Great start for AppsAnywhere!
15 Oct 2024
Our new applications streaming software, AppsAnywhere, launched at the beginning of September.
Students and teaching colleagues have begun to use the portal to access all software applications from our IT Services-managed cluster PCs.
We reached our 5000th application launch with over 800 Faculty and student users just two weeks on from the start of teaching for this academic year.
“From our perspective the deployment of AppsAnywhere has been very successful,” said our AppsAnywhere business owners, Professor Peter R Green and Professor Caroline Bowsher.
In addition to the flexibility in deploying applications across more cluster locations on campus, this technology gives us a wealth of data and insight into how staff and students are using PC clusters and accessing applications. This will allow us to tailor our services more effectively for users.
View a recorded demo
A big thank you to all those who took time to join one of our demos. If you use clusters and didn’t manage to join, you can access the AppsAnywhere demo recording here
If you have any other questions, please view the information on the AppsAnywhere support page
Next steps
AppsAnywhere allows more flexible delivery of teaching and learning applications across campus and is the first step towards making them available on various devices including, in the future, personal devices.
To support this, we are now exploring the possibilities around how students and Faculties will access applications on and off campus in future, gathering requirements and designing the solution.
How to get involved
If you use clusters or IT Services-supported teaching and learning applications as part of your teaching or support the delivery of lessons and would like to help shape the future of applications access at the University, please complete this form
This work is being delivered by the Evolve programme to provide a foundation for more flexible delivery of applications in the future.