Application Virtualization is the solution in which Windows applications can be made available in a quick, simple and cost effective way on desktops, laptops, VDI as well as on Server Based Computing infrastructures.

It is no problem for Thinstalled applications to be executed within a few seconds on a workstation, where no client is installed and where there is no back end infrastructure present. In this article, Ruben Spruijt will make it clear that Thinstall Virtualization Suite has interesting properties and offers a serious Application Virtualization solution for everyone.

VARs see high profits in SaaS with application virtualization.

"Solution providers can rapidly adopt the Thinstall Application Virtualization technology to work through the Web or inside highly secured corporate networks. With Thinstall, solution providers are getting the best application deployment solution for the SMB market."-Mario Morejon, CMP Channel >more

Virtual streaming centralizes and archives software, preparing it for immediate use.

By now you have no doubt heard about virtualization. VARs can extend this concept further with a new twist called virtual application streaming.  The idea is simple: Send all the bits that are needed for running one application to a user's desktop at the moment they are needed, similar to how a video or music file is streamed when requested from a server. Rather than install the application, take up disk space and consume software licenses, you keep the applications centralized and archived, ready to be used when needed. "What VMware does for operating systems, we do for applications," said Henrik Rosendahl, CEO of Thinstall, in San Francisco. >more

Thinstall is embracing support for MacroVision’s AdminStudio product.

With support of Macrovision AdminStudio, Thinstall now bridges the divide by combining standard MSI packaging with its unique method for software deployment. >more

Thinstall, the leading independent Application Virtualization Platform Solution, today announced availability of its recent update v3.3, with MSI auto generation capability

Thinstall announced today its technology integration with Macrovision(R) Corporation's AdminStudio(R) 8.6. >more

Thinstall and Macrovision Corp. have announced the integration of Macrovision's AdminStudio product with Thinstall's virtual application technology for IT administrators to package applications for virtualization.

The integration enables software applications to be packaged into a "Thinstalled" single, self-contained executable (EXE) file, for immediate distribution by IT administrators.

Thinstall now Supports Virtual Application Deployments for Leading Desktop Management Vendors: SMS, Tivoli, Altiris, LANDesk, Macrovision, BMC and CA

 

Thinstall Delivers Industry's First Application Virtualization Solution With MSI Auto Generation Compatible With Top-Tier Desktop Deployment Systems >more

Distributor to flex DNS Arrow’s continental muscle to drive demand for Thinstall’s virtualisation products

Application virtualisation vendor Thinstall is plotting to increase its market share and is capitalising on its strengthening relationship with distribution partner Centia. >more

Application Virtualization and the Enterprise: Podcast interview with Jeanne Morain, senior manager of configuration automation products at BMC Software, Inc., and Jonathan Clark, president and CTO, Thinstall

First, it was whole-machine virtualization; now, application virtualization is taking the enterprise by storm. But what is application virtualization, and what advantages can it bring to the corporate IT environment? >more

On the road to the virtual desktop

"Thinstall's integrated Virtual Operating Sysmte is still a technical marvel. Where else can you find so much muscle crammed into a 300k file header?" >more

BMC Signs Agreement with Thinstall

"This agreement with BMC is a major milestone in our strategy to establish a partner network with forward looking, industry leaders to add market strength to our momentum. ..."  >more

Big Benefits with Small Steps

"We see virtualization being adopted across the application portfolio"

Read the BTQ interview with John Humphreys, Program Vice President of Enterprise Virtualization at IDC

Release: Thinstall 3.2

"The new Thinstall 3.2 is mostly interesting because it introduces capability to virtualize Microsoft Internet Explorer, one of the most difficult application to handle because of its tight connection with Windows."  >more

Application virtualization will make IT’s life much simpler by separating application code from the platform on which it runs. And the technology is ready to roll - August 2007

The really exciting virtualization technology -- in fact, the most exciting technology to hit IT in a long time -- is application virtualization. It hasn’t been widely deployed yet, but it’s poised to take off. >more

Thinstall Labs virtualized Microsoft Office to run on Ubuntu Linux - August 2007

Aren't Linux and Microsoft mortal enemies? Blogs are heating up, debating whether Microsoft is easing on Linux.

