The Softricity Desktop 4.0Virtually Anything is Possible™

Name Jose Manuel VegaTitle ESCALATION ENGINEER

A wholly-owned subsidiary of

Microsoft Corporation

Softricity’s Mission

Softricity enables software to be as instantly available

and easy to use as electricity

Softricity Overview

What Softricity Does:

Softricity is the only virtualization company to deliver applications that are never installed, yet securely follow users anywhere, on-demand, making IT highly productive while dramatically reducing costs

Employs unique, patented technologies: Application Virtualization, On-demand Streaming Delivery and Policy-based Management

Saves enterprises over 80% in application management costs, 30% in help desk costs, and enables a four-fold increase in user up-time

“Virtualization will replace traditional

imaging and software distribution at the

desktop.”

• A wholly-owned subsidiary of Microsoft Corp.•Sales & support offices in North America; EMEA office in Netherlands

•Products: The SoftGrid® Platform and Softricity ZeroTouch™

• Softricity’s Customers:•Customers: 500+ worldwide including AIG, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cox Communications, e*Trade, Merrill Lynch, Northeastern University, Prudential, Raytheon, Sanofi-Aventis and Suncor Energy

Today’s Corporate Desktop: Static, Expensive and Unpredictable

UnavailableInstalled Unmanageable CostlyUnsecured

Accelerate the time to market and reduce the costs of getting applications to users the moment they need them

Powered by Application Virtualization & Streaming Delivery

The Softricity Desktop

CostReducing

Available Anywhere

Intelligently Managed

SecureInstantly On

The Products For The Softricity Desktop

The SoftGrid® PlatformThe Engine

Application virtualization

On-demand delivery

Centralized, policy-based application management & software asset tracking

Softricity ZeroTouch™The Front End

Availability to applications from anywhere via browser and/or desktop

Self-service IT:

• End-user self-service application provisioning with automated workflow

• Business-unit software usage reporting

Real-time, intelligent application deployment

Three Versions:

• SoftGrid Universal Desktop

• SoftGrid for Systems Management Server (SMS)

• SoftGrid for Terminal Servers

The Softricity Desktop: Architectural Overview

The Softricity Desktop: Technologies

SoftGrid: Application Virtualization

Applications are virtualized per instance:

Files (including System Files)

Registry

Fonts

.ini

COM objects

Services

Applications do not get installed or alter the operating system

Yet tasks process locally on the host computer.

How Applications are Virtualized:The SoftGrid Sequencer

The Sequencer is a wizard-based tool that rapidly virtualizes applications without changing source code. Includes auto-detection of file types.

Sequencer packages an application’s configurations and segments application code into a file placed on the server

Sequencer file is placed onto one or more SoftGrid servers for on-demand deployment to desktops, laptops or terminal servers.

With 4.0, can sequence Office in less than 10 mins.

SoftGrid: On-Demand Streaming of Virtual

AppsPermission Based

User clicks on desktop shortcuts –

authentication, authorization and

licensing checked every time users

launch a SoftGrid application

Centrally ServedThe first time the Server streams

“just enough” code (20-40%) to client

or TS machine. As more code is

needed, it is dynamically delivered.

Locally ExecutedApp executes on desktop, laptop and/or Terminal Server, not on SoftGrid Server

Cached for PerformanceApp code is cached for repeat use – even without a network

Disconnected Use SupportEntire set of applications are cached for limited time before expiring

SoftGrid: Policy-Based Management for Users & Applications

SoftGrid Management Web Service: central service for setting up, administering and monitoring all SoftGrid servers and applications.

Assign application privileges via Active Directory

Full license control for all applications

Remote help – IT can connect to SoftGrid from any computer

Active Upgrade – Roll out new applications without any down time

Server Upgrades - One-click migrations of SoftGrid server configurations to other servers

SoftGrid: Integration into Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS)

Virtualized applications are managed through the

SMS Management

Console

Virtual applications are pushed from SMS

server and/or streamed on-demand from the SoftGrid

Server

When target clients are inventoried by SMS, the

virtual applications appear in the reports

All the functionality of SoftGrid from within Microsoft SMS plus:

Ability to push entire virtualized applications using SMS

SMS asset management can detect virtual applications

Application is virtualized via

SoftGrid sequencer

SoftGrid: Real-time License Compliance/Usage Tracking

SoftGrid logs all usage and checks for compliance each time an application is requested

Ability to track usage for future software purchase decisions

Ability to create a software audit of licenses in use

Can also be accessed by business units using ZeroTouch

The Softricity Desktop: Projects, Technical Solutions & Case Studies

The Softricity Desktop:Business Projects

Centralize & AccelerateApplication Availability

Build Business Continuity for Applications

Simplify & Accelerate App and

OS Migrations

Reduce Application Management Costs

ConsolidateServers

Build a UtilityComputing

Environment

ImproveApplication

Security

<To Technical Solutions

ApplicationValidation

Enable Roaming and Free Seating

The Softricity Desktop:Technical SolutionsEliminate AppConflicts and

Regression Testing

Run MultipleJava VMs on theSame Computer

Consolidate,Standardizeand Stabilize

Images

Consolidateand Track

ApplicationPackages

Consolidateand Stabilize

WindowsProfiles

SupportBranch Offices

ReduceHelp Desk

Calls

Manage SoftwareAssets without a

SeparateSystem

<To Business Projects

The Softricity Desktop & Virtualization

Application Virtualization in Context

Computing resources deployed in real-time based on immediate needs

Virtual Applications SoftricityAny application on any computer on-demand via network

Virtual Hardware (Grid Computing)Can change its computing tasks in real-time

Virtual StorageStorage and backup over the network

Virtual NetworkLocalizing dispersed resources

Virtual Operating SystemsCan be assigned to any hardware

Virtually Anything is Possible

Demo

CostReducing

Available Anywhere

Intelligently Managed

SecureInstantly On

¿Vas a hacer un piloto sobre Virtualización?¿Vas a hacer un piloto sobre Virtualización?

Con Virtual Server R2 SP1 o Windows VirtualizationCon Virtual Server R2 SP1 o Windows Virtualization

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Presentaciones y WhitepapersPresentaciones y Whitepapers

Laboratorios onlineLaboratorios online

Soporte gratuitoSoporte gratuito

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TODOTODO completamente completamente GRATISGRATIS

Contacta con nosotros para iniciar el proceso:Contacta con nosotros para iniciar el proceso:david.cervigon@microsoft.comdavid.cervigon@microsoft.com

jose.parada@microsoft.com jose.parada@microsoft.com

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