York Region test drives app virtualization

摘要

will offer each of its 17 business departments the opportunity to switch from desktops to thin clients using virtualization technology to run key applications. Following a successful pilot project in March, the Ontario municipality's council has given the go-ahead to implement a terminal service environment based on Citrix software. Instead of installing applications locally, however, the government will use SoftGrid software from Softricity Inc. to turn them into "virtual" services that can be centrally managed, configured and deployed in an on-demand fashion. Softricity, based in Boston, released SoftGrid Enterprise Edition late last month.