Once Altiris announced the release of its new software development kit which contained the Altiris Software Virtualization Solution (SVS) API, it would only be a matter of time before IT organizations would use it to leverage the flexibility of SVS and further optimize application management.

When Altiris SVS was still in beta last fall, LordJeb Software used the API to create a new user interface for SVS called Trinket. Trinket provides SVS end users with basic management of virtualized applications including reset, activation, deactivation, and delete through an easy-to-use interface available from an icon in the PC system tray. It even allows you to control which layer actions are made available in the UI.

Dwain Kinghorn, Altiris CTO, said, "We've seen an explosion of unique uses and applications for Altiris Software Virtualization Solution technology. To encourage innovation we have given the IT and developer communities the tools and code they need to create the next killer software virtualization application. Altiris open, standards-based technology allows us to provide this type of flexibility to the user community. The Trinket open source project is a good example of what is possible."

Now LordJeb Software has posted the Trinket project on SourceForge.net, turning the application into an open-source project under a BSD-style license. Developers can add code and new ideas to the project by simply downloading Trinket code from SourceForge.

Posted by David Marshall on July 30, 2006 08:25 PM