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Application Virtualization


Application virtualization improves manageability and compatibility of legacy applications by encapsulating applications from the underlying operating system on which they are executed. This is different than operating system virtualization since only the application is virtualized. [Read more at Wikipedia.com]

Virtual Appliances


A virtual appliance is a minimalist virtual machine image designed to run under some sort of virtualization technology. Virtual appliances eliminate the installation, configuration and maintenance costs associated with running complex stacks of software. A virtual appliance is a fully pre-installed and pre-configured application and operating system environment whereas a virtual machine is, by itself, without application software. A virtual appliance is usually built to host a single application, and so represents a new way of deploying network applications. [Read more at Wikipedia.com]

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