lead to brittle desktop development. ThinApp eliminates these conflicts and securely packages applications for delivery to physical and virtual desktops throughout the extended enterprise. This results in an application delivery solution that lets IT administrators define their technology roadmaps based on their business needs rather than being constrained by application limitations."
According to De Castro, ThinApp enables the same virtual application to be streamed from a network, presented from a terminal server, delivered to USB still, or delivered through standard software delivery tools with little or no integration required.
ThinApp also helps IT administrators manage applications that do not run as well in shared-user environments such as Microsoft Terminal Server, she adds. By creating a separate instance with its own private sandbox, each application runs in the context of each user session without having to be modified. If a user breaks the application, other users are not impacted.
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