Whats New with Citrix Presentation Server 4'5

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Whats New with Citrix Presentation Server 4.5
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Citrix Presentation Server

• Overview of benefits

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6 Keys to Successful Application Delivery
Deliver Web Applications
Deliver Windows Applications
User
Apps
Accelerate Apps to Branch Users
Monitor End User Experience
Enable SecureApplication Access
Deliver Desktops
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Todays FocusWindows Application Delivery
User
Apps
Monitor End User Experience
Accelerated Access for Branch Users
Enable Secure Application Access
Deliver Windows Applications
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Presentation Server 4.5 is
An end-to-end applicationdelivery system for all
Windowsapplications, both client/serverand
desktop
Highest Security
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Key Benefits

• Lowest-cost Windows application delivery
• Strongest protection for applications and
  intellectual property
• Outstanding application performance over any
  network
• Rapid application delivery to all users, anywhere
• Continuous application availability and
  reliability
• Best end user application experience

Presentation Server is used by more than 180,000
customers worldwide
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Shift from maintenance to strategy
StrategicProjectWork
HardwareMaintenance
and reduce time spent maintaining applications
and hardware
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Only 30!
Improve app management to increase time available
for strategic work
BusinessProcessManagement
ApplicationMaintenance
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Traditional Windows Deployment
16-bit/32-bitClient components
Server component Web apps Custom apps
Desktop apps
Web Browser
Data Center
Desktop
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Two Steps to Application Delivery
Presentation Server
First, centralize applications in the data
center Easy to manage and support Secure and
control applications Deploy and update easily
Presentation Server
Then, choose best delivery method Virtualize or
stream based on user, applications network
Data Center
Users
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Application Delivery Virtualization
Server component Web apps Custom apps
Data Center
Application Servers
Presentation Serverenvironment
Desktop
Centralize and host in data center Easier to
install, manage and support SecureApps and data
are protected
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Any Device, Any Network, Any Location
Application executes entirely on server
Screen updates sent to client device
Mouse clicks and keystrokes sent to server
Accessible from any device or client operating
system High performance over any connection from
any location
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Application Streaming
Data Center
Application Hub
Desktop,Notebook
Desktop apps are streamed to the desktop
Applications execute locally Applications are
portablePerfect for laptop
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Analysts concur
This latest release ofPresentation Server with
both application virtualization and streaming
technologies provides even more flexibility for
enterprise Windows customers with large
application portfolios.
John Humphreys, program director of IDC
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Presentation Server 4.5 New Technologies
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Application Streaming
Instant Application Delivery to desktops

• Centrally manage all Windows-based desktop
  applications
• Streams applications into an isolated environment
  on the desktop
• Use them anywhere, anytime even when disconnected
• Automatically updates and repairs applications
• Eliminates application conflicts and regression
  testing
• Ideal for applications that need local CPU
  resourcesor peripherals
• Presentation Server dynamically selects the best
  delivery method virtualization or streaming

Application Streaming for Desktops add-on
licenses available
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Isolation 2.0
Broader application compatibility

• Improves system and application compatibility
• Isolates and protects applications from conflicts
• Provides ability to configure degree of isolation
• Eliminates regression testing
• Next-generation isolation technology
• Increases performance of isolated applications
• Extends compatibility to more Windows
  applications
• Provides core technology for Application
  Streaming and Application Isolation Environments

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Application Hub
Simplifies application inventory management

• Provides central repository for application
  profiles
• Rapidly provision applications to Presentation
  Server or directly to end users devices
• Uses the same profile to virtualize or stream

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Application Performance Monitoring
Powered by Citrix EdgeSight

• Ensures the best end user experience
• Proactively identifies poorly performing
  applications
• Helps IT pinpoint root-cause of bottlenecks
• Monitors and records historical application
  performance
• Assists in improving capacity planning
• Reduces support costs
• Collects run-time application crash data
• Measures impacts of changes to production
  environment
• Assists in tuning custom-built applications

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SmartAccess
Powered by Citrix Access Gateway

• Improves access experience while maintaining
  security
• Users can securely access applications from
  anywhere
• Provides optional full VPN access to authorized
  users
• Flexible and extensible end-point analysis
• Manages access at the application level
• Policy-based sense and respond
• Controls access to applications based on user,
  device, or network
• Restricts application actions, such as print,
  save and cut/paste
• Select the appliance to fit the environment
• Appliances purchased separately for maximum
  flexibility
• Complete range to match needed performance and
  scalability

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Single Sign-on
Powered by Citrix Password Manager

• Improves application security
• Centralizes and securely stores credentials
• Automatically changes passwords
• Generates strong passwords for policy enforcement
• Reduces help desk calls
• Simplifies application access with automated
  logons
• Provides self-service password reset

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Health Assistant
System resiliency and availability

• Enhances server reliability and ensures
  consistent access experience
• Makes it easier to identify and fix server issues
• Includes default health checks for Citrix and
  Microsoft services
• Triggers automated server recovery actions
• Integrates with load balancing to direct users to
  healthy servers
• Interoperates with standard system management
  tools

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SpeedScreen Progressive Display
Up to 20X faster graphics performance

• Accelerates graphics performance over the network
• Ensures great user experience with
  graphics-intensive applications
• Protects valuable intellectual property in the
  data center
• Dramatically reduces cost of delivering graphics
  applications
• Lowers bandwidth requirements by 95
• Delivers to any client device

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x64 Platform Support
Increasing server scalability and utilization

• Increases user density per serverup to 500
  users per server
• Dramatically reduces implementation costs
• Lowers costs of expansion
• Reduces recurring data center costs
• Bridges transition to x64 platform

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Windows Vista Support
Presentation Server client simplifies adoption

• Eliminates application dependencies on
  client-side OS
• Removes application compatibility issues
• Enables users to upgrade to Vista and still use
  their current applications

Citrix is committed to enabling customers to
leverage the latest Microsoft products
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Comparison of New Features by Edition
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Presentation Server 4.5 Platinum
EditionEnd-to-end system for delivering Windows
Applications
Citrix WANScaler Accelerate Apps to Branch Users
User
Apps
Application Performance Monitoring Powered by
Citrix EdgeSight
Application Virtualization and Application
Streaming
SmartAccess Powered by Citrix Access
Gateway Single Sign-on Powered by Citrix
Password Manager
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