InstallAnywhere

If you develop applications for multiple platforms in both on-premises and virtual environments, trying to manually create installations for each one is a time-consuming and error-prone process. It often leads to release delays and installation errors that frustrate end users and increase your support costs. For some, a lack of internal resources and skills may even prohibit them from taking advantage of the cloud and virtual environments.

InstallAnywhere makes it easy for even the most novice multiplatform installation developer to create professional installation software for virtually any platform in both physical and virtual environments. It is available in two editions (Enterprise and Standard) and in two languages (English and Japanese).

Reduce software development time

• Build an installation project in minutes with the Project Wizard and Advanced Designer – no coding needed
• Install software on multiple platforms and in both physical and virtual environments using one project file
• Create installers of your most complex applications with advanced customization and configuration options and accessibility support

Impress end users with customized installations

• Create installers that match your company and product branding using custom graphics, animation, and transparent images
• Automatically localize installing text in 31 different languages
• Give multiplatform installations the platform-specific functionality they need using extensive set of standard actions and custom code APIs

Simplify virtualization and cloud-based deployments

• Easily create cloud-ready virtual appliances to deploy multiplatform applications automatically to Amazon EC2
• Easily create enterprise-ready virtual appliances to deploy multiplatform applications automatically, OVF 1.1 Compliant

What's new in InstallAnywhere 2012

• Expanded Platform Support – including the newest Windows operating systems, Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012, Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion), SUSE Linux 11.3, Ubuntu 12.04, Solaris 11 Sparc, HP-UX 11i, AIX 7.1, IBM i5/OS, Z/OS, RHEL 6 and Fedora 16
• Physical and Virtual Outputs from a Single Project File – creates both traditional on-premises installers and virtual appliances – all from a single InstallAnywhere project file, giving your customers the ability to install your products in their environment of choice
• Create Cloud-ready Virtual Appliances – deploy multiplatform applications automatically to Amazon EC2, facilitating migration to the cloud
• Enterprise-ready Virtual Appliances – deploy multiplatform applications as enterprise-ready virtual appliances (OVF 1.1 compliant) for easy provisioning within your customers virtual machine infrastructure
• Application Tagging – simplifies creating ISO 19770-2 compliant software tags as part of the installation development process, enabling you to provide your customers better visibility into their installed software estate and facilitating software compliance efforts
• Virtual Machine Templates – ability to create virtual machine templates streamlines the process of moving multiple applications to the cloud and ensures configuration consistency
• Direct Virtual Appliance Deployment – deploy virtual appliances directly to VMware vSphere and Amazon EC2 hypervisors for testing and production deployment
• OVF 1.1 Standard Support – OVF 1.1 offers the widest flexibility and build quality for virtual machines and is used by VMware, guaranteeing compatibility with the most hypervisors
• Leverage Linux Package Repositories – add additional application components and runtimes through Linux Package repositories
• Automated Virtual Appliance Build Process – virtual appliance and virtual machine templates can be built using the InstallAnywhere Build engine or through Apache Ant tasks