Using Active Management Technology And Virtualization ...

At Fall IDF 2007 Ylian Saint-Hilaire and I talked with Brian Duckering of AppStream about his company and how Intel's AMT and Virtualization can be used for better application management. AppStream provides application streaming for efficient distribution of applications to systems in the enterprise. It facilities a centralized process for licensing, managing and updating the deployment of application on demand. Users can use any machine, login, and instantly have access to all the applications that are available to them. AppStream uses AMT heartbeat detection to identify systems state as well as third party data store to manage and track licensees and data on application availability to user. With most licensing models it is difficult to know fill license state when some machine are powered down. When the machine is off it is an empty spot on the network. AppStream's IDF demonstration allows for a console view to read the Third Party Data Store from AMT and gives the user application list on the machine. If a license is unused it can be transferred even if the machine is off. On wake up it reads the client can read the Third Party Data Store and make update to the system based on availability and utilization of licensing. This increases the accountability and efficient utilization of available application licenses. AppStream can also utilize virtualization to a managed layer that is controlled through a filter driver. Multiple application versions can be run on the same system through virtualization to allow for coexisting multiple versions of the same dll on the same system. Read more about AppStream at http://www.appstream.com/

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