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- Microsoft to highlight app virtualization at September launch
- Last month, Microsoft officials mentioned the company was planning some kind of virtualization launch event to be held in Seattle in early September, but wouldn't say more. But now the cat is at least partially out of the virtual bag. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Desktop, Softricity SoftGrid, Microsoft Corp., MED-V, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-08-12
- Office streaming: What Microsoft will and won't say
- Office streaming: What Microsoft will and won't saySoftgrid a bit of a red herring here ...As I understand it, Softgrid currently still only works in a LAN environment rather than over the Web (the new version that extends it to the Web is probably what's slated for October/November), So if...
- Tags: .NET, Microsoft Corp., Softricity SoftGrid, MicroSoft DOES, Microsoft Office
- Discussion threads 2008-04-30
- Office streaming: What Microsoft will and won't say
- Last week, there was talk that Microsoft was considering broadening the way it makes Microsoft Office available over the Web using streaming technology. (For the record, it wasn't Microsoft doing the talking; it was some overly enthused partners.) On April 30, Microsoft shared a...
- Tags: Softricity SoftGrid, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-04-30
- Microsoft to expand its Office streaming service?
- Computerworld is reporting that Microsoft is likely to announce the week of April 28 a new licensing arrangement for Office via which it would be available as a streamed service. The thinking, according to the report, is that this would give Microsoft, its partners and customers another...
- Tags: Desktop, Softricity SoftGrid, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-04-25
- TechNet Webcast: Introducing SoftGrid to the World (Level 200)
- Which to use, Microsoft SoftGrid or Terminal Services? This webcast provide solutions and details on how they differ, and explain when to use them. It also covers how to install, configure, and use SoftGrid.
- Tags: Webcast, Softricity SoftGrid, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft TechNet, Terminal Services
- Webcasts 2007-11-07
- SoftGrid app-virtualization: Another way to offer software as a service
- SoftGrid app-virtualization: Another way to offer software as a serviceWhat happened to RIA'sI made a few comments on my blog.I really don't understand why Microsoft can't just simply embrace RIA's and Hosted enterprise applications. Every serious system I've used at a major Canadian retailer / distributor was hosted. ...
- Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Enterprise software, rich Internet application, software-as-a-service, Microsoft Corp., Softricity SoftGrid
- Discussion threads 2007-07-31
- SoftGrid app-virtualization: Another way to offer software as a service
- MDOP, the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack, is the fastest-selling-ever Volume Licensing product from Microsoft, according to the company. Since Microsoft introduced MDOP six months ago, customers have bought 2 million licenses for MDOP.MDOP consists of a number of different tools and technologies, all of which are developed by Microsoft's System...
- Tags: Virtualization, System Center, Office 2007, Office, Google, Corporate strategy
- Blog posts 2007-07-31
- Microsoft SoftGrid Application Virtualization: Simplifying Large-Scale Windows OS Migrations
- This white paper discusses how Microsoft SoftGrid Application Virtualization enables organizations to streamline and accelerate enterprise-scale Windows XP and Vista migrations, eliminating key pain points and lowering the barriers of time, cost and effort involved. The paper highlights the challenges inherent in these OS migrations, including significant time and cost...
- Tags: Operating System, Softricity SoftGrid, Migration, Application Virtualization, Microsoft Corp., Os migration, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Microsoft Windows, Desktop Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Operating Systems, It Operations, Hardware, Software, Storage
- White papers 2007-01-01
- Microsoft SoftGrid Application Virtualization: Simplifying Large-Scale Windows OS Migrations
- This white paper discusses how Microsoft SoftGrid Application Virtualization enables organizations to streamline and accelerate enterprise-scale Windows XP and Vista migrations, eliminating key pain points and lowering the barriers of time, cost and effort involved. The paper highlights the challenges inherent in these OS migrations, including significant time and cost...