What is the meaning of its partnership with Novell? And the hiring of a "Director of Linux Interoperability" to head up the Microsoft/Novell Interoperability Lab?

Thinstall’s virtualization suite is worth learning about - August 2007

Thinstall’s technology allows a Windows application (Windows NT up to Windows Vista) to be processed into an executable file that sees its own version of the Windows registry, filesystem and data link libraries (DLLs). So, previously incompatible applications can reside on the same system without conflict. These applications can be copied to a target system using a file transfer utility, downloaded from a Website or downloaded from any ol’ SMB file server. >more

What do you see as the next big thing in virtualization? - July 2007

"I think you will see pure-play vendors like Thinstall becoming even more important too. These are some really exciting technologies for cost saving, agility, business value, security, and so on"

What started as a quick fix for incompatibility issues has become a viable alternative app-deployment model - August 2007

Application virtualization products from Thinstall isolate programs from the host operating system by confining the app and its requisite DLLs and registry keys to a self-contained package. A virtualized app doesn't clash with installed programs because it's essentially sealed inside a bubble. >more

Application virtualization technology enables organizations to run applications from a central location rather than on a user’s endpoint device - July 2007

Another method used by companies such as Thinstall takes application software and compresses it into a single executable file. With this technology users can run their applications from a USB stick on their laptop or desktop, or they could pull these executables down from a Local Area Network (LAN) server. There may be an agent that allows the client device to communicate with the server, but there is no local installation of the software. >more

Experts See Link Between Virtualization, SOA

"The big win is in the performance and flexibility that enterprises will need to scale their SOA implementations," Bloomberg said. Jonathan Clark, founder, president and chief technology officer of Thinstall, a San Francisco-based maker of application virtualization technology, agreed. "The way we see it, [virtualization] is the ability to package up an environment into an isolated area," Clark said.

Application Virtualization Takes Hold

Lots of organizations see virtualization as a way to free an operating system from the constraints of underlying hardware. But for the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), it's also about freeing applications from the operating system. >more

More Application Virtualization - March 2007

For shops that need to reduce regression testing before rolling out applications, Thinstall should definitely be on the comparison shortlist >more

Thinstall, LANDesk Partner on Desktop Virtualization- March 2007

Partnering with LANDesk makes sense for Thinstall, as competitors Microsoft and Altiris already offer both application virtualization and desktop management. The combination of LANDesk's license tracking with Thinstall's clientless, user-mode technology could give them an edge over the competition >more

Review: Thinstall eases app virtualization - February 2007

How fortuitous it is, then, that one of the pioneers of Windows application virtualization in the OEM space - Thinstall - decided to step up to the plate in the broader enterprise application deployment competition. >more

IT Product Guide: Thinstall removes barriers to application virtualization. Self-contained virtualization solution makes for clean, quick deployment - February 2007

Bottom Line
Thinstall is a robust, self-contained application virtualization solution that requires no client-side agents or supporting server infrastructure. Thinstall/s 'clean' architecture makes it suitable to a wide range of deployment scenarios, including environments in which traditional agent-based products would be inappropriate. IT shops evaluating SoftGrid or SVS should also consider Thinstall. >more

Rollout: Thinstall Virtualization Suite (TVS) 3.0 No Client Necessary - Thinstall lets you take off-the-shelf products and internally developed applications and turn them into virtual apps with very little effort - February 2007

Thinstall Virtualization Suite lives up to its claim. We were able to take several off-the-shelf products and internally-developed applications and turn them into virtual applications with very little effort. >more

Application and desktop virtualization - February 2007

Application and desktop virtualization - February 2007 Thinstall combines the simplicity of SVS with the fully padded box approach of SoftGrid. By embedding both the virtualized environment and the application image into a single executable file, Thinstall eliminates the need for supporting infrastructure: Just copy or stream the file to the client and execute. >more

Application Virtualization: Streamlining Distribution - August 2006 Escape DLL Hell

We examined Thinstall Embedded. It's clientless--nothing special needs to be installed on the Windows OS. Instead, the small client piece is bundled as part of the new virtualized application Thinstall creates. >more