Updated - Application Virtualization Smackdown Oct. 2011

September 29, 2011

Yesterday we released an update to the Application Virtualization Smackdown. Although there were some big updates on some vendor's app-virt solutions, like Microsoft's App-V version 4.6 SP1, these didn't have a very big impact on the features in the matrix.

We added a number of new features to the matrix, for example:

-          Pre-packaging diagnostics to check if packaging machine is configured correctly

-          Post-packaging diagnostics to check for issues and/or unsupported technology

Another noticeable change is the support for x64 applications iin the InstallFree Bridge.

New mentioned in the document are the vendors Roozz from Danmark, Evalaze and the free application virtualization solution Cameyo. They are currently not present in the feature matrix itself, so drop us a line if you think they should be in there or if have any other remarks regarding the document. You find the contact info in the Smackdown.

The current version 3.1 of the Smackdown discusses the following products:

Product Name Version

Citrix Application Streaming, XenApp

6.5 Streaming Profiler and offline plugin

Endeavors Application Jukebox

8.3 Enterprise Edition in virtual isolated mode

InstallFree Bridge Suite 2.4.1.8 with Bridge client 1.0.0.127a
Microsoft App-V 4.6 Service Pack 1 (4.6.1.20200)
Spoon(former Xenocode) 2011 Spoon Server Standard Edition with Spoon Studio 9.1.1549
Symantec Workspace Virtualization 6.1.SP7
VMware ThinApp 4.6.2

Check the changelog at the end of the Smackdown document for all the updates we made.

Download the Application Virtualization Smackdown

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