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bullet The Official Provision Networks Blog is launched.  Initial posts include:
bullet So where did Provision Networks come from anyway?
bullet Provision Networks declared the best connection broker (at Citrix Synergy)
bullet Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Connection Broker Comparison
bullet CONFIG.XML Deciphered
bullet Auto-configuration of Provision Networks Clients
bullet Virtual Desktop (VDI) Proof of Concept Considerations
bullet TCP/IP Ports Used In The Virtual Access Suite
bullet New Article - How to install and configure Print-IT, the Universal Printer Driver features of Provision Networks Virtual Access Suite (April 09, 2008)
bullet New Article - How to install and configure a Provision Networks Virtual Access Suite Enterprise Edition, Part 3.  This article details how to configure Desktop Services (VDI) and integrate with VMware Virtual Center or Virtual Iron (March 12, 2008)
bullet New Article - How to install and configure a Provision Networks Virtual Access Suite Enterprise Edition, Part 2.  This article details how to install Virtual Access Suite on Windows Terminal Services and how to Publish Applications (February 20, 2008)
bullet Citrix renames Citrix Presentation Server to XenApp Server (January 28, 2008)
bullet Microsoft acquires Calista Technologies, developers of advanced graphics technologies for Microsoft's Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) (January 22, 2008)
bullet New Article - Dr. Alex Danilychev (author of iShadow and Virtual Display Manager) has written an article "Getting Started with the Microsoft Remote Desktop Client and Smart Card Authentication"
bullet New Article - How to install and configure a Provision Networks Virtual Access Suite Enterprise Edition (January 09, 2008)
bullet New Article - How to install and configure a Citrix Program Neighborhood Agent Services Site and the Citrix Program Neighborhood Agent Client. (November 21, 2007)
bullet Citrix releases Presentation Server Clients Version 10.150 for Windows Vista, XP, 2003 & 2000 (November 19, 2007)
bullet Breaking News - Quest Software Enters the Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Market with Acquisition of Provision Networks (November 12, 2007)
bullet New Article - How To Install and Configure Citrix Web Interface 4.6 and Citrix Secure Gateway on the same server (Part 2 of 2) (October 17, 2007)
bullet Provision Networks unveils Next Generation Connection Broker in Virtual Access Suite 5.9 (September 10, 2007)
bullet New Article - How To Install and Configure Citrix Web Interface 4.6 and Citrix Secure Gateway on the same server (Part 1) (September 13, 2007)
bullet New Article - How to Configure Folder Redirection (August 22, 2007)
bullet Microsoft Releases a Beta of Remote Desktop Client 2.0 for Mac (July 31, 2007)
bullet HP Strengthens Thin Client Computing Offering with Acquisition of Neoware Inc. (July 23, 2007)
bullet Citrix releases Web Interface 4.6 for Presentation Server (July 20, 2007)
bullet Provision Networks and IBM Collaborate to Promote Large Scale Virtual Client Solution (VCS) Deployments (July 17, 2007)
bullet New Article - How to Publish Windows Shell Extensions and Control Panel Applets (July 12, 2007)
bullet Microsoft Introduces Terminal Services Server Drain Mode, by Charles Aunger (June 16, 2007)
bullet A Closer Look At Session Broker Load Balancing In Windows Server 2008 by Michel Roth (June 07, 2007)
bullet Terminal Services License Server High-Availability and Recovery (Part 1) by Michael Burke (June 06, 2007)
bullet Patrick Rouse's New Article Describes Best Practices to Lock Down and Secure Windows Terminal Servers (May 30, 2007)
bullet Dr. Bernhard Tritsch of Login Consultants publishes a detailed scalability study of Microsoft Office System 2003, Microsoft Office System 2007 and OpenOffice 2.1 on 32-Bit and X64 Windows Terminal Services. OpenOffice 2.1, while free, requires significantly more resources than the Microsoft Office Products and does not scale as well on Windows Terminal Services. (May 13, 2007)
bullet Patrick Rouse's New Article Describes New Terminal Services Features in Longhorn Server (LHS) Beta 3 (May 08, 2007)
bullet Microsoft Releases Windows Server Longhorn Beta 3 to the General Public.  This build includes new Terminal Server features like TS Easy Print XPS Based Universal Printer Driver, Session Broker Load Balancer, more scaleable TS Gateway and reportable per user Terminal Server Licensing (April 26, 2007)
