26 Mar 2008 02:53 PM EDT

As more and more people experience the recent beta release of XenDesktop, the value of Citrix's ICA protocol in delivering graphics is getting a lot of notice. ICA is shining in environments where network latency puts other protocols to shame.

Here are a couple of recent video blog posts that capture the performance advantages of ICA for graphical content. The first video (click here to view) shows the simple and common task of dragging an image across the screen, as you might do when editing a PowerPoint. The second video (click here to view) shows a CAD viewing and publishing application, eDrawings from SolidWorks. These are good examples of how ICA technologies such as SpeedScreen Image Acceleration and SpeedScreen Progressive Display optimize the user experience.

Derek Thorslund
Product Strategist, Multimedia Virtualization

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Derek,

 It was my understanding that Speed Screen Progressive Display technology was not yet integrated into XenDesktop, and that XenDesktop was using an older version of ICA that is a bit out of synch with XenApp 4.5.  Is that the case, or does XenDesktop actually have the SSPD technology integrated?

 Thanks,

Kevin

Posted by Anonymous at Mar 27, 2008 18:30 | Reply To This

Hi Kevin,

SpeedScreen Progressive Display is indeed included in the beta release. XenDesktop also supports Queuing & Tossing, SpeedScreen Image Acceleration and SpeedScreen Browser Acceleration. SpeedScreen Multimedia Acceleration (the RAVE technology) is not included in this release.

Derek

Posted by Derek Thorslund at Mar 28, 2008 11:14 | Reply To This

I am glad to see that I was wrong! 

Kevin

Posted by Anonymous at Mar 28, 2008 11:49 | Reply To This