Softricity Brings Application Virtualization to the Mainstream with SoftGrid 4.0

On April 24, Softricity announced the availability of SoftGrid 4.0, a major new version designed to make virtual applications easy to create, deploy, manage and use. With SoftGrid 4.0, enterprises can virtualize any Windows application – including Windows services – and make it available to computers worldwide within minutes.

The advances in SoftGrid 4.0 are based on thousands of hours of development, combined with feedback from hundreds of customers and partners who have been using Softricity since 2001 to virtualize over 20,000 applications and deploy to hundreds of thousands users.

According to Bill Corrigan, VP product management, Softricity: "With SoftGrid 4.0, application virtualization is as easy to deploy as machine virtualization, making it more compelling than ever for enterprises to virtualize their entire application environment."

SoftGrid 4.0's new features include:

Rapid Virtualization: SoftGrid 4.0's Sequencer, the packager that virtualizes applications, has been completely re-designed to turn sequencing into a completely automated process that has been optimized for speed. For example, the latest Microsoft Office suite now takes less than 10 minutes to virtualize. SoftGrid 4.0's virtualization engine is also significantly more comprehensive, including the virtualization of Windows services (used by many complex applications) and user specific preferences (which enables end-users' customizations to follow them to any computer they log into). SoftGrid can now also virtualize administrative mode, enabling applications that require administrative rights to run in the much more secure user mode.
Controlled Streaming: Administrators and end-users have more control over streaming, including the ability to both "pre-cache" applications (stream 100% of the program on demand) and work in a disconnected mode. Cached applications are now locked in memory, preserved even in the case of unexpected computer shutdown. Streaming has also been accelerated, by an average of 40% faster than previous versions.
Scalable Centralized Management: SoftGrid 4.0 enables much easier centralized management of both small and large-scale deployments. Administrators can remotely control SoftGrid clients from any other computer, providing help-desk support and terminating unattended sessions without desk-side visits. Another key addition is "Active upgrades" where updates to virtualized applications on the server are now accomplished without disconnecting connected users. And, SoftGrid server configurations can be migrated to other servers simply with a single click of the mouse from the management console.

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