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Virtual App Wars Move From OS To Desktop

Tuesday, 12 September 2006 by Michel Roth

This is a really interesting article on CRN.com on the "war" that has started in the battle for dominance of the application virtualization market.

"Microsoft, Citrix and AppStream are among the pack of vendors rushing to gain a foothold in the application virtualisation market, where the focus is moving beyond the server and operating system to desktop applications.As the focus on virtualisation moves beyond the server and operating system to desktop applications, new offerings including Microsoft's recently acquired SoftGrid platform and Citrix's Project Tarpon technology and will hit the US streets later this quarter."

"AppStream's AppStream 5.0, StreamTheory's AppExpress, Altiris' Software Virtualization Solution and Ardence Software Streaming Platform are other alternatives that stream desktop applications."

"Mann said there's plenty of room for AppStream, Ardence and Altiris, but Microsoft and Citrix, close partners in the terminal services software market for more than a decade, no doubt will face off as key rivals in this market as desktop application delivery moves to an on-demand model."

Read the entire article here.