Today, Softricity ended the SoftGrid 4 beta program. The final release will be available as version 4.0.0.524.
This release is the culmination of an effort that began more than a year ago to take SoftGrid to the next level and extend its value to customers. Version 4 started with best-in-class virtualization, effective management and enterprise readiness as its main objectives.
To outline just a few of the key capabilities:
Extended Virtualization
- Virtual services support
- Automatic detection of all file types associated with applications
- 100%+ faster virtualization
Effective Management
- Active Upgrade™
- Hierarchical application organization and group management
- One-click configuration portability
Enterprise Ready
- Policy-based central management
- Support for hundreds of virtual applications on tens of hundreds of desktops
- Integrated with Windows management infrastructure in general and MMC in particular
and many more smaller features (for a total of 34+ ).
As part of the beta program, I experienced a more mature and stable product with performance improvements on sequencing and application delivery.
The official release announcement will follow shortly (probably) at the Microsoft Management Summit on April 24, 2006.
Update: Read more at Softricity.
