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I Want My AppTV!
-Brad Rowland, Vice President of Marketing and Product Management
When one of AppStream’s consumer ISV’s logged over 50,000 active, unmanaged, internet users streaming applications to their PC’s last week it was a new milestone for our team, and I think slightly historical. Further evidence that streaming isn’t just about a way to deliver applications when needed, but it’s back to the basics and promises of on-demand. Why is on-demand so important? Why is it important at all? Why did acronyms like ASP become the most used phrases world-wide after Y2K? Why the near religious fervor about ‘service’ orientation? Is it just about having it now? Read more >
Managing Virtualization
-Brian Duckering, Senior Director of Products and Alliances
Virtualization has once again become a very hot topic. You can hardly turn around without seeing another article on how virtualization is changing the face of IT, adding flexibility and/or reducing costs. And those that are paying attention have noticed that the concept of virtualization has grown way beyond server virtualization, a la VMware. Now there are virtual desktops and virtual applications as well. At each level, there are some fantastic and diverse value propositions that warrant at least as much hype as they are getting. However, as the popularity of these technologies grows, so is the concern about how to properly manage them. Read more >
SaaS is a Business Model
-Brian Duckering, Senior Director of Products and Alliances
The allure of the service-based software model has been around for a very long time. And in spite of all the exciting marketing hype that comes along with each promising new acronym (remember ASP?), there have always been pitfalls, barriers, costs and challenges. Software as a Service, or SaaS, is the latest approach to an old problem, and the pattern holds true again. After all, if there are such great benefits to offering your software as a service, why isn’t everyone doing it? Read more >
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