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Why Symantec bought Appstream (not): Why Symantec bought Appstream notWGA has made all these 3rd party guys obsolete!The Death of 3rd Party Security Vultures and Such!McAfee Inc., Trend Micro Inc., CA Inc. and especially Symantec, ... say goodnight! We are about to announce MS ForeFront 2.0!Let me make it clear that while I have tolerated...; Tags: SECURITY, Symantec Corp., AppStream Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-04-10
Why Symantec bought Appstream (not): Of course we all know the real reason why Symantec is acquiring AppStream — 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 — 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
Review of AppStream Demonstration: AppStream demonstrated AppStream 5.2, an application streaming one of the functions in the application virtualization segment of the Kusnetzky Group virtualization model for me yesterday. I have spoken with company representatives in the past and was having trouble distinguishing their offering from competitors, such as Endeavors Technology, Softricity, LANDesk or...; Tags: Application, AppStream Inc., Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2007-08-24
AppStream (zip): AppStream's on-demand application distribution and license management platform provides an optimal solution to simplify application management, providing high productivity with controlled, guaranteed access to necessary applications from any location at any time, including remote and mobile users - all without placing undue burden on IT staff. Version 5.2.1 supports streaming...; Tags: AppStream Inc.; Software downloads 2007-05-09

AppStream: ASP throwback or SaaS savior?: AppStream: ASP throwback or SaaS savior?Streaming server is nothing but a web serverWhen you visit a webpage you do not download the entire website but only download the landing page. As you use the site more and more gets downloaded and cached. The next time you visit the...; Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), software-as-a-service, Beyond SaaS, AppStream Inc., Microsoft ASP; Discussion threads 2007-03-30
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
AppStream License DiscoveryTool (zip): AppStream License Discovery Tool allows an administrator to specify a list of applications to monitor. The client monitors the install and usage of all these applications and reports back to the server. Administrators can run a report on usage of these applications. Drill down reports give details on the computers...; Tags: AppStream Inc., AppStream License Discovery Tool, Monitors & Displays, Servers, Hardware, Components; Software downloads 2005-03-02

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News to know: The week in video; Software licensing doomed?; Windows Mobile UI; Microhoo: Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Traditional software licensing: Could a customer revolt cook the model? The week in video: Cisco's virtual health care project Sun Labs looks into 'proximity communications' RSA 2008: Sizing up security RSA 2008: Emerging tech...; Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Yahoo! Inc., Video, Microhoo, Microsoft Windows, Tools & Techniques, Patches, Corporate Communications, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Marketing; Blog posts 2008-04-11
Are Web 2.0 applications using a form of desktop virtualization?: Are Web 2.0 applications using a form of desktop virtualization?You Don't Know me Right?Just in case, Dan Does... but that was chatty e-mail stuff.Just to rough things up, how about doing a Head to Head with that SaaS blog bloke, Phil Wainewright.http://blogs.zdnet.com/SAAS/(AKA Software as Services in preparation for Software and...; Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Web, software-as-a-service, Web2.0, desktop virtualization, Web 2.0 Application, Web 2.0, desktop; Discussion threads 2008-04-07
Microsoft in a twist over SaaSy Office deal: Microsoft in a twist over SaaSy Office dealThings should get interesting....Then think about how it might work.'It's a Dung Beetle! Give me a Tree!!''Why do you want a Tree?''It's a Dung Beetle! Give me a Tree!!''Well, it's not very threatening is it?I mean you're quite big aren't you?''Dung Beetle! Tree!!...; Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Tools & Techniques, Dung Beetle, Tree!, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-02-16
VMware acquires Thinstall: VMware just announced that it is acquiring Thinstall and it appeared wise to look a bit at what VMware is doing. The financial details of the acquisition have not been disclosed. It is clear to me that that VMware is working very hard to be VIRTUALIZATION for...; Tags: Software, Application, Environment, VMware Inc., Technology, Virtual Machine, Thinstall Thinstall, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-01-16
Thinstall puts application virtualization on a diet: The good folks at Thinstall contacted me to comment on my LANDesk posts. Some of the interesting capabilities of LANDesk that allows applications to be encapsulated, streamed down to a user's system and run there in a protected environment came from Thinstall. Henrik Rosendahl, CEO of Thinstall helped me better...; Tags: Application, Virtualization, Microsoft Windows, Thinstall, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2007-08-06
Selling ads on Works because no one will buy it: Are there people out there who really do pay full retail price for Microsoft Works? I find that very hard to believe — even at the pocket-money price tag of $39.95. Works is the low-end business software suite that gets bundled with new PCs. The manufacturers buy it at an...; Tags: Microsoft, Business models; Blog posts 2007-08-02
Application Streaming and Why Your Organization Should Care: There are many approaches to offering computing services to mobile staff today. One approach is providing everyone with their own laptop, their own portfolio of applications and making them become their own system manager, security manager and operations manager. Although that is still a very reasonable approach for mobile...; Tags: Access virtualization, Managing virtualized environments; Blog posts 2007-07-25
Poll: Webware, SaaS or what?: As I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, some of us have had enough of the term SaaS — its inaccurate, misleading and harks back to the past instead of looking forward to the future. My colleagues in the Enterprise Irregulars network took up the discussion over the Easter weekend,...; Tags: Web 2.0, basics; Blog posts 2007-04-09
There's one born every minute: There's one born every minuteOh, so trueI have personal experience with jacknabbit.com, which attempted to offer on-line scheduling for small businesses as a software-as-a-service. After going down in flames, it seemed obvious that any halfway competant small business could easily implement scheduling in-house. You're right--there's one born every minute.Magic Citrix?I...; Tags: Tools & Techniques, responsiveness, Citrix Systems Inc., software; Discussion threads 2006-03-31