VMware Project North Star ( Thinstall )

wponder — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 20:51:00 GMT

I am pleased to share with everyone the first public Beta release of VMware Project North Star ( Thinstall ) is now available for download.

VMware Project North Star (Thinstall) will be the first branded version of Thinstall application virtualization technology.

This beta is the first step towards launch of a fully supported and widely available release of the technology as a VMware product. We are excited to enable VMware customers - both existing and new - to experience the benefits of application virtualization firsthand from within the VMware community.

Intrested in How to get the software? Go to http://www.vmware.com/go/thinstall

Beta Participant Support

There is no active support available for this Beta release of VMware Thinstall . However, VMware welcomes and appreciates your feedback. You can file any product suggestions directly onto the VMware community forum. If you run into problems installing or using the product, we suggest using the following excellent resources:

VMware community forum:

http://communities.vmware.com/community/beta/northstar

Product documentation:

http://www.vmware.com/products/beta/northstar/project_north_star_beta_manual.pdf

Sales Inquiries

Thinstall 3.3 is available for purchase today. All customers who order Thinstall 3.3 today are eligible for an automatic upgrade to the VMware Project North Star (Thinstall) product when it is generally available (GA). Please contact sales@thinstall.com, your VMware Sales team or VMware Partner for any sales inquiries on Thinstall 3.3.

Please stay tuned to www.vmware.com/go/thinstall There will be another beta shortly and it aims to include some very exciting features!

VMware VDI - Acquisition of ThinStall

wponder — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:13:00 GMT

Today is very exciting as we take another major step forward in effort to change the way we use and manage desktop computing today. At VMware we have been executing on the vision of VDI - Virtual Desktop Infrastructure for several years now. Today we are extremely excited to announce the intent to aquire ThinStall. ThinStall is an industry leading application virtualization company that pioneered agentless application virtualization.

For years now customers and IT visionaries have been planning their next generation desktop architectures. IT organizations have been stepping outside the traditional way of deploying desktop services and regaining the control of thier desktop environments by leveraging the power and benifits of VMware virtualization technology. Where server based computing solutions such as Citrix and Terminal services have allen short, VMware VDI has been able to step in and revive the promise of server based computing and dynamic desktop environments.

Where VMware VDI enables organizations to break the bind between the Desktop OS and physical desktops systems. Thinstall allows organizations to break the bind of the Desktop OS and the Applications. Combined organizations will be able to start delivering dynamic desktop environments and better manage desktop computing across the enterprise. With the ThinStall VOS - Virtual Operating System, organizations can easily package and deploy the most complex applicaitons without worrying about application conflicts or costly and challenging application sequencing operations.

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