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CHAPTER 1
This chapter gives you an executive summary of MetaFrame and describes:
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The challenges of deploying applications across the enterprise
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What server-based computing is
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The components of Citrix’ server-based computing solution
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MetaFrame’s features and benefits
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Citrix partnerships and compatibility
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Planning considerations for a MetaFrame solution
Enterprise Application Challenges
MIS managers face the daunting task of deploying client/server Windows
applications across enterprise networks that can easily grow to regional, national,
or global proportions. Unfortunately, traditional client/server technologies rarely
rise to the enterprise-wide challenges faced by MIS. In fact, the established
approaches usually hinder strategic application deployments by inflating costs,
complicating management, and performing poorly.
Traditional client/server application architectures and the accompanying
deployment models established by distributed PC-based LANs, remote control,
and remote node technologies all fail to deliver fast, inexpensive, efficient
application deployments. The problem is inherent to traditional client/server
architecture, which emphasizes client-side computational power. In today’s widely
distributed enterprises, the client/server model breaks down as the client moves
farther away from the server, yet is required to perform the same tasks as a local
machine.
What Is MetaFrame?
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