Softricity Working with Microsoft to offer Application Virtualization and Streaming within Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003

Quoting from Business Wire:

Softricity, the on-demand application virtualization company, today announced the immediate availability of its SoftGrid(R) virtualization platform within Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003. Now, Microsoft SMS 2003 customers can take advantage of the most advanced application virtualization platform on the market to reduce the overall cost of application management. Softricity's new product, SoftGrid for Microsoft SMS 2003, helps IT administrators instantly gain all the benefits of the SoftGrid platform--including application virtualization, on-demand streaming and self-provisioning--from within the SMS infrastructure.

Key Features

SoftGrid for Microsoft SMS delivers all the functionality of the SoftGrid platform from within SMS, plus extensive integration capabilities:

    --  SMS Management Console Integration - Softricity SMS Management
Console snap-in allows for management of virtual applications
within SMS.
--  Multiple Delivery Options - Ability for virtual applications
to be delivered in multiple ways:
--  "Push" delivery where virtualized applications are turned
into SMS packages deployed using standard SMS delivery
methods; and
--  "Pull/On-Demand" via Softricity's streaming delivery
technology, where only the necessary portions of the
virtualized application code are deployed in real-time
based on user requests.
--  Native SMS Inventory and Metering Integration - Virtual
applications can be tracked by SMS asset management discovery
and metering systems. Reports can be created for both
virtualized and installed applications.
 
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