Desktop Virtualization and Application Encapsulation
We're using virtualization to solve the same problems but with a focus on managing desktops and laptops more efficiently — and without adding complex management processes. By leveraging our desktop virtualization technology, dependencies between user personality, OS, applications, and network connectivity are eliminated.
Application Virtualization Encapsulation Process
Viewfinity provides a powerful approach to IT application virtualization, based upon our
encapsulation technology, which packages all application, settings and data files associated
with an application into Viewfinity Capsules. By encapsulating these items, Viewfinity protects
the operating system from any changes brought on by the application installation process.
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The encapsulation process separates applications and Windows settings from the underlying operating system and
each application can be managed separately from the interaction between OS and other
applications. At the same time, the software has the ability to share part of the encapsulated
content among different encapsulated applications (patent pending), allowing applications to interact normally
with both the OS and other applications. Because of our unique approach, administrators can
install and manage virtualized applications without changing the end user's expected desktop
usage.
Once the encapsulation process is complete, our products introduce a unique set of features
that meet the challenges facing IT departments related to managing applications on multiple
distributed desktops. Evaluating our software is risk free and will not harm your existing environment. There is no need to build a complex server environment to evaluate or deploy our software. We encourage you to try it for 14 days — immediately you will realize the benefits.
Viewfinity Virtual Capsule Definition
Our encapsulation process unifies traditionally distributed application components and Windows settings into single manageable units, which we refer to as Virtual Capsules. Once encapsulated, dependencies between desktop, user personality, OS, applications, and network connectivity are eliminated. This architecture offers significant benefits when dealing with daily challenges related to managing applications on distributed desktops.
A typical desktop consists of multiple distributed application binaries, registry settings, and customized elements created by users and personal data files. A Viewfinity Virtual Capsule consists of three main components: application binaries, user created settings and data files. Once encapsulated, each virtualized application operates as a manageable and movable capsule independent of the OS and is controlled by the system administrator from Viewfinity's central management console. The application files, icons and settings appear to the user as if the application had been installed on the computer in the regular fashion.
Viewfinity On-the-fly Virtualization™ — Virtual Capsule Creation
Viewfinity's on-the-fly virtualization™ does not require application pre-packaging nor does it change the infrastructure or the desktop usage/environment. This offers a much better application and desktop virtualization solution for both the IT administrator and end user. This process works with existing and new deployments, which eliminates the need to clean the PC, install the virtualization layer, prepackage applications and then redeploy to the desktop. Virtualization is in effect immediately, no reboot required. Without any extra steps, our method shares the encapsulated content among different encapsulated applications, allowing applications to interact normally. Viewfinity Virtual Capsules may be created by encapsulating applications that are already
installed and deployed, or by installing applications immediately into new capsules. The
encapsulation process is completely transparent to the end user and administrator.
Installation activities are intercepted by the Viewfinity Agent and all the application files and
registry settings are placed into the Virtual Capsule.
For more information, read our white paper, Laptop and Desktop Management Based on Virtualization, which provides in-depth information on the Viewfinity technology.