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Why Symantec bought Appstream (not)

Of course we all know the real reason why Symantec is acquiring AppStream â€" a move announced yesterday at its user conference in Las Vegas. Virtualization is hot and Symantec is big in systems management. AppStream helps round out its offerings for packaging and streaming virtualized software. It's as simple...

Tags: Software-as-a-service, Symantec Corp., AppStream Inc., On-demand, Software As A Service (SaaS), Security, Emerging Technologies, Phil Wainewright

Blog posts 2008-04-10

Microsoft in a twist over SaaSy Office deal

A UK hosting company is offering Microsoft Office for £4.99 (around $10) a month with no contract commitment, and Microsoft doesn't like it â€" even though it seems Microsoft approved the arrangement. Launched last week by popular web hosting provider Fasthosts, the service uses streaming technology to...

Tags: Software-as-a-service, AppStream Inc., Statement, Microsoft Corp., Fasthosts, Software As A Service (SaaS), Microsoft Office, Emerging Technologies, Office Suites, Software, Phil Wainewright

Blog posts 2008-02-14

AppStream: ASP throwback or SaaS savior?

I had an interesting conversation last week with Paul Valcheef and Brian Duckering of AppStream, a company with a long and checkered history of streaming applications over the Internet for execution on the desktop. The way it works is that AppStream sits on a desktop PC or other client and...

Tags: Web 2.0, Rich Internet Applications

Blog posts 2007-03-30