Now You Have a Choice! The Alternative to Citrix -

Simplicity and ease of use

• 2 MB installation package on Terminal Servers
• Three-tier architecture - simpler and less complex deployments
• Complete installation and configuration process in hours
• Doesn't change system files or modify the logon process
• Server fully configured upon installation
• Simultaneously publishes several Windows applications
• Applications can be installed in different locations on each TS, and still they will be automatically found when published and run
• One product supports Terminal Services 2000, 2003, 2003 x64, 2008, 2008 x64

• 250 MB installation pack on every Terminal Server (100 times larger than Ericom's)
• Two tier architecture
• Lengthy, complex installation and configuration
• Replaces Windows system files, and modifies the logon process - may jeopardize Windows OS and security updates
• Publishes applications one at a time
• If applications are installed in a different place without specifically configuring this in Citrix, the application will not run
• requires a different Citrix product with different management tools for every Windows OS

On-demand infrastructure

• Totally on-demand access
• Clients automatically provisioned to end-user devices on-demand
• Automatic client update even for restricted users

• Not on-demand access
• Users usually need to download and manually install ICA client (or add-on software is required to install the client automatically)

Enterprise-wide application access solution

• Provides integrated access to applications residing on a wide range of application servers, including Windows Terminal Servers, Virtual Desktops, Blade PCs and many legacy hosts
• Supports WS 2008 and WS 2008 x64 at (the first Microsoft partner certified and available at the 2008 launch)

• Provides access only to Windows Terminal Servers
• No support for Microsoft's WS 2008 (at the time of releasing this whitepaper)

Infrastructure Support Tools

• Terminal Server and Network Monitoring
• Asset Discovery and Tracking

• included only in the Premium ($600) version (EdgeSight)
• N/A

Desktop Virtualization

• PowerTerm WebConnect supports Desktop Virtualization (VDI)
• PowerTerm WebConnect supports WTS, VDI and blade PCs in a single product
• Supports over 14 different hypervisors and is committed to supporting all major new hypervisors in the future. Currently supports VMware ESX, VMware ESX 3i, VMware Server, Microsoft Virtual Server, Microsoft Hyper-V, Oracle VM, XenServer, Virtual Iron, Virtuozzo, Xen Community, Red Hat Xen, Novell Xen, KVM
• PowerTerm WebConnect supports publishing both applications and desktops from both WTS and Virtual Desktops
• PowerTerm WebConnect supports RDP and supports PC-over-IP for high-end graphics

• Citrix will release its Desktop Virtualization product in May 2008
• Citrix requires two products with distinct management consoles and separate pools of licenses (If a Citrix user requires both then 2 licenses are required)
• Citrix XenDesktop supports XenServer, has limited support for VMware and will support Hyper-V in the future
• Citrix XenDesktop supports only desktops publishing
• XenDesktop supports only the ICA protocol

“GoToMyPC” functionality

• Built-in feature of the product — a secure, on-premises solution at no additional cost

• External service — at an additional cost

Responsiveness to customers' needs

• Ericom is open to its customers, including its R&D department
• Ericom adds functionality to its products in response to customer requests

• Citrix is less responsive to customer needs, shielding its R&D from customers. Have you ever asked Citrix to develop a feature? Have they accommodated your specific needs?

Flexible pricing structure for enterprise-wide deployment

• $120-$230 per concurrent user - Including VDI support
• A price point promoting strategic enterprise-wide deployments

• $350-$600+ per concurrent user of Citrix XenApp. XenDesktop adds $75 (Estimate)
• A price point that forces customers into point solutions for a specific vertical application or a department; this is reflected by a 5% to 20% deployment within companies