Brian Madden has blogged some information about the new release from Citrix including:
- New software bundling/packaging: No more standard edition. Presentation Server Platinum Edition suite includes Presentation Server, Password Manager, Citrix Access Gateway with SmartAccess and the EdgeSight application performance monitoring product.
- Server OS support: Windows 2003 only. PS 4.0 CD’s for Windows 2000 will be included.
- Pricing: Very pricey. Very.
- Availability: Public availability on March 8th, earlier for "My Citrix".
I have to admit that I’ve fallen behind with Citrix. My last certification and personal hand-on admin experience was with Metafame XP. I never used any of the other products like Password Manager, etc. But having seen Citrix PS in action in numerous sites, I really wonder if you are moving costs and problems from the desktop and onto the server, where 1 glitch can affect many users at once. Printers, dodgy apps, profiles, etc all just seem to be a pain … not to mention that laptops (with offline data replicas) and PDA’s are still required. I used to be a huge fan but I’m firmly in the managed desktop/server camp now.
Credit for original article: Brian Madden.