Lift and Shift All Your Applications to Next-Gen Devices
Windows on Arm is here, ushering in a new generation of ultra-light, high-performance PCs with all-day battery life and built-in AI acceleration. Microsoft has done a great job establishing compatibility for x86/x64 applications on Arm-based devices through both native-Arm applications and emulation.
However, there are lingering challenges for modern enterprises blocking their path to Windows on Arm adoption. So, let’s break down how to help ensure you can deploy any application to Windows on Arm.
Why IT Teams Are Embracing Apps on Windows on Arm
We’re excited to announce that Cloudpaging® now supports Windows on Arm natively, enabling you to lift and shift all your Cloudpaging containers – including those for your legacy applications – to Arm-powered devices without code changes or repackaging.
Windows on Arm is Microsoft’s latest push toward high-efficiency, always-connected computing. By running on Arm-based processors like Qualcomm Snapdragon, these new Windows devices deliver:
- Significantly improved device performance
- Built-in neural processing units (NPUs) for AI workloads
- Multi-day battery life
- Instant connectivity to WiFi or cellular modems
These benefits make them ideal for students embracing the latest Windows devices, hybrid workforces, and organizations embracing AI-ready endpoints. That said, legacy debt, application compatibility, and budget constraints remain major hurdles to adoption.
Today, that changes.
Cloudpaging Provides One Package Format for Intel and Arm Devices
Have you addressed legacy application compatibility issues for Windows on Arm?
Most enterprise environments rely on decades of legacy Windows apps that are difficult or impossible to migrate. Many were written for 32-bit or 64-bit x86 architectures, relying on outdated runtimes or have complex installer logic that create issues on modern OS.
Cloudpaging solves this challenge.
With Cloudpaging’s patented application container, container management, and AI packaging technologies, you can:
- Package apps once and provision them to any Intel or Windows on Arm device in a friction-free manner without sacrificing functionality or performance.
- Avoid costly rewrites or re-engineering by containerizing all your applications with Cloudpaging.
- Dynamically provision Windows apps from the cloud, even over low-bandwidth networks.
- Enhance security and compliance posture with end-to-end encryption, application isolation, rapid updates and rollbacks, audit logging, and automated software license policy enforcement.
- Reduce support tickets by eliminating application conflicts and installer errors on all physical and virtual Windows desktops.
Whether it’s internal line-of-business apps or complex ISV software, Cloudpaging makes it easy to run them reliably on all the latest Windows hardware and cloud-hosted desktops.
Use Cases We Are Already Seeing
Gartner® predicts Windows on Arm devices will have 20% PC OS market share by 2028.1 Enterprises are already leveraging Numecent technologies to explore the future of Windows desktops:
- Field technicians using legacy diagnostic software on Arm-based tablets.
- Higher education institutions enabling students BYOD (bring your own device) environments so they can leverage their preferred hardware without losing application access.
- Engineering firms deploying computer-aided design – also known as CAD – and modeling apps to lightweight AI-capable laptops.
- Government agencies accessing secure legacy systems on modern devices.
- Enterprises extending the lifecycle of older business-critical apps while modernizing hardware fleets.
Streamline Application Management Across All Windows Desktops with Cloudpager
Cloudpager®, Numecent’s cloud-native application container management platform, provides a single pane of glass to dynamically provision, update, rollback, remove, and meter your application estate across all modern Windows devices and OS in a highly automated fashion. Simply containerize your applications with Cloudpaging and deploy them to any x86, x64, or Windows on Arm endpoint (yes, we mean any physical or virtual Windows desktop – whether on-premises, remote, or in the cloud).
Ready to Get Started?
If you’re evaluating Windows on Arm, there’s no need for applications to delay your rollout. Not sure how to get started packaging applications? That’s what AI Packaging is for. Simply click the apps you want to containerize and let Cloudpaging AI handle the rest.
With Cloudpaging and Cloudpager, you can confidently adopt the latest Windows hardware without leaving any applications behind. In fact, that’s what our next webinar is about. Join me (Doug Pfiffner, CTO of Numecent) for our live webinar Accelerate Windows on Arm Adoption Without Leaving Any Applications Behind on August 26th at 10:00am PDT (registrants will receive an on-demand recording, as well).
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[1] Gartner: “Forecast Analysis: AI PCs by Arm and x86, Worldwide”, Ranjit Atwal, Mikako Kitagawa. 5 September 2024