Until recently, I hadn’t heard of VMware’s ThinApp. When I heard a rumor about it, I did a little more research to find out what this new VMware offering is and what it can do for you. Here is what I found out: 

- Thinstall/Thinapp provides for application virtualization and application streaming

- With Thinstall, you can package entire applications that run, as a single executable, as a regular user, on another system.

- This provides seperation of the application from the operating system.

- Application virtualization is an important part of desktop virtualization

- Application virtualization helps to improve desktop stability and reduce end user support calls

- There are no more agents, no more application conflicts, no more application installations, single executable for every Windows OS, easier deployment of patches

- With application virtualization, you can even run a large complex app from a USB stick, let’s say!

- Overall, Thinstall allows you to reduce the time needed to maintian and support applications.

You can download a free beta of VMware Thinstall and watch a free 1 hour video covering how it works, at the VMware Thinstall website.