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 ...

In addition to the usual categories of virtualization, such as hypervisors and storage virtualization, a new category promises to bypass the OS and virtualize applications by running Windows ...

Server virtualization gets most of the glory, but it’s application virtualization that may ultimately have a more significant impact on enterprise IT architectures, supporting new modes of business ...

John Hamilton, EVP and Chief Operating Officer of Trigence, and I had a long discusion about application virtualization recently. One of the more challenging issues for suppliers of application ...

VMware is by far the market leader for server virtualization, with competitors Microsoft and Citrix far behind. But when one expands the market to include application virtualization, the race gets ...

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 ...

The company's press release began with "Robin Systems, the first Application Virtualization software company, …" <cue sound of vehicle coming to screeching halt>. I was taken aback by the claims of ...

Only nine months after the first release of its application virtualization platform, Xenocode is now ready to launch a new version of its Virtual Application Studio product to market. Xenocode, the ...

Despite rumors to the contrary, virtualization is not just for the datacenter. From the most complex workstation applications to the simplest DLLs, virtualization is leaving an indelible mark on ...

Microsoft’s release of its Vista operating system has many desktop management vendors scrambling to add support, ease migration and optimize Vista deployments. Part of the reason such vendors are ...

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 ...

Researchers have developed a series of very clever tools to break through the bottlenecks stalling the widespread adoption of virtual reality. But the compelling applications designed for the system ...