SBC Round-up 2007
- Details
- Published: Friday, 13 July 2007
Version: 1.1
Changed on: 23 August 2007
Years ago, Brian Madden and Gabe Knuth wrote an article that compared Citrix MetaFrame (as it was called at the time) with several other Terminal Server add-on products. In those intermediate years many things have been changed logically. Some manufacturers disappeared, some have been taken over and new companies jumped into the SBC market.
In 2007 we (Claudio and Wilco) again looked at the eight most known Terminal Server add-on products available at that time. At the BriForum 2007 in Chicago we presented our findings of these products. Out of this presentation we created a Feature Matrix list.
In this list we are mentioning all features which we have been found in all those products together. Per product we will indicate for every feature if it is available in the product (green flag) or not (red cross). When the feature is present in the product we used three degrees:
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Green Flag: feature is present in the product with a standard implementation
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Green Flag Minus: feature is present in the product but we are not completely satisfied with the way it is implemented;
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Green Flag Plus: The feature is above average present in the product. The feature has advantages in comparison with the default standard.
We divided the features into several categories. The first category is about the installation of the product and the publishing capabilities. In the second category we are describing the supported operating systems for the client and the client options. The following category is mentioning the default features which should be available in the products, followed by the category with additional features that could be useful in the products (in some circumstances). This category is probably which is the decision maker in the selecting process of your SBC products. The last category is describing the administration options and support of Domain Services and Token support.
Of course we did our best to make this feature list completely and accurate as possibly. If you miss an important feature in this list or think our judgment of feature of a product is incorrect don't hesitate to mention it to us.
The feature list is based on the following versions:
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Genuit Thinworx 3.1
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Ericom PowerTerm WebConnect 5.6
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Provision Networks VAS 5.9
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HOB ETS 3.1
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2X Application Server V5
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Jetro Cockpit 3.6
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ProPalms TSE 5.0
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TerminalRDP 1.5
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Ericom PowerTerm WebConnect |
Provision Networks VAS | HOB ETS | 2X Application Server | Jetro Cockpit | ProPalms TSE | TerminalRDP | |
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| Installation Requirements |
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| Published Applications |
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| Published Desktop |
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| Publish Local Applications |
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| Seamless Windows |
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Ericom PowerTerm WebConnect |
Provision Networks VAS | HOB ETS | 2X Application Server | Jetro Cockpit | ProPalms TSE | TerminalRDP | |
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| Using Default RDP Client |
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| Windows Client |
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| Java Client |
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| Mac Client |
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| Windows CE / PocketPC |
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| Shadowing |
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| Reconnection Possibilities |
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| Client Desktop Integration |
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| Multi Monitor support |
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| Client View Update |
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Ericom PowerTerm WebConnect |
Provision Networks VAS | HOB ETS | 2X Application Server | Jetro Cockpit | ProPalms TSE | TerminalRDP | |
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| Load Balancing |
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| Portal Access |
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| Integration Corporate Portal |
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| Secure Connection (SSL) |
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| Universal Printer Driver |
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| Local Resources |
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| Local Resources (Configuration) |
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| Pass-through authentication |
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Ericom PowerTerm WebConnect |
Provision Networks VAS | HOB ETS | 2X Application Server | Jetro Cockpit | ProPalms TSE | TerminalRDP | |
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| File Association |
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| Content Publishing |
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| Content Redirection |
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| Application Installation |
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| Profile Support |
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| Block files and executables |
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| User Environment Configuration |
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| Server availability scheduling |
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| Printer Driver Mapping |
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| Monitoring |
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| Reporting |
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| VDI Support |
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| Host Access Support |
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| CPU Optimization |
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| Memory Optimization |
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Ericom PowerTerm WebConnect |
Provision Networks VAS | HOB ETS | 2X Application Server | Jetro Cockpit | ProPalms TSE | TerminalRDP | |
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| Central Administration Console |
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| Delegation of Control |
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| User Policies |
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| AD Support |
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| LDAP support |
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| Token Support |
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1 Via the Java Client you use the product on this platform
2 Via additional product of the same manufacturer
3 Not per application per se; it has server cloning capabilities