The new version of UDS Enterprise, our multiplatform connection broker for Windows and Linux, features application virtualization.
From this new version onwards, UDS Enterprise provides the deployment of virtualized vApp. This new characteristic complements the management of virtual desktops and other resources within your Data Center or Cloud.
Red Hat introduced yesterday at the Red Hat Summit held in Boston the Red Hat Mobile Application Platform. The development of this platform started last October with the acquisition of FreedHenry, a mobile application platform provider.
The platform incorporates technology from FeedHenry with products from Red Hat’s JBoss Middleware and OpenShift PaaS portfolio, and adds new mobile services.
The upcoming release of application virtualization with UDS Enterprise, the integration of our VDI connection broker for Windows and Linux with oVIrt and the features of the LXD hypervisor have been the most read topics in our blog during the last two weeks.
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UDS Enterprise will incorporate application virtualization
The UDS Enterprise development team is working to launch the application virtualization on an experimental basis ahead of schedule. In this way, we will respond to one of our client’s most important demands. Our connection broker for Windows and Linux will bring together two complementary technologies: desktop and application virtualization.
This important innovation will be incorporated, as you can see in the image that illustrates this article, on the UDS Enterprise administration dashboard. Thus, in addition to providing virtual desktops, UDS Enterprise will make available for users those virtualized vApp that are best suit their needs.
Cost savings is always one of the key principles of IT departments. Thus, free tools are usually considered by companies when it comes to application virtualization. But before going for this type of software, at least 6 issues should be taken into account:
1. Do you need a new OS? Many free application virtualization tools are Open Source based and therefore, they are designed to run on Linux. In theory, this shouldn’t be a problem, but if you do not currently use Linux, you should evaluate a possible increase in support costs. On the other hand, if you decide to adopt a new server operating system, you should consider whether the employees have enough knowledge or if it would be necessary to provide specialized training.
Over the last few months, we have started to know more about a new technology called virtual mobile infrastructure or VMI. In general terms, VMI is for the mobile devices and applications the same as VDI for desktop applications.
A mobile virtual infrastructure allows you to access remote mobile applications from a mobile device. With this technology, when a user clicks an icon to use an application on a device, the app appears as usual, but rather than run locally on the client device, it runs in an Android virtual machine (VM) hosted in a remote data center.
