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Review: Thinworx 2.8

Thursday, 18 May 2006 by Michel Roth

Wilco van Bragt has written a review about Thinworx 2.8. Thinworx uses Microsoft Terminal Server so the RDP protocol is used. The users connects to the applications using a portal server based on Internet Information Server. One of the biggest improvements within this version Genuit is Secure Router component. This component has the same function as the Citrix Secure Gateway, but it is now rebuild to a full SSL VPN solution including with a VPN component in the Thinworx client.

Thinworx is extending Microsoft Terminal Services with basic add-on like Application Publishing and Load Balancing. In comparison with other manufacturers Thinworx has good possibilities to connect to the environment from the Internet secured using SSL VPN tunneling, so this a great advantage. Also the options the end user have for terminating their own sessions and the possibility to let their sessions shadow by all users is pretty OK. The biggest disadvantage is the use of a single Thinworx controller. If this machine fails the complete environment is out of order.

Thinworx should be considered in environment where basic Terminal Services are needed extended with Load Balancing and Application Publishing. If you have (many) user connecting via the Internet Thinworx is providing all the components you actually need if above mentioned functionality is all you need.

Read the full review here.