is a server-based computing software for Microsoft's Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal
Server Edition. MetaFrame delivers a comprehensive Server-based solution to the
enterprise by extending Windows Terminal Server with additional client and server
functionality -- including support for heterogeneous computing environments, enterprise-scale
management and seamless desktop integration. MetaFrame transforms the way organizations
deploy, manage and access business applications by providing improved application
manageability, access, performance and security. Citrix MetaFrame system software,
which incorporates Citrix's Independent Computing Architecture (ICA), provides
a complete Server-based Computing solution for multi-user NT 4.0 environments.
MetaFrame software extends Microsoft Terminal Server with additional client-side
and server-side functionality in the following key areas:
While Microsoft Terminal Server
supports Windows-based devices and IP-based connections, MetaFrame delivers Windows-based
application access to virtually all types of client hardware, operating platforms,
network connections and LAN protocols. As a result, organizations can keep their
existing infrastructure, yet still deploy the most advanced, 32-bit Windows-based
applications across the enterprise. MetaFrame provides value-added functionality for all
types of Windows clients including Windows 95, Windows CE, Windows NT Workstation,
Windows for Workgroups and Windows 3.x systems. MetaFrame also supports non-Windows
clients including DOS, UNIX, Mac OS, Java and OS/2 Warp and a broad range of client
hardware including legacy PCs, Pentium PCs, Windows-based terminals, network computers,
wireless devices and information appliances. MetaFrame connects users to the network through
standard telephone lines, WAN links (T1, T3, 56Kb, X.25), broadband connections
(ISDN, Frame Relay, ATM), wireless connections, corporate intranets and the
Internet. MetaFrame supports popular LAN and
WAN protocols including TCP/IP, IPX, SPX, NetBIOS, and direct asynchronous connections
Aironet wireless LAN
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