Application Virtualisation is a concept which enables organisations to deploy their applications quickly, easily and securely without the headaches, risks or costs of regression and conflict testing associated with traditional techniques.
Specific Application Virtualisation technologies do this by isolating or 'sandboxing' applications into self-contained packages or 'bubbles', which means it is possible to not only deliver different versions or configurations of previously conflicting applications but also streamline the entire application lifecycle from instigation, through deployment, support, updates/patches to retirement.
Each application is still delivered to the client workstation (desktop, laptop or terminal server), and is still executed on the client, but it is NOT installed - in other words, no changes are made to the machine, the application or the way the user works. The benefits of this are many and varied - however the key business benefit is to allow an organisation to deploy its business applications safely, quickly and largely independent from the underlying IT infrastructure.
Strategic have helped many clients justify the use of Application Virtualisation technologies. We have examples of successful implementations where clients have proven significant benefits to their businesses. Often in the case of Desktop Refresh, be that fat client or VDI, Virtualisation of the applications can reduce the immediate tangible costs and ongoing operational costs whilst improving project delivery timeframes.
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