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Housed in the historic 19th century Bourse (Stock Exchange) building in the heart of Lyon, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Lyon CCI) plays a key role in the development of France’s second biggest regional economy. The CCI consults with and lobbies government representatives and politicians at local, national and international levels to defend the interests of 58,000 businesses in and around Lyon. It supports the creation, acquisition, and development of member businesses.
The problem
Many of the applications developed for use internally at the CCI were developped for compatibility with version 6 of Microsoft’s Windows Internet Explorer (aka IE6). More recent applications, however, have been developed for compatibility with version 7. And as most web development pros know, an IE6-optimized application is highly likely to be incompatible with IE7 – and vice-versa.
So how could the IT services at the CCI reliably deliver access to older applications and more recent ones, given that it’s impossible to install both versions of IE on a single desktop?
Virtual Browser provides the solution
The Virtual Browser solution resolves the problem by integrating IE6 as the browsing environment in the users’ Virtual Browser session. The Virtual Browser session thus ensures full support for older, IE6-compatible applications while the desktop IE7 installation allows users to access more recently developed web applications.
Users are satisfied as they continue to use the older applications transparently while benefiting from the improved features of IE7 for newer applications. For the CCI, using Virtual Browser to deliver compatibility in a mixed environment means significant cost savings compared with upgrading or re-writing applications for IE7:
“There’s no doubt that the cost of developing and upgrading all our applications bears no comparison with the cost of rolling out Virtual Browser” says Albert Levigne, CIO – Lyon CCI.
Why choose Virtual Browser by commonIT?
The Lyon Chamber of Commerce and Industry chose Virtual Browser for:
- The ease of deployment of the Virtual Browser agent to 600 end-points.
- End-user performance and ease of use.
- The innovative approach which resolved the compatibility problem much more cost-effectively than a program of updating or redeveloping older applications for compatibility with the latest generation of browsers.
