Application virtualization is using special tools to "encapsulate" an application allowing it to run in an enhanced way. The application may run in an isolated environment that makes it possible for ...

As mentioned in my post titled, Virtualization and Green Computing, green computing the industry catch phrase for finding ways to make the most efficient use of computing resources. In this post, I'd ...

Application virtualization delivered in a SaaS model is perhaps the most lucrative business solution providers should expect to see for a long time to come. Channel partners servicing virtually every ...

Desktop and application virtualization technologies have transformed how IT teams deliver services to business users. A number of vendors now offer software that supports both desktop and application ...

*EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second in a series about alternative desktop technologies for improving management and security of Windows and other desktop platforms. One Boston-based ISV is giving ...

Have you heard? Thin is in again. From VDI (virtual desktop infrastructure) to RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) to SVS (Software Virtualization Service), the ghosts of thin-client computing are being ...

App virtualization (application virtualization) is the installation of an application on one computer and enabling an end user's client computer to remotely access that application. This is done ...

With distance learning increasing the demand for IT user support, many K–12 schools are embracing technologies to simplify and streamline their operations — particularly virtual desktop infrastructure ...

Start-up Trigence last week announced that its application virtualization software, which can run in VMware virtual machine environments, now runs on Solaris. Trigence virtualizes applications across ...

Perhaps it is a truism of IT that technologies take far longer to be adopted than we would ever have expected, but that has certainly been the case with application virtualization. Softricity, now ...

The story: Desktop virtualization is grabbing the headlines, but a wave of acquisitions and new product releases point to success for application virtualization — and heralds a better way to manage ...

Application virtualization refers to several techniques that make running applications protected, flexible and easy to manage. Rather than installing all applications in every user's machine, ...