Features

Run applications over the web or from a file share 5 to 20 times faster than other solutions with our predictive streaming technology.

Desktop Containers makes it easy to run applications in a safe, isolated environment that is immune to conflicts with other applications.

Easily adopt containerized applications into your existing IT environment without installing additional agents, device drivers or any server-side architecture.

Using Desktop Containers Server you can easily make time-bombed applications available in a web portal and limit the number of users or devices that have access to the application.

Thinking of migrating to Windows 10? Desktop Containers can help. One of the key issues you'll face during any Windows migration is making sure that your workforce has the applications they need before, during, and after the migration. By containerizing all your Windows applications, you can keep your workforce productive anytime, anywhere. Your Windows migration will be simpler and faster because you can:

• Make all your applications run like executable files. This means no installations and no application conflicts.
• Stream your applications to any Windows machine via a convenient web portal with one of the fastest predictive streaming solutions available.

Preparing software for deployment has always required a lot of time—and labor-intensive testing. According to Gartner Research, it's the primary reason most companies only have 10 to 25% of their applications packaged. As a result, 75 to 90% of applications are installed manually.

Desktop Containers makes that process simpler and much faster. It slashes the costs, complexity and time delays required for application compatibility testing and management. And because it's tightly integrated with ZENworks® Configuration Management, you can use one unified lifecycle management solution to manage all your physical and virtual applications.

With Desktop Containers, your staff can use easy, step-by-step wizards to create containerized applications that run anywhere without a cumbersome agent/server architecture. This includes:

• Optimizing containerized applications to run directly from DVDs or USB drives.
• Using pre-configured containerized application profiles for the most popular desktop productivity and Web browser offerings.
• Compressing applications to reduce their file size.
• Converting legacy ZENworks AXT-based applications to containerized applications.
• Distributing patches for a containerized application independently of the application itself.

Application security is taken to a new level with Desktop Containers. Every application containerized app is packaged with all the files, settings, runtimes, and components that your apps need to run immediately. Applications act just like they would if they were installed locally, but your operating system, registry, and run-time environments remain unchanged.

You can turn your Windows, .NET, and Java-based applications into self-contained secure applications in minutes. This gives you pain-free deployment via the web, USB keys, or your desktop management infrastructure.

Desktop Containers Server makes it easy to create a web portal where users can access their containerized applications without requiring an agent on the machine. Whether they are working from home on a personal machine or from a borrowed corporate laptop, they will always have access to the applications they need to be productive.

Package all your application files, settings, runtimes, and other components into a single compact executable that runs immediately and runs anywhere. And those applications act just as if they were installed locally, even though your OS, registry, and run-time environments don't change at all.

With Desktop Containers, you can both configure a containerized application to launch from portable media such as a USB drive and tell the application to automatically register itself with the host system. In addition, you can control the number of days the application will run and set a specific date for its expiration.

Embed containerized database and Web services into containerized application executables, enable applications to communicate, and gain fine-grained control over containerized resource sharing between multiple applications.

Reduce Windows Vista UAC prompts and eliminate most Vista compatibility errors.

Use a simple tool to register a containerized application with the host and configure file associations and shortcuts.

Quickly add popular runtimes, components and viewers to containerized application executables. This includes support for .NET, Java, Shockwave, Flash and SQL Server 2005 Express.

Deploy containerized applications using MSI setup packages.

Protect the host OS and registry by simulating those subsystems in containerized applications.

Take a look at how Desktop Containers squares off against the competition.

Desktop Containers speeds your application deployments by dramatically reducing testing time and eliminating application installations.

Keeping your workforce productive—and your service desk above water—are some of the biggest challenges in any major OS migration. Desktop Containers makes your life easier by ensuring your workforce has complete access to their Windows applications before, during, and after a migration.

• Container-based packaging simplifies packaging process for many applications
• CLI and scripting capabilities to provide automation
• Enhanced support for containerizing server applications
• ZENworks Reporting entitlement to allow use of Cool Solutions domain for reporting

Turbo for Micro Focus Containers

• Turbo.net hub subscription with 100’s of apps and 1000’s of versions
• IP blocking to lockdown network access for containerized applications
• Per application proxy and DNS virtualization
• Browser redirector for improved user experience

Thinking of migrating to Windows 10? Desktop Containers can help. One of the key issues you'll face during any Windows migration is making sure that your workforce has the applications they need before, during and after the migration. By containerizing all your Windows applications, you can keep your workforce productive anytime, anywhere. Your Windows migration will be simpler and faster because you can:

• Make all your applications run like executable files. This means no installations and no application conflicts.
• Stream your applications to any Windows machine via a convenient web portal with one of the fastest predictive streaming solutions available.

To reduce the cost and effort of building the containers yourself, you can take advantage of Turbo for Desktop Containers. This add-on features the Turbo.net hub subscription service with thousands of prebuilt containerized apps from Adobe, Google, Firefox, and other popular software vendors. Additionally, Turbo contains some highly requested features that improve app security and enable the use of legacy web apps.

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Streamline the containerization process and improve the security of your devices with a crucial add-on: Turbo for Desktop Containers. This powerful add-on provides access to the Turbo.net hub, featuring thousands of prebuilt containerized applications, security-enhancing IP blocking technology, improved packaging capabilities via the turbo command line and clean container packaging, and unparalleled automation for integration with your DevOps environment with TurboScript. Ultimately, with Turbo for Desktop Containers, you can package applications even faster and realize the value of Desktop Containers faster and more securely.

Desktop Containers uses a sophisticated profiling algorithm where applications are modeled based on user behavior. This makes it possible to anticipate code requirements, which results in predictive streaming of application code based on a user's actual behavior. This predictive application streaming removes the latency you get with other products.

Application streaming features include:

Application Profiler

Use the application profiler to build a streaming model that can anticipate user behavior resulting in quick and smooth application streaming. This predictive streaming capability lets you can run applications faster than ever.

Multiple Streaming Modes

Run in "No Cache," "Cache Prefetch," or "Register Local" modes. You decide if and how you will store streamed applications locally.

High Streaming User-to-Server Utilization

Enjoy ratios as high as 10,000 users per server.

Common Network Protocols for Streaming

Use standard HTTP, SMB, and CIFS protocols for streaming applications—or any protocol that can be mounted to a Windows UNC path.