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Application Virtualisation

Maxima’s provision of services and solutions around application virtualisation encompass traditional application virtualisation technologies and extends to cater for virtualisation of key applications, be they Oracle, SAP, Microsoft or QAD based programs. Traditional application virtualization abstracts a program's executables, configuration files and dependencies from the operating system.

Each virtualized application runs within its own environment, which includes registry entries, libraries, supporting executables and anything else the application needs to run. Because the application does not use resources outside its environment, it's possible to run multiple versions of a program or run it on a newer operating system than it was designed for. Therefore you move away from the constraints of running applications in environments they were not designed for.

Application virtualisation is often combined with streaming to allow applications to be launched to the end user’s computer, be it a physical or virtual desktop. With application streaming, the virtualized application image is stored on a server that client software on employees' machines connects to. Instead of the entire file being transferred, the client requests portions of the application only as needed, speeding up the time it takes to launch the program. The image is also cached locally, so portions of the application that have already been used don't need to be fetched over the LAN.

Key Application Virtualisation

Much of the work that has been done to date with virtualisation has focused on the less critical business servers that typically have lower I/O requirements. Although these services are ideal candidates for virtualisation the real value in protecting key applications through virtualisation is often missed because those Key servers are left to run on physical environments. By leaning on its specific application knowledge, Maxima virtualise the business critical servers running CRM, ERP and business intelligence systems for organisations.