bullet Microsoft Publishes Details of TS Easy Print, the new Terminal Server Universal Printer Driver for Longhorn Server Beta3 (April 27, 2007)
bullet WorldExtend announces the general availability of its SecureIDA free managed VPN and managed remote access service (April 18, 2007)
bullet Provision Networks and Virtual Iron introduce a new bundled VDI Solution (April 16, 2007)
bullet Article - Patrick Rouse details best practices for problem free Windows Terminal Services Printing (April 12, 2007)
bullet Terminal Services Team Blog Entry - Bandwidth Allocation for Vista and Longhorn Terminal Server connections over RDP (April 9, 2007)
bullet Terminal Services Team Blog Entry - Details of Remote Desktop Client 6.1 released to the public (March 28, 2007)
bullet TSFactory, lead by Terminal Server MVP - Claudio Rodrigues releases RecordTS for ICA to BETA Testers.  RecordTS is a Terminal Server Session Recorder that records user's screens and all virtual channel (printing, file transfer, audio...) data.  (March 16, 2007)
bullet Article - Patrick Rouse explains how to Manage Windows Terminal Servers with Group Policy (March 15, 2007)
bullet Citrix Enhances Application Delivery Infrastructure with Acquisition of thinGenius TLoad® Application Load Testing Technology (March 14, 2007)
bullet Microsoft releases Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (March 13, 2007)
bullet Managed Microsoft Office Installations for Windows Terminal Server - Patrick Rouse's Powerpoint Slidedeck from his session at BriForum Europe 2006 in Darmstadt Germany shows you how to install, deploy and update Microsoft Office on Windows Terminal Server and Citrix (February 23, 2007)
bullet Provision Networks today announced that Microsoft supports the company’s efforts to further extend the Provision Networks enterprise feature-set and deliver RDP latency reduction and graphics acceleration – improving audio, video, graphics and multimedia application responsiveness over low bandwidth, high latency connections. (February 22, 2007)
bullet Citrix Announces Agreement to Acquire Aurema - Acquisition Improves Application Delivery for Windows-based Applications by Boosting Workload Management Capabilities (February 14, 2007)
bullet Citrix Redefines State-of-the-Art Application Delivery for Windows Applications with Release of Presentation Server 4.5. New Release Enhances Every Aspect of Flagship Product, Enabling Companies to Deliver Windows Applications with Better Performance, Security and TCO than Ever Before (February 12, 2007)
bullet Patrick Rouse reviews Uniprint Server 6.0,  Ingenica's PDF Based Universal Printing Product for Citrix and Windows Terminal Services (January 24, 2007)
bullet Microsoft, OSST, and ThinPrint present a plug-and-play hardware appliance for connecting remote offices. The branch office appliance which in addition to firewall, VPN, and security services, also offers traffic optimizing, DRIVER FREE PRINTING, and total management of the printers in the remote offices. Plus, the appliance optimizes the WAN (Wide Area Network) with web caching and by reducing print data volume up to 99%. (January 16, 2007)
bullet Signup for a Thinstall , MTM, and Doug Brown Webinar (January 23, 2007) to Showcase and Demo the New Thinstall Virtualization Suite 3.0. (January 17, 2007)
bullet Douglas Brown from DABCC interviews Jonathan Clark from Thinstall on the new DABCC Radio | Virtualization and Server-Based Computing News and Support Podcasting Show (January 10, 2007)
bullet In November of 2006, HP sponsored the Internet Café at VMworld 2006 in Los Angeles, California. One of the big questions for the show was, "Can a single HP ProLiant ML370 G5 running VMware ESX Server 3.0 and HP Virtual Desktop Infrastructure support 7,000 attendees at VMworld?". The answer is yes. The results of the configuration are detailed in this guide. (January 10, 2007)
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Invirtus, the leading provider of solutions that today's businesses need to help with the efficiency and automation of virtual machine technology, announced today that customers are giving positive advance reviews of Invirtus Enterprise VM Converter 2007, an enterprise class conversion application that transforms physical machines into virtual machines. (January 05, 2007)

