Application Virtualisation
What is it?
With application virtualisation, you can store applications in self-contained packages that can be accessed from a desktop environment. This eliminates the need to install applications on individual work stations.
How does it work?
Traditionally, all business applications would be installed on individual desktop computers across the organisation. In large businesses with many staff and as many desktops, the normal practice is to create a gold — or standard — image that is copied onto each physical desktop.
Application virtualisation removes the need to create the gold image. This means you do not need to install the applications to individual work stations. With application virtualisation, all the applications are captured into a centralised package and streamed to individual desktop machines. This enables system administrators to upgrade applications across your entire business in less time and more efficiently than normal.
How does it benefit you?
By reducing the time required to manage application upgrades and deployments, you can reduce your IT engineering, management and delivery overheads and increase opportunities for innovation.