SVS White Paper Available Now!

Here's the perfect document to help you get your head around SVS. It's a relatively quick read -- about 10 pages -- but doesn't skip over any of the essentials. Download it. Print it. Devour it.

Fresh off the presses ... the Altiris Software Virtualization Solution White Paper is here!

You can read the full White Paper here. To get an idea of what's included, check out this summary:

"If your company is like most, someone on the payroll spends a lot of time managing applications -- resolving application conflicts, repairing damaged applications, migrating to new versions of applications, or simply installing and patching applications. These tasks are not only frustrating but also time-consuming and, therefore, expensive. Fortunately, Altiris® Software Virtualization Solution™ 2.0 offers a new approach to managing applications -- an approach that works regardless of whether the applications reside on stand-alone or networked computers. By placing applications and data into managed units called
Virtual Software Packages (VSPs), Software Virtualization Solution allows you to eliminate the intractable problems of application management....

• Introduction
• Technology Overview
  • Install the Software Virtualization Agent
  • Create VSPs
  • Create VSAs
  • Deliver VSAs to Users' Workstations
  • Import VSPs on Users' Machines
  • Activate Layers
  • Run Applications Normally
  • Perform Application-Management Tasks
• Software Virtualization Agent
  • Fslx.sys
  • Fsllib32.dll
• Layer Anatomy
  • Registry Redirection Area
  • File Redirection Area
  • Redirection: It makes software virtualization possible
  • Layer Prioritization
• Configuration and Management Options
  • Virtual Software Packages
  • Single program capture
  • Global capture
  • Data capture
  • Empty VSPs
  • Excludes
  • Virtual Software Package size
  • Using Other Management Interfaces
  • Future Management Options
• Conclusion
• Glossary

Get the full White Paper here.