Central IT can upgrade applications and operating systems transparently, in the background.
Today, Artiklz is releasing its finetuned and upgraded application in private beta with a slew of new features.
Web technologies, in cooperation with Citrix MetaFrame XR allow for the implementation of applications via internal intranet sites, reducing the cost of deploying or upgrading applications.
The service, which now boasts some 200 million users, announced the launch of the upgraded applications on its company blog, noting how its apps are now integrated with core iOS features.
The additional IM services are alredy available within the current application, so there's no need for users to upgrade their application.
Dynamic evolution can be used to upgrade distributed applications without shutdown and restart as a way of improving service levels while minimising the loss of business revenue caused by the downtime.
Additionally, Striiv comes with an web-based platform and can be connected to an online portal via a computer USB port to upgrade new applications, charities, and games, or post updates to Facebook.
He also took issue with how new versions of operating systems often force people into upgrading their hardware and buying new versions of applications they already use, saying "an operating system should be completely invisible," not "a way to control the whole environment…to force people to upgrade their applications and hardware".
Following Microsoft's acquisition and today's shutdown of the beloved mobile calendaring application Sunrise, the company announced this morning an upgraded Outlook application which now features Bing map integrations, event icons, plus something it's calling "Interesting Calendars," and other new features – many of which were inspired by Sunrise, and its unique design.
The upgraded SlingPlayer application may not be immediately available.
