Gizmox Tools Convert Client/Server Apps To Run In The Cloud

A company called Gizmox has recently introduced Instant CloudMove, a set of tools for converting client/server-based software applications to run in Web- and cloud-based environments and on mobile devices.

Gizmox says that the conversion allows enterprises to run applications that reduce CPU workloads to 50 percent and bandwidth consumption to 10 percent of what they would be as rich Internet applications (RIA). Instant CloudMove also serves 10 times more end users than other application virtualization and streaming solutions and offers better security, the company says.

Instant CloudMove leverages Gizmox's existing Visual Web GUI (VWG) 6.4 platform, which helps virtualize client-based applications written in Microsoft .NET and Visual Basic 6. That makes it possible for the apps to run in any HTML- or HTML 5-enabled Web browser.

The main driver for Instant CloudMove is the fact that enterprises have invested heavily in their client/server applications, but they now have to adapt to new business models to deploy those apps through the Web and onto mobile devices, says Navot Peled, president of the Tel Aviv, Israel-based Gizmox. "We offer a path to port those applications to the Web and the cloud," he says.

Instant CloudMove reduces CPU cycles by eliminating the need to change and re-deliver objects of the application from the server, Peled explains. The only things that move on the network are the packets of data that go back and forth as a person uses the application. "The best way to describe it is that we are not baking the cake; all we are doing is sending the recipe to bake the cake yourself," he says.Security is also improved with cloud-based delivery, Peled adds, because the end user sees only the part of the application that he or she needs to see to perform a particular task, and no data from the application is stored on the client machine. With such security in place, highly sensitive e-banking and medical files applications can safely run in a cloud environment.

Gizmox is also targeting mainstream business applications such as enterprise resource planning (ERP) and customer relationship management (CRM) for its conversion tools. Because the apps can run in any HTML browser, workers can access them from a variety of mobile devices popular today, such as notebook and tablet computers, as well as smartphones.

Gizmox is offering a free Assessment Tool that generates a report detailing how close the application is to matching the Web/cloud and mobile version. At that point, the customer can complete the conversion without specialized expertise or training, the company says.

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