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Technology Stocks : Citrix Systems (CTXS) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Scott Overholser who wrote (6800)	7/21/1999 1:47:00 AM
From: David Montgomery	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9068

Thanks - I'll bet you're right. I did a little more digging and found the following article at thinplanet.com: Available Now... The IBM Network Station adds Citrix Device Services to its range of solutions for accessing Windows IBM is pleased to make available at no charge to its Network Station customers a new product from Citrix Systems, Inc. that provides the IBM Network Station with enhanced access to Windows applications running under Windows NT Server 4.0 - Terminal Server Edition. This offering -- along with the recently-announced QuickOn for Running Windows -- significantly extends the range of Windows-access solutions available to Network Station customers. The new server-based product, Citrix Device Services (CDS), is a simple and attractive solution for smaller businesses that want to gain the full thin-client benefit from a Microsoft Terminal Server environment. Citrix Device Services enables Windows NT Server 4.0 - Terminal Server Edition to communicate with the IBM Network Station using Citrix's powerful and efficient Independent Computing Architecture (ICA) protocol, which the Network Station natively supports. Citrix Device Services adds several important features to Microsoft Terminal Server, including: Support for local printers Support for local serial (COM port) devices, such as scanners Enhanced application performance Improved network efficiency Customers that need additional capability beyond CDS's basic ICA support can easily upgrade to Citrix's full-featured MetaFrame Enterprise or MetaFrame for Terminals software (Version 1.8 or above). MetaFrame offers enhanced server management features, such as load balancing, session shadowing, seamless desktop integration, audio and broadened support for heterogeneous computing environments. Used in conjunction either with Citrix Device Services or MetaFrame, the IBM Network Station allows you to access your server-based Windows applications alongside other server-based applications, as well as browser-based and Java applications. Citrix Device Services is available immediately, upon request, from the IBM Business Partner from whom you purchased your IBM Network Station(s). The product is supported by IBM through the Business Partner and requires no changes to the standard Network Station ICA client. To use CDS, you must be running Network Station Manager Version 1, Release 3 or higher, and Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 - Terminal Server Edition over a LAN or Wide Area Network. Your CDS license must be activated through the Citrix Web site. For additional details, contact your local IBM Business Partner. ************************** end of article I don't have a date when the article was released. The one thing in the article that struck me is the statement that "Customers that need additional capability beyond CDS's basic ICA support can easily upgrade to Citrix's full-featured MetaFrame Enterprise or MetaFrame for Terminals software (Version 1.8 or above). " Maybe the options sales is the trimmed down version of features available. Sorry about the length of the post. dm