Citrix Systems Does Lite Right

摘要

Remote display technologies, such as Citrix Metaframe Presentation Server (MPS), have long been the stuff of big kid IT shops. They have the staff, budget and infrastructure to deploy servercentric solutions, while small businesses can only dream about such programs. Enter Citrix Access Essentials (CAE). Designed exclusively for small and midsize businesses, this product promises the power of MPS without overworking your staff or busting your bankroll. MPS lets client devices interact with applications running remotely on servers at the main office. To the end user, it appears as if the application is running locally. Citrix MPS supports multiple operating systems, which means a Unix application can be published to a Windows client, and vice versa. Citrix CAE may best be described as a scaled-down version of MPS 4.0. I'm often disappointed by "lite" versions of products, but CAE is "lite done right."