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Presentation Server 4.5 Available For Download

Friday, 02 March 2007 by Michel Roth

In adherence to the announcement of the RTM of Presentation Server 4.5, Citrix yesterday made 4.5 available for download on MyCitrix.com. I will not bore you with all the new features (which officially aren't new anymore) and all the places where you can find out more about Presentation Server 4.5. In stead, you could read an article by Sumit Dhawan in which he elaborates on the road Citrix has taken by changing the name of a Presentation Server (suite of) product(s) yet again. I'm of course talking about the shiny new Platinum Edition (is that like better than Titanium?).

"Presentation Server 4.5 also introduces a new edition - Platinum Edition. While it may appear like a bundle of several free standing products to begin with; however, our vision is to further integrate those technologies into one system for windows application delivery. For example, you can envision things like configuration of single sign on to occur when you publish a virtual or streamed application, and making the experience more seamless for end users. Another example would be for EdgeSight to be able to monitor ICA responsiveness even better. Presentation Server 4.5 Platinum is very different from Citrix Access Suite where we bundled different products into a single package making it more cost effective. With Presentation Server 4.5 Platinum we are committed to delivering a solution for the line of sight between applications and users and we will build the required technologies as part of Platinum Edition that will complete that line of sight. In future releases of Platinum Edition, Citrix plans to add new technologies such as application monitoring - Project Gemini/IRIS (ICA Recording), to further enable you to build a complete windows application delivery system."

It actually seems like IRIS will show herself in real life! Read more here.