Flexera software formally know as Acresso software the owners or popular InstallShield and InstallAnywhere brands have come up with the much awaited release of InstallAnywhere 2010. The developers of the InstallAnywhere lobby always wanted the rich features of windows installer (repair and rollback) along with the existing multiplatform features.
I recall the days when I use to call then Acresso/Macrovision support for implementing a workaround for achieving rollback in our multiplatform installers. Since I was a migrated user from InstallShield 5.5 multiplatform, I was used to the rollback feature and suddenly when we migrated our projects to InstallAnywhere 8 it proved to be a fatel decision as many features in InstallShield multiplatform were discontinued.
It is quite important for a installer developer to have control over the installation as the boundary conditions can become devastating in nature if the software being updated is time critical in nature, the associated downtime of a server responsible for computing million $$ worth of money is beyond imagination.
The mere email from Flexera about the launch of InstallAnywhere 2010 with the bold foot steps in the world of rollback and feature level repairs made me excited, I am looking forward for more feature rich release with lots of support towards virtualization in their coming release.
I am yet to evaluate the new version with tall claims, I will come up with an article very soon that will have the entire compilation results of InstallAnywhere 2010.
If you are also interested in reading about the new supported features and resolved bug list in InstallAnywhere 2010 please go through these links
Features in new release of InstallAnywhere 2010
Free trial of InstallAnywhere 2010
Webinar on March 3rd on Whats new in IA 2010
