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What’s New in Citrix Presentation Server™4.5
Customer Presentation
33 © 2006 Citrix Systems, Inc.—All rights reserved.
• What’s New in Presentation Server 4.5
• Transitioning from Presentation Server 4.0 to 4.5
• Extending Presentation Server
• Pricing Overview
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Citrix Presentation Server 4.5
End-to-end application delivery system for delivering all Windows applications,
both client /server and desktop
HighestSecurity
LowestTotal Cost ofOwnership
BestPerformance& Scalability
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Presentation ServerA Strategic Application Delivery System
• Lowest-cost Windows application delivery TCO
• Strongest protection for applications and intellectual property
• Outstanding application performance over any network
• Flexible architecture ensures rapid application delivery to all users—anywhere
• Continuous application availability and reliability
• Best end user experience
Presentation Server provides
Presentation ServerPresentation Server is used by more than is used by more than 180,000 customers worldwide180,000 customers worldwide
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Completing the Application Delivery System with 4.5
Application PerformanceMonitoring
SmartAccess Single Sign-on
Health Assistant
Isolation 2.0 Application Hub
Application Streaming
SpeedScreen
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Application Streaming Instant Application Delivery to Desktops
• Expands benefits of centralized management to Windows-based desktop applications– Streams applications into an isolated environment on the desktop
for use anywhere, anytime – even when disconnected
– Automatically updates and repairs applications
– Eliminates application conflicts and costly regression testing
– Ideal for applications that need local CPU resources or peripherals
• Presentation Server dynamically selects the best delivery method – virtualization or streaming – based on the user, application, device and network
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-based applications
– Provides core technology for Application Streaming,Application Isolation Environments, and Application Hub
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Application Hub Central Application Repository
• Simplifies application inventory management– Provides central repository for application profiles
– Enables IT to use the same application profile to virtualize or stream the application to end users
• Accelerates application provisioning to Presentation Server environments– Reduces server set-up time and eliminates regression testing
using Isolation 2.0 technology
– Makes it easy to change, move and add applications among servers for planned outages and maintenance
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Application Performance MonitoringVisibility Into the Access Experience
• Ensures the best end user experience – Proactively identifies poorly performing applications
– Pinpoints root-cause of bottlenecks
– Monitors and records historical application performance and utilization
– Increases accuracy of capacity planning
• Reduces support costs– Displays user experience data in real-time and collects
run-time application crash data
– Helps measure impact of change to production environment
– Assists in tuning custom-built applications
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SmartAccess Access Security and Control
• Improves access experience while maintaining security – Provides the only purpose-built secure remote access solution
for Presentation Server
– Deploys quickly and easily and provides full VPN access to specified users
– Simplifies end user access and provides desk-like experience
• Manages access at the application level– Senses and responds to user access scenarios
based on IT-configured policies
– Controls who can access which applications and data, and from where
– Restricts printing, downloading and local caching as appropriate
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Single Sign-on Strongest Application Security
• Improves application security– Centralizes password management to securely store credentials
and reduce risk of sharing passwords
– Automatically changes passwords to make it easy for end users
– Enforces password policies with automatically generated strong passwords
• Reduces help desk calls– Simplifies application access with automated logons
– Provides self-service password reset from desktop PCs or Web Interface
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Health Assistant System Resiliency and Availability
• Enhances server reliability and ensures consistent access experience– Makes it easier to identify and address server issues early
– Includes default health checks for Citrix and Microsoft infrastructure services
– Triggers prescriptive actions: Alerts administrators, takes server offline, restarts service, reboots server
– Works with load balancing to direct sessions tohealthy servers before users are impacted
– Interoperates with standard system management tools such as IBM Tivoli, HP OpenView and Microsoft Operations Manager
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SpeedScreen Progressive Display 20X Faster Graphics Performance
• Accelerates graphics performance over the network– Ensures great user experience with graphics-intensive applications
• Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS)• Geographical Information Systems (GIS)• Business Intelligence graphics• 2D image editing
– Protects valuable intellectual property by keeping files in the data center
• Dramatically reduces cost of delivering graphic-intensive apps– Lowers bandwidth requirements by 95%
– Delivers to any client device
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64-bit Platform Supportfor Maximizing Return on Investment
• Increases server scalability and efficient utilization– Increases user density per server – up to 500 users per server
– Dramatically reduces initial implementation costs and lowers costs of expansion
• Reduces recurring data center costs – Fewer servers and lower space requirements lowers costs of
provisioning, maintaining and managing servers
• Bridges transition to 64-bit platform– Delivers both 32-bit and 64-bit applications
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Presentation Server 4.5 Editions
Advanced Edition
Enterprise Edition
Platinum Edition
Application Virtualization Enhancements• 100+ new and upgraded features
SpeedScreen Progressive Display
64-bit support
Application Streaming
Application Hub
Isolation 2.0
Health Assistant
Performance Monitoring
SmartAccess
Single Sign-On
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• What’s New in Presentation Server 4.5
• Transitioning from 4.0 to 4.5
• Extending Presentation Server
• Pricing Overview
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Presentation Server 4.5 Line-Up
Standard Edition 4.0
Advanced Edition 4.5
Platinum Edition 4.5
Enterprise Edition 4.5Enterprise Edition 4.0
Advanced Edition 4.0
Previous Presentation Server Line-up
New Presentation Server 4.5 Line-up
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Subscription Advantage Benefits
For customers with active Subscription Advantage…
Access SuiteNo ChargeMigration
No ChargeMigration
Presentation Server Platinum Edition
Step-Up
No ChargeMigration
Platinum Edition
Standard Edition Advanced Edition
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Key changes to Presentation Server Editions
• Consolidated and streamlined Presentation Server product line
• No longer available as of May 15, 2007– Citrix Presentation Server Standard Edition
– Citrix Access Suite
– Citrix Access Suite Step-Up
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• What’s New in Presentation Server 4.5
• Transitioning from PS 4.0 to PS 4.5
• Extending Presentation Server
• Pricing Overview
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Extend Presentation Server to manage every desktop in your company
• Add-on licenses extend specific features to additional users– Example: Company ABC uses Presentation Server Platinum Edition for
most employees, but has several mobile workers that are usually disconnected from the network. ABC supplements their Platinum Edition purchase with Application Streaming for Desktops add-on licenses
Add-on License Advanced Edition
Enterprise Edition
Platinum Edition
Application Streaming for Desktops
Single Sign-on- Powered by Citrix Password Manager
Application Performance Monitoring- Powered by Citrix EdgeSight
Universal SSL VPN- Powered by Citrix Access Gateway
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• What’s New in Presentation Server 4.5
• Transitioning from PS 4.0 to PS 4.5
• Presentation Server Add-ons
• Pricing Overview
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Presentation Server 4.5 Pricing
Product Editions Unit Cost (US$)Platinum Edition $600/ccu
Enterprise Edition $450/ccu
Advanced Edition $350/ccu
Additional LicensesApplication Streaming for Desktops Add-On - Requires Enterprise or Platinum edition
$60/ccu
EdgeSight for Presentation Server $75/ccu
Password Manager for Presentation Server $150/ccu
Access Gateway – Universal license $170/ccu
Pricing for all licenses includes one year of Subscription Advantage
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