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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    HPE Synergy

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AHPE Synergy is Hewlett Packard Enterprise's software designed to support a composable infrastructure, which treats IT resources as a service that can be "composed" and deployed out to applications in near real-time, eliminating the need to configure hardware.N/A

    VMware ThinApp (discontinued)

    Score5.2 out of 10
    N/AVMware ThinApp was application virtualization software allowing legacy web applications to run on newer OSs, post-migration, also for running apps across a variety of devices (e.g. flash drives, locked-down computers, etc.) for accessibility and security.N/A
    Pricing
    HPE SynergyVMware ThinApp (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    HPE SynergyVMware ThinApp (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    HPE SynergyVMware ThinApp (discontinued)
    Application Virtualization
    Comparison of Application Virtualization features of HPE Synergy and VMware ThinApp (discontinued)
    Feature
    HPE Synergy
    -
    Ratings
    VMware ThinApp (discontinued)
    7.6
    2 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Application support00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Device support00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Ease of deployment00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Application packaging00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Security00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    HPE SynergyVMware ThinApp (discontinued)
    Small Businesses
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    Parallels Desktop for Mac
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
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    Parallels Desktop for Mac
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    Parallels Desktop for Mac
    Score8.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    HPE SynergyVMware ThinApp (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    HPE SynergyVMware ThinApp (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    Best suited for virtualization and multi-environment implementations. Bare metal deployments have a few more limitations.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    VMware ThinApp is really great for simple packaging projects, standalone apps, or older apps that needs specific runtimes or environment which are not available on target operating systems. Integration with VMware Horizon is simple, and deployment is easy by using shares for storing captured apps, or MSI packages for deploying by group strategies.
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    Pros
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    • Handles high performance workloads efficiently
    • Has automated failover for downtime reduction
    • Easier to replace spare parts
    • Cable management is easier compared to previous generation
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • Virtualizes applications for easy deployment
    • Allows you to run two versions of the same software at the same time.
    • Outstanding customer support
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    Cons
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    • Firmware repository size limitations could be larger (was increased recently but still is only room for a few SPPs)
    • Profile template updates flag all machines that haven't had their profile updated from the template, causing the dashboard to go red with warnings and can cause unnecessary concern
    • OneView, while powerful isn't as user friendly as it could be
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    Discontinued Products
    • VMware seems to have abandoned the product (no functionality evolutions, only security patches).
    • VMware ThinApp is really difficult to buy standalone, it comes packaged with other products.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    The hardware has fulfilled all of the promises that it made when we first acquired it. The only thing that would preclude this would be if the organization decided to holistically switch hardware vendors for reasons other than performance and feature sets.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
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    Usability
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    The GUI of Synergy is very user friendly and simple. Compared to previous generation products it has many great built in features. HPE Synergy shines in the management features of the OneView software making it a very good update from last gen. The ease of cabling and hardware replacement only add more to this.
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    Discontinued Products
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    Alternatives Considered
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    While all similar offerings can achieve basically the same thing, HPE Synergy stands out against Cisco and Dell offerings with respect to manageability, ease of use and flexibility - HPE Synergy offers configurations groups of chassis to create logical enclosures that can be managed as a single entity and also blades in any slot can be plumbed and allocated as necessary to multiple uplinks. This is one level more flexible than the others which limits configurations of blades in a single chassis to similar uplink settings. Also, the HPE Synergy chassis itself supports 12 blades vs 10 in competitive offerings.
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    Discontinued Products
    The only application that I have ever used that does exactly what VMware ThinApp does is Cameyo, and VMware is light years ahead of them in terms of usability. VMWare is the industry standard for application virtualization, and they do this by making a powerful product that is remarkably simple to use and top it off with A1 customer support.
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    Return on Investment
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    • Downtime has been minimal resulting in less service imapct
    • Freed up a lot of valuable rack space
    • Forecasted ROI target is much shorter
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • VMware ThinApp allowed us to maintain older apps, avoiding refactoring costs.
    • ThinApp used with VMware Horizon is great to separate desktop and app management, allowing to fine-tune desktop delivery to end users.
    Incentivized
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