Saturday, October 18, 2003

Steve Ballmer addresses Citrix iForum 2003 attendees

Watch this video if you doubt the relationship between Microsoft and Citrix. Looks like a strong partnership to me. ;-)

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Friday, October 17, 2003

General Session iForum Presentations Posted

View a complete list of presentations and photos from the 2003 iForum General Session.

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Citrix CEO Mark Templeton Lays Out Product Strategy

There is a great interview on the CRN site where Citrix CEO Mark Templeton Lays Out Their Product Strategy for the coming few years. (Thanks to Brian Madden for pointing it out).

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Tell Everyone What You Saw At iForum 2003

I will be posting an overview of the show when I get caught up later this week. Until then please post your thoughts in our discussion forum if you attended.

iForum 2003 Discussion

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Thursday, October 16, 2003

One of the few interesting things at iForum

Take a look at what WholeSecurity brings to your Web Interface (Nfuse) or Secure Access Manager (MSAM) implementation. It is a pretty slick way to protect from Trojan like viruses.

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Tuesday, October 14, 2003

AppSense Launches Performance Suite 2.0 Beta Program

From the press release: AppSense Technologies, a specialist in application performance management for enterprises, is today launching the beta program for version 2.0 of its widely acclaimed Performance Suite.

The Suite allows IT directors to do more with their IT resources, winning back control of server functionality and performance, and maximising cost efficiency. The beta of the Performance Suite 2.0 includes improvements to all four component products – Performance Manager, Application Manager, Server Based Toolkit and Optimizer – and is available to customers and channel partners on application.

AppSense.com / About Us / Complete Press Release: "AppSense Launches Performance Suite 2.0 Beta Program"

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What Is New In The Next Version Of Citrix Metaframe

Here is a quick list of what is new in the next version of Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Server for Windows. You can sign up for a "tech preview" if you are a partner at www.citrix.com/mycitrix.

• Microsoft Management Console-based management - Transition all Citrix
  product administrative interfaces to leverage Microsoft Management Console
  technology.


• Dashboard & Watcher Window - High-level administrative interface for all
  Citrix solutions deployed throughout the global enterprise.


• Zone Preference & Failover - Allows administrators to specify a preferred
  zone priority list for user connections.


• Delegated Administration - Delegate administrative permissions for a group
  of servers or applications.


• SpeedScreen™ Multimedia Acceleration - Streaming of video and audio data
  to the local device to leverage local content player resources.


• SpeedScreen Flash Acceleration - Support Macromedia Flash content on
  published browsers by leveraging local client player resources.


• SpeedScreen Image Acceleration - Performance improvement when downloading
  graphical images across the wire by leveraging lossy compression algorithms.
  


• Bi-Directional Audio - Allow client-side audio peripherals, such as
  microphones and dictation hardware, to send audio signals to applications
  running on the server.


• New licensing - A new licensing architecture leveraging a universal Citrix
  License Server that uses license files bound to Subscription Advantage
  periods.

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Monday, October 13, 2003

Wyse Rapport Software Now Manages Handheld Devices

From the Press Release: Wyse Technology announced that Wyse Rapport is the first management tool to support thin clients and handheld devices with the Palm OS® or Pocket PC operating systems. Wyse Rapport device management software centrally controls a world of intelligent devices, both local and remote, wired and mobile, desktop as well as handhelds. It simplifies IT management, reduces TCO and improves ROI. It is a single software platform that manages a full range of devices - from desktop and tablet thin clients to PalmTM and Pocket PC handheld devices, including PDAs, scanners and other mobile devices. From one console, you can use Wyse Rapport to control, upgrade, protect and repurpose more than a million clients.

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Citrix Single Sign-On ROI Tool

Receive the FREE Single Sign-On ROI tool and download the white paper, "Technology Profile and ROI Analysis for Citrix MetaFrame Password Manager."
Link

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Sunday, October 12, 2003

iForum 2003 Sponsors

Here is a list of every vendor that will be a sponsor at iForum this year.

Accenture, Advanced Micro Devices, AppSense, Aurema, Autonomy, Inc., Charon Systems, Check Point Software, CLI, Dell, EMC, Emergent Online, ESRI, Expand Networks, HP, Hitachi, IBM, IGEL, Inmarsat Ltd., Maxspeed, Microsoft, Neoware Systems, Netmotion Wireless, OpenNetwork, Pearl Software Inc., Radware, RTO Software, RSA Security, Saflink, Secure Computing Corporation, Scalable Software, Sierra Wireless, Softricity, Sophos Inc., Spotline Inc., Sprint, St. Bernard Software, TeleVideo, Inc., Tenix Datagate Inc., TiGi, ThinPrint, ThinPrint/Content Beamer, triCerat Inc., UniPrint, Vector ESP, Verizon Wireless, Whole Security, WM Software, WYSE.

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