Much in the same way that Virtual Server makes it possible to install Operating Systems on top of a layer that separates them from the actual hardware, SoftGRID makes it possible to install applications on top of a layer that separates them from the actual Operating System. This means that no DLLs are written, no registry changes are made, no collisions are possible between applications… software incompatibilities between applications are a thing of the past.
Here’s our announcement about the acquisition:
(And this was a prior news article about this last week from CRN: http://www.crn.com/sections/breakingnews/breakingnews.jhtml?articleId=188100194)
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Softricity also makes an SMS component that allows Systems Management Server 2003 (SMS) to orchestrate Softricity and provide Application Virtualization:
Here’s Doug Brown’s take on the acquisition announcement:
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