Virtualization
Application Virtualization
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Application Virtualization for Anytime/Anywhere Computing
Application virtualization creates a dynamic application delivery infrastructure which allows applications to be used online, offline, onsite, offsite, locally, and centrally. This software technology improves portability, manageability, and compatibility of applications by encapsulating them from the underlying operating system.
The virtualized application is not installed in the traditional sense but, at runtime, it thinks it’s directly interfacing with the original operating system and all the resources managed by it.
A virtual layer intercepts all file and registry operations of virtualized applications and transparently redirects them to a virtualized location, often a single file. The application doesn’t realize it’s accessing a virtual resource instead of a physical one. Since the application works with one file instead of many files and registry entries spread throughout the system, it is easy to run on a different computer and previously incompatible applications can be run side by side.
Application virtualization is becoming more and more important as users shift to mobile computing. With mobile computing, users are also likely to combine both business and personal use, which can potentially jeopardize security. IT administrators need to keep corporate data and networks secure. When application virtualization is served up from the cloud, the endpoint device becomes less important from an IT management perspective. The business is able to control who is accessing the application, how they’re using it, and where the proprietary data is stored.
Application virtualization delivers applications that meet the needs of users regardless of whether they are in the office, on the road, in a remote site, or holding a meeting at the local coffee shop.
ENS-Inc has teamed up with leading vendors in the world of application virtualization and can help you plan and implement this dynamic, secure application delivery infrastructure.
Faster Software Deployment with a Seamless End-User Experience
Application virtualization can accelerate application deployment and simplify application migration. The applications are packaged into single executables that run completely isolated from each other and from the operating system for conflict-free execution on end point devices. Applications can also be copied to portable media and then imported to client computers without the need to install them. Even legacy applications can be virtualized and often moved without the need to recode, retest, and recertify.
Faster deployments with less testing means your business applications will be in production faster, minimizing downtime, and reducing risks to your business.
Virtualized applications are fully portable. They can stream from any network share without a local client or a backend server. This increased efficiency enables administrators to confidently deploy or de-commission applications on the fly with little or no regression testing, even to the most secure desktops.
Organizations can allow end-users to receive the latest updates and can take advantage of already existing applications, saving on licensing costs. Because virtualized applications can run without requiring modifications of administrative security permissions, the host operating system is protected from possible corrupting installation modifications.
With application virtualization, users can expect greater flexibility, freedom, and functionality of their workstations with their own familiar desktop environment, while IT can benefit with cost reductions, manageability, and compliance.
With the right approach and the right tools, application virtualization offers increased functionality while reducing costs. ENS-Inc consultants and engineers have the experience, certifications, and know-how to make sure you take the right approach for your business and have the right tools to maximize your benefits.
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Application Virtualization…Benefits with Security
With centralized management and a scalable infrastructure, application virtualization allows companies to leverage their existing technology investments and software distribution processes.
- Deployment is simplified.
- End user interruptions are reduced.
- Security is improved because the applications are isolated from the operating system.
- IT is able to reduce costs involved with maintaining secure locked-down desktops.
- Organizations can also easily track license usage and application usage history can then be used to save on license costs.
Overall, advantages of application virtualization include:
- cost savings on hardware
- cost savings on software and operating system licenses
- ability to handle large and fluctuating work volume
- ability to run multiple versions of an application program concurrently on a single computer
- ease of application management, upgrading, and migration
- ability to leverage resources without adversely impacting users
- optimal utilization of existing hardware resources
- enhance system reliability and scalability
- delivers a zero-footprint application that doesn’t need an installation
- increased workforce mobility
- strengthened endpoint security.
ENS-Inc can put this dynamic resource to work for you.
Our team develops and deploys your application virtualization solution and then provides the onsite training and knowledge transfer to empower success.
Through collaboration with industry-leading vendors and development and implementation of vendor specific best practices, ENS-Inc can put you onto the productive track of application virtualization.
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