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 ESXi, 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