[THIN] Press Release: 2X makes Terminal Services & Citrix fault tolerant with 2X
- From: "Jim Kenzig http://ThinHelp.com" <jkenzig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 06:14:25 -0800 (PST)
PRESS RELEASE
For immediate release
2X makes Terminal Services & Citrix fault tolerant with 2X
LoadBalancer v4
Easily implement SSL, resource based load balancing and session
reconnection for Microsoft Terminal Services or Citrix Metaframe
servers
London, UK, 7 February 2006 - 2X releases 2X LoadBalancer for Windows
Terminal Services & Citrix Metaframe: a tool to load balance RDP/ICA
sessions between Terminal Servers and provide fault tolerance. Only
one gateway machine needs to be exposed to the internet, and in
addition this connection can be established via SSL - thereby
drastically increasing the security of Terminal Servers.
"2X LoadBalancer for Windows Terminal Services allows a company to
implement enterprise level fault tolerance & security, without the
enterprise price tag or administration effort." said Nikoloas Makris,
President 2X.
Resource based load balancing
2X LoadBalancer intelligently distributes the load to the Terminal
Server machine with least usage. By retrieving information about the
Terminal Servers' resource usage before establishing the connection,
it is able to determine which Terminal Server can best handle the
incoming session. By contrast, network load balancing in Windows
Server simply distributes connections on a round robin basis,
independent of server load.
Reconnects users to disconnected sessions
2X LoadBalancer also checks if a user is running a disconnected
session on any of the servers and if so, reconnects them to the right
server. This is not only convenient for the user but most importantly
saves significant server resources. No need for Windows 2000 Advanced
Server or Windows 2003 Enterprise Server with session directory.
Ensures redundancy of Terminal Servers
2X LoadBalancer first checks whether the terminal service of a
particular server is responding before forwarding a connection to it.
This allows you to ensure complete redundancy of each Terminal Server.
By contrast, network load balancing in Windows Terminal Server simply
checks if the machine is alive: If the terminal service is not
responding the user's connection will be forwarded regardless, thus
resulting in the user not being able to connect.
Enhanced Security using SSL
When used in SSL Gateway mode, the 2X LoadBalancer provides end-to-
end SSL encryption to the Terminal Servers. This not only greatly
enhances security but also provides a firewall/proxy friendly
solution with true SSL/HTTPS capabilities.
Supports Microsoft Terminal Services and Citrix Servers
2X LoadBalancer is designed to work with Microsoft Terminal Services
Servers (Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server Edition, Windows 2000
Terminal Services and Windows 2003 Terminal Services) and with Citrix
MetaFrame.
Pricing & Availability
Pricing starts from as little as $395 for managing up to 2 Servers;
$775 for 4 Servers and $1750 for unlimited Servers. More information
and a free trial version of the product are available at:
http://www.2x.com/loadbalancer/
About 2X
2X Software Ltd - 2X - is a new company developing software for the
booming server-based computing market. Thin client computing controls
spiraling PC management costs, centralizes application and desktop
management, improves security and performance and allows users to
work remotely. The company's product line includes: 2X
ThinClientServer for Windows/Linux, 2X LoadBalancer for Terminal
Services/Citrix, 2X ApplicationServer for Windows Terminal Services
and 2X SecureRDP for Windows Terminal Services. 2X is a privately
held company with offices in Frankfurt, Cyprus and Malta, Europe. Its
management team is backed by years of experience in developing and
selling network infrastructure software. 2X is a Novell, RedHat and
IBM ISV partner.
All product and company names herein may be trademarks of their
respective owners.
For more information:
Please email Tamara Borg on tamara@xxxxxx
2X Software Ltd
Tel: (+44) 845 222 0425; Fax: (+44) 845 222 0426.
URL: http://www.2x.com
Jim Kenzig
CEO The Kenzig Group
http://www.kenzig.com
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