Ericom Software was a sponsor of the recent BriForum conference, the independent industry event about Desktop and Application Virtualization. At BriForum we presented PowerTerm WebConnect, our presentation and desktop virtualization product which provides a unified solution for Terminal Services (SBC), Desktop Virtualization (VDI) and Blade PCs. Brian Madden, the man behind BriForum, has published a video in which he interviews James Lui, our Director of Technical Services, and Stuart Robinson, Director of Strategic Marketing at Teradici, at the Ericom both at BriForum. In this video Brian, James and Stuart discuss the benefits of a unified solution for remote desktop and application access and show the joint Teradici / Ericom solution, which provides the best user experience for remote access bar none. You can find more information about PowerTerm WebConnect and our collaboration with Teradici at the Ericom website.
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
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Interesting video until the end. "Publishing 16-bit applications on a Terminal Server. . .who knows what could happen?". Come on! The reseller community was grown around Citrix solutions back in the WinFrame days by having the skills to publish 16-bit applications and even DOS applications back in 1996 and 1997. Yes, 16-bit applications were not designed for Terminal Services but what application was? Not many. This is where the skills and the expertise of a property trained engineer can come into play. VDI is not the panacea for all thin-client woes, regardless of the application or technology choice.
We at Ericom agree that VDI is not a panacea - which is why our PowerTerm WebConnect provides Terminal Services, VDI and Blade support all in the same product, with the same set of licenses. This allows you to provide the most appropriate solution for every group of users / applications. This is unlike other vendors who have completely focused on VDI, or who provide VDI and Terminal Services as distinct products with different administrative consoles, and separate licenses. For more information about Ericom’s unified approach that combines the benefits of Terminal Services and VDI see our whitepaper: Desktop Virtualization and Presentation Virtualization: Get the Best of All Worlds
As to 16-bit applications - it was simply a specific example of a scenario where VDI might be more appropriate than Terminal Services. As you correctly point out, 16-bit applications can be made to run on 32-bit Terminal Servers. However, they do reduce the server’s overall stability, and any problem may impact all the users connected to that server. With VDI you can achieve a more robust solution for 16-bit applications. Moreover, 64-bit Terminal Servers do not support 16-bit applications at all, and starting with WS08 SP2 all future versions of Windows servers will be 64-bit only.
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