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CRN Review: Citrix's Reign Might End 2X Faster

Friday, 08 September 2006 by Michel Roth

CRN.com has put up a small review in which they take a look at a part of 2X' application suite. They seem quite pleased with it: "2X Software has released TerminalServer for Linux, which runs Linux and Windows desktop applications over any bandwidth connection. In conjunction with the 2X ApplicationServer, the product gives 2X a leg up on Citrix by virtually eliminating the need for expensive engineers and long installs to implement terminal services solutions.

ApplicationServer, compared with Citrix Presentation Server, comes with fewer options for application and network configurations. That enables the average administrator to install ApplicationServer within minutes and immediately have applications running on any network by simply pointing to executables.

For running Windows programs in terminal services mode, ApplicationServer can be installed on Windows Server 2003 with access to program directories. 2X also offers a Linux-based ApplicationServer to access Linux applications. But with the new open-source TerminalServer offering, applications don't have to be controlled by ApplicationServer or even run on Windows servers.

Instead, TerminalServer users will be able to access Windows applications through the high-throughput NX Windows-X protocol. TerminalServer effectively eliminates the need to run on expensive Windows server boxes and virtually eliminates fat-client management.

ApplicationServer, however, provides administrative functionality for current Citrix users, capabilities that aren't available on TerminalServer. For instance, ApplicationServer can be extended into Citrix solutions and supports ICA, so customers don't have to rip out and replace Citrix. Instead of deploying new Citrix servers, ApplicationServers can be put in place."

Read the entire article here.