Release: Spoon Server

Spoon, a Seattle-based developer of app virtualization and streaming technology, has announced the launch of Spoon Server.

Spoon Server allows enterprise IT managers and software publishers to deliver desktop apps via the Web without installs, long downloads, or dependencies such as .NET. Spoon works without administrative privileges, device drivers, or code changes, streams efficiently over the Web and wide area networks, and is 100 times more scalable than remote desktop-based delivery methods.

Spoon Server simplifies app deployment, dramatically reduces maintenance and support costs and enables legacy apps to run unmodified on Microsoft Windows 7. Enterprises can make desktop apps available to users wherever they are via the Web, Microsoft SharePoint, or directly from the Start menu, even on locked-down desktops. Software publishers and independent software vendors (ISVs) can use Spoon Server to launch evaluation versions directly from their websites without installation or downloads.

Additionally, with Spoon Server, existing desktop apps can be converted into softwareas-a-service (SaaS) or ad-based offerings.

Spoon Server provides an integrated app portal, easy-to-use web-based administration, detailed analytics on app usage and user behavior, support for embedding apps on external portals such as Microsoft SharePoint, as well as APIs enabling integration of Spoon streams into existing provisioning systems and websites. Spoon supports both 32- and 64-bit apps and launches after buffering 5-10% of the virtual machine payload. Apps can optionally be migrated to the desktop for offline execution.

Spoon Server is available for immediate purchase. Spoon Server is offered in a per-seat license model for enterprises and a per-app license model for software publishers.