At VMworld this year, VMware has been busy announcing a vast array of new products centered around the recent launch of VMware’s flagship virtualization platform – vSphere 5. Project AppBlast is one of those announcements that while still technically still under development, promises to change the landscape for application virtualization and seemless access across any platform that supports an HTML 5 web browser. Set to be coupled with VMware’s new View 5 virtual desktop and application virtualization offering, AppBlast is centered around the provisioning and delivery of applications. The real news here is that this will include traditional desktop (Windows) based applications giving users on-demand access to virtually any application on the market today. After seeing a very impressive demo (footage below), I was excited at the prospect of anything from Microsoft Office to streaming media content can be delivered using this new framework. What’s so exciting about this technology is that we’re seeing an actual delivery of transparent and cross-platform support for what could amount to tens, if not hundreds of thousands of traditional desktop applications to anything from an iPad, to Linux, to Windows.
This is post-PC buzz in real form and VMware is once again changing the landscape. As VMware is putting it: Get your content whenever and wherever you need it!
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