Application Virtualisation – Agent or Agentless?

Application Virtualisation – Agent or Agentless Part II?

Stuff from stuf — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 06:09:35 GMT

In my previous post I talked about some of the advantages of using agent based technology to deliver

re: Application Virtualisation – Agent or Agentless?

Steve Chambers — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 12:09:19 GMT

Hey Stu - thanks for posting a comment over at ViewYonder on my VDI article http://viewyonder.com/2009/08/16/feeding-the-it-shriekometer-5-vdi-anti-patterns/

I'm not sure I agree with your "agent better than agent-less" arguments, but until I have seen some data I'm not in a position to argue.

It just doesn't seem right that using agents is a better way than agent-less - none of your points feel right... take your Speed point: if it's acceptable to the user, this isn't a point at all. Starting desktop apps is not fast (you should use my laptop!) so if it takes a few seconds longer I'm not that bothered.

I'll keep noodling on this, but I doubt that I'll come round to your way of thinking :-)

Cheers

Steve

re: Application Virtualisation – Agent or Agentless?

stufox — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:50:38 GMT

Steve

Thanks for taking the time to respond (and read :) )

Yeah, speed might not be an issue, but I think that point 1 is enough to put me off doing anything with an agentless application solution. Agentless strikes me as a potentially good solution for a consumer, but not for an enterprise that needs to manage virtual applications. All agentless does is embed that agent in there (something is getting in between the app & the OS right?), and that means making changes means rebundling everything.

Cheers

Stu