Quoting from Softricity's Press Release:

Softricity to Help Simplify FDA Validation Process, Accelerate Application Deployment and Patching, Integrate Virtualization with Microsoft SMS

Softricity(R) today announced that Purdue Pharma L.P., a leading global manufacturer of prescription and non-prescription products for more than 50 years, has selected the Softricity Desktop application virtualization platform to help streamline and expedite critical FDA validation and application management processes, and reduce the cost of its terminal server environment.
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Purdue Pharma expects to realize significant benefits from the Softricity Desktop, including:

• Accelerate validation: Any changes to product-related applications must be validated to ensure consistency and reliability. In the past, each stage in application and patch deployment – such as adding terminal servers, desktops, staging, development production and business continuity efforts – had to be validated. With Softricity's unique technology, only the initial deployment of the application must be validated since subsequent changes to the infrastructure have no impact on application or data integrity. In addition, Purdue Pharma no longer needs to test updated applications in a variety of validated test environments, eliminating time-intensive steps. "Once we virtualize validated applications, we no longer have to spend time validating changes. This is a huge benefit," said Thompson.
• Accelerate application deployment and patching: Deploying new and updated applications and patches is not a simple task in any environment. Having multiple versions of operating systems requires full regression testing in each environment. IT had to spend hours or days troubleshooting the individual issues. With Softricity, Purdue Pharma only has to update the application or patch on one server and it is automatically updated on the clients the next time the user logs on. There is no chance of failure. Using SoftGrid for SMS, Purdue Pharma will be able to use its existing SMS infrastructure to deploy virtualized applications and patches. Whereas deployments and patches often took weeks in the past, with Softricity it can be reduced to hours.
• Simplify application patching: Like many IT teams, Purdue Pharma's IT staff had been in a perpetual state of patching due to continual updates in vendor software packages. In addition to regular regression testing, any patches to validated software had to go through the entire validation process. With Softricity, because patches won't alter any other applications or the OS, they no longer need to regression test them or go through multiple validation steps, vastly simplifying the process.
• Consolidate servers, reduce costs: Although Purdue Pharma purchased Softricity for its desktop environment, it is also planning to use Softricity to simplify and consolidate its terminal server farm. By eliminating the need to silo servers to avoid apps conflicting with each other (with Softricity's virtualization, any application can run on any server), Purdue Pharma expects to increase utilization on each server, resulting in the ability to cut its 90 servers in half while still supporting the same number of end-users. In addition to reducing management costs, this server consolidation will save money on physical hardware, power and cooling costs, and rack space.

Read the entire press release, here.