Venture capitalists and corporate acquirers are betting on a technology used to run software over the Internet, a particular boon to companies with mobile work forces.

Known as “application streaming” or “application virtualization,” the approach is drawing interest from major industry players such as Microsoft Corp. and Citrix Inc., which have recently purchased startup makers of this software. Alitris Inc., which Symantec Corp. said on Monday it would acquire for $830 million, also makes streaming software.

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