Citrix Previews Optimization Techniques for MetaFrame for the Solaris Operating Environment at JavaOne 2000
Techniques Showcase Newest Performance Enhancements in Citrix(R) MetaFrame for UNIX(R) Operating System Product Line
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 5, 2000-- Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS - news) today previewed its latest techniques for optimizing graphical Java(TM) applications running on Citrix© MetaFrame(TM) for the Solaris(TM) Operating Environment at the JavaOne(SM) 2000 developer conference, in booth 725. Citrix MetaFrame for the Solaris Operating Environment, which began shipping in March, is the first solution in Citrix's new MetaFrame for UNIX© Operating Systems product line. These revolutionary Java optimization techniques take deployment of Java UIs (user interfaces) using MetaFrame servers to the next level, and enable five times as many users to access Java applications from a MetaFrame server using any client device, with a significantly faster application start-up time.
Development of Java UIs for n-tier applications is widely understood to be limited by the challenges of deploying graphical Java applications to the wide range of client platforms required by corporate enterprise at an acceptable level of performance. By sharing resources between multiple user sessions, Citrix's new Java optimization techniques transparently overcome these challenges and are especially effective with Swing-based applications.
Significant benefits realized by users include:
- Zero download time for Java applications
- Applications launch in seconds
- Many more users per server - up to 5 times as many - significantly
reducing costs
- Java development and test time is dramatically reduced - up to
half due to the advantage of a single Java environment
- Large Java applications can be accessed via small client devices
- Connection to Java applications is enabled from any client device
``We are pleased to be able to demonstrate our very latest optimization techniques for Java deployment using MetaFrame for the Solaris Operating Environment,'' said Keith Turnbull, vice president for product development for Citrix Systems. ``This latest advance highlights our plan to continue expanding our offerings for the UNIX platform. We are constantly looking for better, more efficient ways for customers to access applications, and our work on Java applications is evidence of this commitment.''
Using the Citrix Independent Computing Architecture (ICA©) protocol, MetaFrame for the Solaris Operating Environment enables the deployment of UNIX systems, X.11, text and Java applications across an enterprise, or from an Application Service Provider (ASP), to branch office and mobile workers who could not have accessed them previously due to bandwidth limitations or device capabilities. MetaFrame for the Solaris Operating Environment enables UNIX systems and Java applications to be accessed from any standard Web browser. |
