2x Thin Client Computing Software

2x is a privately held company, with offices in Germany, UK, USA, Cyprus and Malta. Its Management team is backed by years of experience in developing and selling network infrastructure software. It is a Microsoft, Novell ISV and IBM partner.

The company's product line includes:

2x ThinClientServer for Windows and Linux: the solution for central deployment, configuration and management of thin clients and user's connection settings;

2x ApplicationServer for Terminal Services: tunnels any Windows application onto remote desktops and saves on administration & support;

2x LoadBalancer for Terminal Services: provides load balancing, increased security and redundancy for your Terminal Servers;

2x SecureRDP: a freeware product which increases the security of your servers.

Why use 2x Products for Server-Based Computing?

In modern IT environments, servers are often grouped together. The main reason for creating these groups is because they all offer the exact same service. In Server Based Computing environments such a service could be hosting a specific application or a specific desktop. Usually user requests to the service of a group are somehow distributed evenly over the servers in that group. Often this distribution mechanism also provides some kind of fault tolerance.

In Server Based Computing environments this distribution mechanism is called Load Balancing or Load Management. The groups are called “Silos” or “LMGs” (Load Managed Groups).

There are several vendors who have implemented load balancing in their products. A well­known hardware solution for load balancing is F5 Network’s Big IP. On the softer side, Citrix is particularly well­known for the Load Balancing capabilities of their product Presentation Server (only available on “advanced and enterprise” editions). Microsoft, with the introduction of Windows Server 2003, included the possibility to load balance across Terminal Servers by using Microsoft Network Load Balancing. In Microsoft Network Load Balancing, load calculations are based solely on network load.

For further information or advice call 0870 7607 417, alternatively, complete our online form.