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Microsoft KB Article 924622 - Error message when you try to start a 2007 Office program within a Terminal Server client session: "This copy of Microsoft Office <Program> cannot be used on Terminal Server" (December 25, 2006)

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Patrick Rouse has written a new article for msterminalservices.org, "Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Overview" (December 20, 2006)

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Citrix has agreed to buy Ardence, a software streaming technology developer whose products will help Citrix advance its position in the emerging application virtualization software market. Financial terms were not disclosed, although Citrix said it expects the deal to add at least $15 million in revenue to its books in its 2007 fiscal year. (December 20, 2006)

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Patrick Rouse reviews DocuDesk deskPDF Professional for Terminal Services, version 2.55 (December 13, 2006)

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AEP Networks, a leader in policy-based networking, today announced the company has joined the Microsoft Network Access Protection (NAP) Program. AEP will develop products to the emerging Microsoft Network Access Protection architecture, and the two companies will work together to deliver solutions that protect corporate assets, control the spread of viruses and ensure policy compliance. (December 11, 2006)

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Citrix releases Presentation Server Client Package - Version 9.230 for 32-bit Windows (64-bit compatible).  This client includes an updated CtxTwnPa.exe to address multiple TWAIN Redirection issues. (December 05, 2006)

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VMware, Provision Networks and Microsoft Solution Delivers Dynamic Desktop Deployment for the Department of Defense (December 04, 2006)

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AEP Networks ships AEP Netilla Security Platform Release 5.4 SSL VPN including Load balancing for failover and scalability, Citrix® Presentation Server policy and resource control, Seamless integration with PowerTerm® WebConnect from Ericom Software and Native support for Microsoft IE7 (December 04, 2006)

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ThinPrint virtualizes printers - ThinPrint’s new solution, .print Virtual Desktop Engine, optimizes and simplifies printing in VMware Virtual Infrastructure environments (November 30, 2006)

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Citrix Support releases Ctx_Sma.exe - a command line tool that re-creates (if deleted) the Ctx_SmaUser account and checks and assigns all required access permissions.This tool implements the exact same procedure described in article CTX106393 – How to Recreate the Ctx_SmaUser Account (November 28, 2006)

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SC Magazine announces AEP Netilla Security Platform (NSP), Citrix Access Gateway (CAG), F5 Networks Firepass and Microsoft Whale Intelligent Application Gateway as the four final nominees for Best IPsec/SSL VPN. (November 20, 2006)

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RDP only: optimized printing specifically for Microsoft Terminal Services, now also with thin client support - ThinPrint expands the successful .print RDP Engine product series and integrates support for thin clients (November 14, 2006)

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Katie Koepke of the Brian Madden Company has written a new article comparing Longhorn Terminal Services "Remote Programs" and Citrix Application Publishing (November 14, 2006)

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Patrick Rouse's first article on msterminalservices.org describes what terminal server session sharing is, why one would use it, and how it's configured in Citrix Presentation Server. (Nobember 8, 2006)

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Provision Networks Announces General Availability of the Virtual Access Suite for VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (November 7, 2006)

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Patrick Rouse reviews the latest release of 2X ApplicationServer for Microsoft Terminal Services.  Version 4 of 2X ApplicationServer includes Application Publishing, Seamless Windows, Web Portal, SSL Remote Access, Linux and Mac Clients as well as integration with 2X LoadBalancer, all for an amazingly low price. (October 30, 2006)

