{{Short description|American software company}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox company | name = InstallFree Inc | logo = | type = | foundation = 2006 | founders = Yoram Gabay, Netzer Shlomai | location_city = | location_country = | location = Stamford, Connecticut, [[United States]] | locations = | area_served = | key_people = Yoram Gabay, <small>CEO</small> <br /> Netzer Shlomai, <small>CTO</small> <br /> Yuval Neeman <small>Chairman of the Board.</small> | industry = [[Software]] | products = Application Delivery Industry, Virtualization Software | services = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | assets = | equity = | owner = | num_employees = | parent = | divisions = | subsid = | market cap = | homepage = | footnotes = | intl = }} '''InstallFree Inc.''' is a privately held company, backed by [[Ignition Partners]] and [[Trilogy Equity Partners]], with headquarters in [[Stamford, Connecticut|Stamford]], CT and offices located worldwide. It was acquired by [[WatchDox]] (now part of [[BlackBerry]]). in December 2012. InstallFree specializes in [[Application Virtualization]] and delivery, based on their proprietary [[application virtualization]] technology that works on a variety of [[Microsoft Windows]] platforms such as [[Windows XP]], [[Windows Vista]], [[Windows 7]], [[Windows Server 2003]], [[Windows Server 2008]], [[Terminal Server]] and [[Citrix XenApp]].
== History == InstallFree was founded in early 2006 by Yori Gabay (now CEO) and Netzer Shlomai (now CTO), both former employees of Gteko Ltd, an automated support company acquired by [[Microsoft]] in November 2006 for $120 million.<ref name="Microsoft to Acquire PC Support Technology and Services Provider Gteko">{{cite web |author=Pitango Venture Capital |title=Microsoft to Acquire PC Support Technology and Services Provider Gteko |publisher=Pitango Venture Capital |year=2006 |url=http://www.pitango.com/news_item.asp?ID=799 |access-date=July 21, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090528154935/http://www.pitango.com/news_item.asp?ID=799 |archive-date=May 28, 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> InstallFree launched its first product, Bridge Suite version 1.0, in April 2008, and issued its second release in September 2008 shortly after securing $8.5 million in financing led by Ignition Partners and Trilogy Equity Partners.
In December 2012, [[WatchDox]] (owned by BlackBerry) acquired InstallFree.<ref>{{Cite press release |url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20121211005838/en/WatchDox-Acquires-InstallFree-Provide-Secure-Document-Viewing |title=WatchDox Acquires InstallFree to Provide Secure Document Viewing, Editing on Any Platform |date=December 11, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.installfree.com/message/ |title=Watchdox acquires InstallFree |website=www.installfree.com |access-date=January 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130305002623/http://www.installfree.com/message/ |archive-date=March 5, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
== Products == InstallFree Bridge is a clientless and serverless platform that allows the deployment of streaming or fully downloaded virtual applications over a variety of Windows-based platforms. It utilizes a virtual management console at the datacenter and a virtual agent at the end-point. The virtual agent, which runs on end-points without any installation process, assimilates at runtime InstallFree Virtual (IFV) Applications into their host environment's shell and binds them with other virtual and non-virtual applications, without using registry redirects and similar intrusive methods. InstallFree Bridge can be used from within a Domain as well as un-managed non-domain computers, and works agnostically with Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Terminal Server and Citrix XenApp without re-packaging or configuring the application for each system.<ref name="InstallFree Offers a Solid Application Virtualization Tool">{{cite web |author=Cameron Sturdevant, eWeek |title=InstallFree Offers a Solid Application Virtualization Tool |publisher=eWeek |year=2009 |url=http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Virtualization/InstallFree-Offers-a-Solid-Application-Virtualization-Tool/}}</ref>
InstallFree MiniBridge produces light weight executables, that upon activation bootstrap a virtual application by downloading/streaming all the components from a central location. The InstallFree MiniBridge executables can be distributed using existing [[Electronic Software Distribution]] (ESD) utilities such as Microsoft's [[System Center Configuration Manager]] and other [[Windows Installer|MSI]] based software distribution platforms. InstallFree MiniBridge can be used only from within a [[Domain name|Domain]], eliminating piracy concerns associated with competing solutions. It works agonistically with Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Terminal Server, [[Systancia]] AppliDis Fusion and Citrix XenApp without re-packaging or configuring the application for each system.<ref name="InstallFree Bubble the virtual Bubbles">{{cite web |author=Edwin Friesen |title=InstallFree Bubble the virtual Bubbles |publisher=Edwin Friesen – Application Delivery Blog |year=2008 |url=http://edwinfriesen.nl/content/?p=125 |access-date=July 21, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090103061643/http://edwinfriesen.nl/content/?p=125 |archive-date=January 3, 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
InstallFree Desktop is an entire virtual desktop that operates on top of an existing desktop [[operating system]] and works in complete separation from it. It does not require any installed components and does not use [[Virtual Machine]]-based technology.<ref name="InstallFree and Desktop Virtualization">{{cite web |author=Dan Kusnetzky |title=InstallFree and Desktop Virtualization |publisher=ZDNet |year=2008 |url=http://blogs.zdnet.com/virtualization/?p=382|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080411055847/http://blogs.zdnet.com/virtualization/?p=382|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 11, 2008}}</ref>
== See also == * [[Application Virtualization]] * [[Portable application creators]] * [[Desktop Virtualization]] * [[Service-oriented architecture]] * [[Software as a service]]
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== External links == *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090705013135/http://www.virtuall.nl/download-document/application-virtualization-solutions-overview-and-feature-compare-matrix Application Virtualization Solution Overview and Feature Compare matrix]
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