Today VMware ThinApp 4.0 was released to the web. A 60-day trial can be downloaded here. VMware ThinApp is a result of the Thinstall aquisition and some intense development work.
New features since the lastest Thinstall are:
- Application Linking. Allows packaged applications to dynamically establish dependencies (”links”) with other packaged applications. Administers create separate packages of interdependent components such as Java or .NET runtimes and the applications that rely on them. Each component is delivered independently while sharing resources across multiple ThinApp packages.
- Application Sync. Enables application updates for mobile users as well as third parties on the corporate extranet, ensuring availability of the latest version of the application, reducing patch risks to machines that are taken off the network. Update virtual applications via http/https over the LAN or WAN leveraging existing software delivery systems.
I have been playing a lot with all interim versions of ThinApp and I am really happy with the end result. A stable packaging suite to deliver isolated applications to end users.
Two articles ago I wrote a short review about the beta of VMware ThinApp.
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