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AEP Networks today announced general availability of its application-layer security gateway product, AEP SmartGate, which is now shipping with Release 5.1, a software enhancement that incorporates advances in file access and support for wireless mobile devices. (October 30, 2006)

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Troubleshooting Printing Problems in Citrix Presentation Server 4.0 (October 27, 2006)

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Agnews Transforms Desktop Deployment into a Strategic Advantage with its New Delivery Infrastructure (October 24, 2006)

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Citrix announced a new Global Load Balancing for Presentation Server solution, enabling uninterrupted access to applications delivered by Citrix Presentation Server™ even if entire datacenters go offline as the result of a natural disaster or other emergency. The new solution leverages proven high-availability technology from Citrix® NetScaler® to provide seamless application access across distributed multi-site Citrix Presentation Server deployments. (October 23, 2006)

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Citrix Announces Dynamic Desktop Initiative Brings Together AMD, Gemalto, Dell, HP, IBM, Neoware, VMware, Wyse and Other Industry Leaders to Deliver the “Dynamic Desktop (October 23, 2006)

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visionapp is offering its new service-oriented pricing model - visionapp Product Service Pricing (vPSP) - to North American customers and partners. This subscription-based offering includes visionapp's two main products: visionapp Platform Management Suite (vPMS) and visionapp Access Portal (vAP) (October 19, 2006)

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iQurious™ Corporation, leaders of the standardization and reproducibility revolution in information technology, announced today at the world’s largest server-based computing event that they are launching the iQaradigm™ System.The iQaradigm System is a revolutionary IT architecture, based on standardization and reproducibility. This approach will save organizations an enormous amount of effort, money, and other resources by leveraging pre-existing tools, instead of forcing customers to customize every aspect of their network. (October 19, 2006)

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Neoware, Inc. today introduced the Neoware m100 thin client notebook, becoming the first leading global thin client provider to offer the mobility of a notebook computer combined with the security of a thin client. (October 17, 2006)

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Citrix Publishes an Overview of the Citrix Technology Professional (CTP) Program (October 13, 2006)

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Computer Lab International™ (CLI), a leading provider of thin client and text terminal products, introduced its new specialty thin client line – the TT3200 Series of tablet thin client terminals.(October 12, 2006)

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DeNamik releases LoadGen 1.0 for Massive Load Testing of Citrix Servers (October 11, 2006)

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2X announces the release of 2X ApplicationServer v.4, which allows seamless publishing of Windows applications onto remote desktops, significantly reducing administration overheads and security risks. The new version adds integrated load balancing, Linux & Mac client support, support for server farms, SSL tunneling and more. (October 10, 2006)

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Devon IT’s new SafeBook, priced at $799, is a mobile thin client notebook which does not have a hard disk. So no data or applications are stored on the mobile thin client. Applications are installed directly on the company's servers which authorize users' remote access through Citrix ICA or Microsoft RDP protocols (September 29, 2006)

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AEP Networks Announces Latest Generation Netilla Security Platform (NSP) SSL VPN Product Including Integration with PowerTerm WebConnect (September 19, 2006)

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AEP Networks Unveils New NACpoint Network Admission Control Solution (September 19, 2006)

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The Terminal Services Client (Remote Desktop Connection 6.0) software is now available for use on Windows® XP with Service Pack 2 (September 19, 2006)

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Provision Networks Helps the US Department of Veterans Affairs with Application Delivery and Remote Access (September 18, 2006)

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Mac OS X users can now run Windows applications seamlessly on their desktop with 2X ApplicationServer's Mac client. 2X ApplicationServer is available for free for up to 5 connections (September 18, 2006)

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Carl Carter-Schwendler reports (in the Microsoft Terminal Services Team Blog) that Vista Remote Desktop now supports ClearType (September 08, 2006)

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Microsoft releases a new volume licensing brief that helps explain the correct way to license applications on TS (September 08, 2006)

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Black Ice Software introduces Print2RDP 3.0 which dynamically configures itself to present the printing user with a seamless printing solution allowing them to print any file from a terminal server environment directly to their local or network PC (September 07, 2006)

