Introduce Thinstall
Tags: Thininstall, VMware
This is an official - VMware is excited to announce the acquisition of Thinstall a complementary virtualization solution provider as press released announce yesterday. Mean that VMware would take another major step forward in effort to change the way we use and manage desktop computing.
What is Thinstall?
Thinstall is an Application Virtualization Platform that enables complex software to be delivered as self-contained EXE files which can run instantly with zero installation from any data source. The core of Thinstall VS is the Virtual Operating System, a small light-weight component which is embedded with each “Thinstalled” application.
For an example, you can easily install Microsoft Visio in one of the Windows desktop machine and run Microsoft Visio from another machine without any painful. Listen to 59 minutes Thinstall product overview for more information.
What’s new in Thinstall 3.3:
- Thinstall can now generate auto-registering .msi files during the build process
- Support for running multiple versions of Internet Explorer simultaneously
- Support for virtual drives, CD-ROMs, and removable disk
- Support for 16bit applications
- Support for new applications such as Outlook 2007, AutoCAD 2008, and SQL Server
- Sandbox merge capability enabling application updates without repackaging
- Added ability to update applications while they are still running
- Added support for MSI installer service
- Added external COM-based management API
- Thinreg - an Application registration tool
Key Features:
- Single EXE runs from network or offline desktop
- Simple to use, package & deploy in minutes
- No infrastructure changes: deploy with existing systems
- Runs exclusively in User-mode, no device drivers
- Application streaming with no client or server required
- Windows Vista ready – instant migration
- Runs on Terminal Server and MetaFrame (32bit & 64bit)
- Isolation of Filesystem & registryeliminates conflicts
- Upgrade applications while they are still running
- Sandboxing protects machines against modifications
- Supports most Windows applications
- Supports Side-by-Side (SxS) DLL deployments
- Plus many more: Click here for full Feature List
Again, I’m just wonder how about the licensing issue? I think this would created another challenge for BSA.
Probably you may check Bufferzone and Ardence for similar products.
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