“As Sentillion begins to roll out its next release of its desktop virtualization solution, it seems as though it won’t be powered by VMware any longer,” David Marshall reports for InfoWorld.
Marshall reports, “According to the announcement, Parallels and Sentillion have entered into a strategic partnership designed to address the costs, complexities and performance of desktop virtualization technology and radically improve the end user experience. The agreement has Sentillion vBusiness embedding Parallels Workstation for Windows into its vThere offering.”
“Parallels is a company with recent fame for delivering Parallels Desktop for Mac – the first solution to market that allows Mac users the ability to run Windows and OS X simultaneously on a single Intel-powered Apple computer,” Marshall reports. “This new partnership will allow Parallels to break out of the desktop solution and enter the enterprise-class solution arena.”
Full article here.
Who needs Windows?
@Martin
Web developers that have to make websites work in IE need Windows.
Martin,
As a Mac-loving architect now with his third firm firmly wedded to AutoCAD (Windows-only), I do.
Virtualization (and Boot Camp) allowed me to request and actually get an Apple Mac at work.
I work in Real Estate: it’s all MS IE-only for some insane reason.
It used to be a BIG PROBLEM using my Mac for work. No longer with Parallels running IE for work sites.
who needs Martin?
@Martin:
Some people need Windows for very specific tasks, or maybe because they’ve just switched from Windows and aren’t totally comfortable with OS X yet. In that case, it can kinda help people move from one OS to another gradually over time.
Not being employed by an “enterprise” firm, and never using Windows software, I have no idea who Sentillion is. But with Parallels partnered with them, they must bring something to the table. In the press release that something is “enterprise” customers.
This could bode well for Apple.
Hey, here’s an idea boys and girls — let’s all pummel Martin!
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HaH! That’ll teach you for coming in here and posting what all of us truly feel, you dipshit.
Suck it, Martin!
I have six VMware ESX servers. I’ve never heard of Sentillion.