Everyone is moving their documents to the cloud. People use DropBox, Box.net and other similar services to get access to their documents and "stuff" from anywhere on any device. But the interesting thing is that while your documents might already be in the cloud, and completely device-independent, the applications you use to edit them are still very much device-specific.
Case in point: Microsoft Office documents.
Sure, DropBox has some simple Office document viewers, and many mobile devices have some basic editors, but would you really use these tools to edit documents that you would later need to share with co-workers? If your documents are very simple... maybe. But when you need to work with slightly more complicated documents, you quickly find out that the tools are simply inadequate. The truth of the matter is that the only way to reliably edit a Microsoft Office document today is to use Microsoft Office.
This is a key use case we are working to address with InstallFree HTML Gateway. Our Cloud Storage Connectors will enable you to access, view and edit your cloud-stored documents from any device, using the real Microsoft Office products so that you know and use on your PC.
So now instead of just having your documents in the cloud, you can actually be productive in the cloud. Now we're talking!
Take a look at the quick demo movie below to see how HTML Gateway can be used to view and edit Microsoft Office documents stored on DropBox and head over to our HTML Gateway information page to learn more about the solution and sign up for the technical preview program.
Enterprise customers have invested millions of dollars developing web-based applications based on Flash, Silverlight and Java. Now that users are bringing their iPads and other mobile devices to work, they quickly find out that these applications cannot be used on their devices.
InstallFree HTML Gateway will solve this problem by allowing any device with a web browser to access rich web applications developed in Flash, Silverlight and Java (and other technologies too).
How it works? It's very simple.
The InstallFree HTML Gateway Web Connectors will render the Flash / Silverlight / Java content on the appliance, and transmit the application back to the access device using pure HTML 4 or HTML 5 (depending on device capabilities).
And the best part? You don't need to change your applications and users don't need to install anything on their devices. They simply continue to use their native browser and HTML Gateway Web Connectors do the rest.
See how it works in the demo below. If you are an ISV with an application written in Flash, Silverlight or Java, and need users to be able to use it on iPad or other mobile devices, please take a look at our HTML Gateway ISV Program.
About 6 months ago, we took our core virtualization expertise and started working on new technology that would enable users to access their Windows-centric productivity applications and documents from any device with a web browser. We've done that because our customers were starting to adopt non-Windows devices and were facing the realities of the consumerization of IT. At the same time, the current solutions on the market were costly, cumbersome and did not provide the right level of end-user experience.
We call this technology HTML Gateway, because it enables PC-like productivity from any device with an HTML 4/5 web browser.
During the last month or so, we’ve been privately showing this technology to our customers, partners and several analysts and got some great feedback. And then, last week at VMworld 2011 VMware announced projects "AppBlast" and "Octopus" and instantly validated our strategy. So now would be a good time to provide a bit more information about this technology, what it can do for you, and how it works.
Check out the video below and then head over to our HTML Gateway information page to learn more about the solution.