I love stealth technologies. The chance to stumble across a product or service that has flown below the radar, yet has the potential to shake-up conventional wisdom, is one of the fringe benefits of penning a topical blog like this. So I was filled with glee at discovering PortableApps.com. Portable Apps are mainstream open source or freeware Windows applications that have been repackaged to be portable. By port I love stealth technologies. The chance to stumble across a product or service that has flown below the radar, yet has the potential to shake-up conventional wisdom, is one of the fringe benefits of penning a topical blog like this. So I was filled with glee at discovering PortableApps.com.Portable Apps are mainstream open source or freeware Windows applications that have been repackaged to be portable. By portable, I mean the application’s code and data storage requirements have been restructured to make it possible to execute them from a portable media source – a USB key or similar device – with little or no footprint on the hosting PC.Why I find this exciting is because of the technolgy’s potential to evolve beyond merely altering applications for portable device deployments. The truth is that the Portable Apps model could be applied to any scenario that requires a minimal footprint deployment with isolation of application code and data. In this context, Portable Apps becomes the equivalent of an open source Thinstall. If you’re currently considering an application virtualization solution, it behooves you to take a quick look PortableApps.com. Download the free Portable Apps Suite demo package. It may be all the application isolation you need. Software DevelopmentSmall and Medium Business