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What Value Will Citrix Add On Top Of Longhorn Terminal Server?

Monday, 14 November 2005 by Michel Roth

The most exciting announcement at iForum 2005 was that Citrix announced something called �Project Constellation.� Constellation is the codename for a set of technologies that will extend and enhance Presentation Server (or Citrix�s �application virtualization� technologies as they phrase it) in the next several years.

We learned a few weeks ago that Longhorn Terminal Services will have seamless windows, published applications, a web interface, an SSL gateway, and several other technologies that previously required Citrix. So what value will Citrix add with Presentation Server when Longhorn is released? This is what they directly addressed by announcing Constellation. In fact, Citrix even went so far as to say that the Longhorn Server platform transition will �create more opportunity for us to virtualize applications.�

Before we look at features, it�s important to mention that Constellation is the codename of a set of upcoming technologies. It is not a product per se. Some of these features may be part of Presentation Server and some may be standalone or add-on products. That determination will not be made until these technologies are closer to their release dates.

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