Chapter 13. Application Virtualization
To Install or Not to Install, That Is the Question...
Everybody in the IT world has been through this dilemma in the past: Do you install applications natively in the operating system (OS) or do you run everything remotely? Do you clutter the OS with a lot of software, augmenting the complexity of management of such an OS, or do you keep a lean and slim corporate system and build a back-end infrastructure to deliver those applications to the user remotely?
We believe that a lot of the legacy deployments have been in place for too long, making systems hard to manage, preventing upgrades, or stopping the progress of your IT evolution. If you want proof, just look at consumer IT. Do you ever talk about N-1 ...
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