- Tags: Operating System, Softricity SoftGrid, Migration, Application Virtualization, Microsoft Corp., Os migration, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Microsoft Windows, Desktop Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Operating Systems, It Operations, Hardware, Software, Storage
- White papers 2007-01-01
- Microsoft deal puts the smarts into Vista
- Microsoft deal puts the smarts into VistaSounds nice, but ...MS is legendary for buying a software co. then:1. Burying it in the beauracy2. Intergrating it poorly, very poorly3. renaming the product and stripping functionality4. Improving the product until it is incompatible with itself5. Buying to kill, if it sees an...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Deal, rich Internet application, Softricity SoftGrid, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2006-06-01
- Microsoft deal puts the smarts into Vista
- I'd been meaning to write about Softricity for a while because of the significance of its technology for Microsoft's smart client strategy, particularly in the context of Vista. Well, now that Microsoft has bought Softricity, the time has come for me to set down my thoughts. I last spoke...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista
- Blog posts 2006-06-01
Additional Resources
- Pano, Sun Ray, and the Wintel gestalt
- Distributed Computing is now180 degrees out of sync with the bandwagon. That means that Murph's ideas are being adopted whilst mine are being ignored. I guess this proves that I am not a mirror of Murph.DumbRays are just as expensive as this Pano stuff. And what do you get for...
- Tags: Wintel, DumbRay, Pano, Sun Ray, Sun Microsystems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-12
- Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008, System Center VM Manager 2008 will ship in 30 days
- Microsoft will announce today that its long awaited Hyper-V Server 2008 and System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 will ship in 30 days. The Redmond, Wash company will also demonstrate a live migration feature planned for Windows Server 2008 R2. That's not all. Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5, released...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Virtualization, Microsoft Windows, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Operating Systems, Hardware, Software, Storage, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-09-08
- XenDesktop, VDI, SolidICE offer benefits but no panacea for IT managers
- I am always skeptical about new technologies that "threaten" to transform the traditional PC desktop. In my 20 years following the PC industry, I’ve seen them all â€" server-based models, thin clients, application streaming technologies, hosted ASP and newer software-as-a-service models, even Linux. I still use a...
- Tags: Desktop Management, Benefit, Server, ScriptStart, Leostream, Desktops, Hardware, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-05-20
- Microsoft's unveils its grand virtualization strategy
- Updated 11:00 AM PST: Microsoft will formally unveil its grand virtualization strategy tomorrow at a Virtualization Deployment Summit in Bellevue, WA, highlighted by the acquisition of Calista Technologies, a deeper alliance with Citrix and initiatives for deploying virtualization from desktops to data centers (see also Mary Jo Foley's take on...
- Tags: Combination, Desktop, Server, Microsoft Windows, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Server 2008, EMC Corp., System Center, Hyper-V, Money Line, Application Virtualization, Presentation Virtualization, Microsoft System Center, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Farber
- Blog posts 2008-01-21
- Evergrid -- High Performance Computing in the Enterprise
- Recently I had the opportunity to speak with representatives of Evergrid, a company that focuses on how to apply high performance/grid computing techniques in enterprise computing environments. Since I've spoken to many companies attempting to deploy open source tools, such as Beowulf or Grid Engine, in commercial data centers, I...
- Tags: virtual processing software, Managing virtualized environments, high performance computing, clustering software
- Blog posts 2007-06-06
- Out of the mouths of Redmond watchers
- Sometimes, Microsoft watchers say the darndest things. And many times, I am right there with them. Here are a few favorite sound bites on some of Microsofts recent strategic moves on the spending and licensing fronts: R&D: Its not rocket science. Or is it? Microsoft CEO...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Software Assurance, Microsoft Corp., Microsofts, Ed Bott, Microsoft Windows Vista, software, R&D
- Blog posts 2006-10-18
- Microsoft's Softricity buy: I hear a new tune from Redmond
- Fascinating acquisition this week by Microsoft in picking up Boston-based Softricity. This has implications for how Microsoft can move in a number of directions. More than almost anything else I've seen from Microsoft, this acquisition speaks to Redmond's need to produce highly cost-efficient means to support and deliver as a...
- Tags: benefit, Microsoft Corp., Softricity Inc.
- Blog posts 2006-05-24
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