In our first blog post, we wrote about our free Trigence AE 3.0 Beta for Linux (Solaris is coming this summer). It's an opportunity for 32-bit Linux users to test how easy it is to move one of their applications from one OS version to another, safely and with all its critical dependencies intact.

It's worth mentioning some of its features. First, we've greatly simplified the process for capturing and creating an application in a Trigence Capsule, the entity which makes the application a discreet, mobile object. We've added the Intelligent Discovery capability that identifies candidate files and libraries for proper encapsulation. It works by watching the access patterns of the application when it's running and is found it our re-engineering Capsule Creator.

Second, we've re-engineered the Trigence Capsule Controller which is loaded on each managed server. It can now run in standalone mode, without the need for any additional management servers or consoles. Third, we've added Capsule File Mapping to provide per-file control over how the processes running within a capsule can access files within the capsule and its host.

Lastly we've loaded SOAP interfaces to provide a simple approach to integrate the management of application capsules with existing management tools, such as performance and health monitoring, IT automation and orchestration, software distribution and configuration management, and server virtualization.

The Trigence AE 3.0 beta version supports both 2.4-series and 2.6-series Linux kernels, with testing on Red Hat and Novell SUSE server distributions.

(Al Liebl is VP Product Management of Trigence)