Archive for September, 2008

Limitations XenApp 5.0 Application Streaming Feature same as previous versions

Saturday, September 27th, 2008

Today I did a little research at the Citrix Application Streaming Fearure of Citrix XenApp 5.0. Previous versions of the Citrix Application Streaming Feature had some important limitations because it cannot virtualize Windows Services, MDAC and DCOM. These limitations result in issues while package core applications such as financial programs. I was hoping for some [...]

Technical Blogs about VMware ThinApp ?

Monday, September 22nd, 2008

Last weeks many people asked me where they can find technical information about VMware ThinApp. For example; blogs with technical issues about packaging, ThinApp/Thinstall Forums, etc… Because of that, I decide to subdivide my Blog links so there is a seperate categorie VMware & ThinApp Blogs. Now I would like to complete my list with [...]

Ictivity expand their specialism with new team: “Application Delivery”

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008

The vision of this team is “Deliver applications, independent from hardware, software and network infrastructure”. The Application Delivery team keep themselves busy with Application Virtualisation products (such as Microsoft APP-V, VMware ThinApp, InstallFree and XenoCode) and moreover also the manner of presentation of applications (such as SBC, VDI, ZenWorks and RES PowerFuse). Objective is using [...]

VMware Announces Virtual Datacenter Operating System (VDC-OS)

Tuesday, September 16th, 2008

The VDC-OS expands virtual infrastructure along three dimensions. First, it delivers a set of infrastructure services (called Infrastructure vServices) to seamlessly aggregate servers, storage and network as a pool of on-premise cloud resources and allocate them to applications that need them most. Second, it delivers a set of application services (called Application vServices) to guarantee [...]

Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5 Release to Manufacturing

Monday, September 15th, 2008

Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) version 4.5 has been released to manufacturing. Formerly known as SoftGrid, App-V 4.5 is the first Microsoft-branded release of the product. It includes new capabilities designed to help IT support large-scale virtualization implementations across many sites and provides multiple delivery options including over-the-Internet application availability to meet your business needs. Newly [...]

Convert MSI’s to Application Virtualisation formats such as VMware ThinApp and Citrix XenApp

Friday, September 12th, 2008

AdminStudio 9.0 is available with new nice features concerning Application Virtualisation Packaging and Converting.
AdminStudio gives you the automated tools you need to ensure packages deploy successfully, regardless of your deployment tool. It combines powerful MSI repackaging, customization, testing, and virtualizing technologies with Web-based process management tools to significantly cut IT costs and increase software’s reliability. [...]

Google to launch free Internet Browser (Chrome) today

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008

Google will launch a free web browser today called Chrome, that the company said would challenge Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, as well as the Firefox browser. Up to now, Google has supported Firefox, the open-source browser that has gained about a fifth of the market against the dominant Internet Explorer.
Chrome is based on an open-source rendering [...]

Hide/Remove ThinApp Information Launchbar

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008

By starting a ThinApp application you see the VMware ThinApp Information Launchbar in the right corner of your screen. Just like the following screenshot.

To hide this ThinApp Information bar you first start Log Monitor. One of the VMware ThinApp tools available from the start menu after installation of the ThinApp software.

Within ThinApp Log Monitor browse [...]