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Provision Networks Unveils Enterprise Solution for VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (September 07, 2006)

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Principal Design Engineer "Gary Barton" discusses the Citrix Presentation Server 4.0 Universal Printer Driver in this webinar recorded August 23, 2006 (September 01, 2006)

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Fabrice Cornet of FC Consult releases Latency Checker 1.04 (August 31, 2006)

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$2.25 Billion Miami-based Brightstar, world's largest wireless distribution and supply chain company, adopts Provision Networks' solution for global application delivery and access (August 31, 2006)

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2X today announced the release of 2X TerminalServer for Linux, an open source terminal server for Linux, which enables users to run a Linux desktop and Linux / Windows applications over any type of connection (August 30, 2006)

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Patrick Rouse, President of Session Computing Solutions, LLC and Microsoft Terminal Services MVP, interviews Peter Ghostine, CTO of Provision Networks (August 24, 2006)

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Microsoft and Citrix to collaborate on developing and marketing a new Citrix WANScaler™ branch office appliance based on Microsoft Windows Server and Microsoft ISA Server.(August 23, 2006)

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Provision Management Framework - Enterprise Edition improves scalability and reduces TCO on Dell Servers running SAP Business One (August 22, 2006)

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Michael Domingo, host of MCP Radio and Redmond Radio and Editor of MCPmag.com interviews Paul Ghostine, CEO of Provision Networks (August 21, 2006)

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BriForum Europe 2006 Technical Sessions Announced (August 16, 2006)

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Citrix Releases 2nd Hotfix Rollup Pack for Presentation Server 4.0 on Windows Server 2003 (August 15, 2006)

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Citrix Releases 2nd Hotfix Rollup Pack for Presentation Server 4.0 on Windows 2000 Server (August 15, 2006)

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Provision Networks launches a new website and online demo of Provision-IT 5.6, an RDP based alternative to Citrix Presentation Server (August 10, 2006)

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Humana Secures Mobile Workforce with Array Networks Healthcare SSL-VPN Deployment (August 08, 2006)

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Thinstuff is pleased to announce the release of the Thinstuff Touch RDP Server Personal and Small Business Editions (August 07, 2006)

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2X Enables Desktop Virtualization with 2X ThinClientServer (August 04, 2006)

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Provision Networks Releases Version 5.6 of its Enterprise Edition Access Software (August 04, 2006)

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Terminal Services in Windows Server "Longhorn" Chat "Unofficial" Transcript (August 01, 2006)

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Optimizing Device Drivers for Terminal Server's Plug and Play Device Framework - WinHEC 2006 (August 01, 2006)

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AEP Networks and Lockdown Networks Enter Co-Development and Licensing Partnership (July 31, 2006)

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visionapp announces Freeware for full automation of installation and operation processes (Lifecycle Management) in small Terminal Server / Citrix environments as well as secure, flexible and portal-based access to applications. (July 28, 2006)

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Upcoming Chat: Terminal Services in Windows Server "Longhorn", scheduled for August 1, 2006, 10:30AM Pacific Time (PST). (July 27, 2006)

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Zeus Technology and AEP Networks partner to offer scalable and secure remote application access (July 24, 2006)

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Microsoft Completes Acquisition of Softricity: Application virtualization and streaming functionality added to Microsoft’s virtualization and management offerings. (July 17, 2006)

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WBIsoft releases TerminalRDP ver 1.5 and TerminalRDP VPN ver 1.0 (July 16, 2006)

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2X releases new version of free PXES Linux thin client: 2X ThinClientServer PXES edition (July 6, 2006)

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Linux runs Windows applications seamlessly with 2X ApplicationServer (June 27, 2006)

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TechNet Webcast: Introduction to Terminal Services in Windows Server Code-Named “Longhorn” (Level 200) (June 22, 2006)

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Matrox EpicA complete multi-display hardware and software suite for thin computing now available (June 20, 2006)

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Wyse Adds New Features to Latest Release of Windows CE 5.0 for Thin Computing (June 13, 2006)

