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- 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, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- 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, Microsoft Corp., Os migration, Virtualization, Microsoft Windows, 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, Microsoft Corp., Os migration, Virtualization, Microsoft Windows, 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
- Softricity SoftGrid: Simplifying Large-Scale Windows XP Migrations
- This white paper discusses how Softricity's SoftGrid virtualization technology enables organizations to streamline and accelerate enterprise-scale Windows XP migrations, eliminating key pain points and lowering the barriers of time, cost and effort involved. The paper highlights the challenges inherent in these XP migrations, including significant time and cost requirements, and...
- Tags: Softricity SoftGrid, Softricity Inc., Migration, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- White papers 2005-02-01
- Using Virtualization as the Cure for Security and Spyware Ills
- This web seminar covers the security benefits of The SoftGrid Application Virtualization Platform, including how SoftGrid can be used to combat Spyware. It also covers how SoftGrid protects Windows client and Terminal Services operating systems, enables a manageable locked down environment and prevents the pirating and/or theft of software.
- Tags: Virtualization, Softricity SoftGrid, Softricity Inc., Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Terminal Services, Channel Management, Security, Viruses And Worms, Marketing
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Additional Resources
- What we do know about Windows 7
- Since Microsoft still isn't willing to talk -- or even comment on any of the information its own employees already have discussed publicly -- about Windows 7, I thought I'd make a list of the many things that are known already about Windows 7 (beyond the 2010 due date). ...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-05-27
- Windows 7: Does the silence help anyone?
- Windows 7: Does the silence help anyone?Damn right it helps!Columnists have infinite opportunity to write about, literally, [b]nothing[/b] -- it's better than tea leaves or Kremlinology.I think its good they keep it locked down for nowOne of the things that hurt Vista was how they were talking about all the...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, silence
- Discussion threads 2008-05-23
- 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 – 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
- Telecommunications Firm Standardizes Software Platform, Cuts Costs 44%
- T-Systems sought to improve productivity for employees in its Austrian office by standardizing the desktop environment on the Windows Vista operating system and 2007 Microsoft Office system, including Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007. To achieve a smooth transition for the 600 employees, T-Systems needed a way to shorten application deployment...
- Tags: Software, T-Systems, Software Virtualization, Telecommunications, Microsoft Corp., Tools & Techniques, Management
- Case studies 2008-05-08
- Is Hyper-V ready for the Windows desktop?
- A few days ago, my ZDNet blogging colleague Jason Perlow offered some suggestions on how he would design Windows 7 for maximum backward compatibility. One of his key proposals involved using virtualization to solve application compatibility problems: What if Microsoft were to build a "Personal" Hyper-V...
- Tags: Desktop, Virtualization, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Hyper-V, VM, Linux Integration Component, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2008-04-17
- Reports of Windows' demise are greatly exaggerated
- I was planning to avoid posting about Gartner's "Windows will collapse under its own weight" presentation from earlier this week because I felt it was a bunch of hype that didn't provide any new insights or conclusions. But given how many others are riffing -- and riffing...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-04-11
- InstallFree and Desktop Virtualization
- It seems that various forms of "desktop virtualization" are coming from everywhere right now. I've spoken with a number of market newcomers and still come across new, interesting approaches to offering people the "desktop experience" without requiring their own desktop computer. I had the chance to speak with Yori Gabay,...
- Tags: Application, Desktop Virtualization, Environment, Virtual Machine, InstallFree Desktop, IFV, IFV Application, IFV Desktop, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-04-08
- Ceedo: Application Virtualization for the Desktop
- Dror Gill, Chief Strategy Officer of Ceedo Technologies Ltd. and I played an exciting round of Email tag a few weeks ago. Ceedo presents its technology as "portable desktop virtualiztion." What does that mean? Well, my posts Just what is "desktop virtualization" anyway?, The Role Application Virtualization Plays in Desktop...
- Tags: Desktop Virtualization, Technology, Ceedo Technologies Ltd., Dror, Virtualization, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-03-26
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