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WBIsoft rebrands XPTS as TerminalRDP and releases Version 1.5 Beta (June 12, 2006)

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Cláudio Rodrigues launches TSFactory.ca, a new software development company focused on TS solutions.(June 09, 2006)

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WinFX is now .Net Framework 3.0 (June 09, 2006)

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Microsoft(R) Windows Server(TM) Code Name "Longhorn" and Microsoft Windows Vista(TM) Release Notes – Beta 2 Release (June 09, 2006)

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VMWare to release next-gen virtualization software (June 05, 2006)

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WBIsoft.com releases XPtsFree, a "FREE" single sign on (A.K.A. passthru authentication) Remote Desktop Client. (June 02, 2006)

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Run Terminal Server on SBS 2003, by Installing Virtual Server 2005 R2 on Windows Small Business Server 2003 with SP1 (May 25, 2006)

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Citrix Webinar - Scaling Up Your Server Farms Part 2 (May 23, 2006)

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Microsoft puts Windows Server virtualization and System Center Virtual Machine Manager on the fast track, and announces the intent to acquire Softricity Inc., a leader in application virtualization solutions within the virtualization space. (May 22, 2006)

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Boost Memory before moving to 64 bit Terminal Server or 64 bit Citrix PS4 (May 22, 2006)

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Microsoft Corp. today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Whale Communications Ltd., a leading provider of secure access products, including secure sockets layer (SSL) virtual private networks (VPN) and Web application firewalls. (May 18, 2006)

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BriForum 2006 Sample Video: Rick Mack details an application toolkit for Terminal Services (May 16, 2006)

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Brian Madden talks about the future of Citrix and the Server Based Computing industry (May 12, 2006)

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Citrix Acquires Reflectent Software, Enhances and Extends Its Access Platform (May 08, 2006)

bullet New print management solution version 7.0 of ThinPrint’s ThinPrint .print now offers a tool for analyzing the costs of printing in a network (May 2, 2006)
bullet AEP Networks NSP V5.2.2 vs. Citrix Access Gateway V4.2 & Watchguard Firebox SSL (Citrix OEM) - Competitive Breif
bullet Citrix Access Gateway 4.2 with Advanced Access Control SSL/VPN Performance Comparison vs. Juniper Networks NetScreen SA-1000 (April 2006)
bullet Connect mobile users via 3G and home users via DSL with just a few mouse clicks
The new version of the ThinPrint Remote Desktop Suite enables setup of secure remote access within minutes (April 26, 2006)
bullet Provision Networks CTO gives a presentation at 2006 briForum detailing the current and future features of Provision Networks Management Suite (April 12, 2006)
bullet Ericom® and triCerat® Partner to Optimize Server Based Computing Environments (April 10, 2006)
bullet Ericom® Software and RTO Software Announce Agreement for Optimized Server Based Computing Environments (April 10, 2006)
bullet Ericom® and Passlogix® Partner to Secure Server Based Computing Environments (April 10, 2006)
bullet AEP Networks and Ericom® Software Announce Technology Partnership for Securing Windows® Terminal Server Remote Access Environments (April 10, 2006)
bullet AEP Netilla Security Platform Release 5.2.2 SSL VPN Now Shipping with Device Authentication and Secured, Seamless Access to Citrix® or Microsoft® Windows® Terminal Services (April 10, 2006)
bullet 2X today announced that it will offer 100,000 free versions of 2X ApplicationServer - its application publishing solution - in a bid to make application tunneling affordable to all (April 06, 2006)
bullet Microsoft makes Virtual Server 2005 R2 Freeware - Download now, or order a CD (April 03, 2006)
bullet ThinStuff.com offers Touch Rdpserver, a Linux RDP Server (March 31, 2006)
bullet ThinPrint GmbH Releases Remote Desktop Suite Standard 2nd edition: set up secure access for mobile and home users with just a few mouse clicks (March 03, 2006)
bullet Ever wondered how to disable Flash A