Foreword


The previous edition of this book, Citrix MetaFrame for Windows Terminal Services: The Official Guide, sold over 13,000 copies—a big success for a technology guide. That was three years ago, when the server-based computing market was still young. Much has changed since then. We've been through a long economic drought, political upheavals, terrorist attacks, and wars. And through it all—in spite of it all, in fact—the server-based computing market has matured, growing explosively and globally.

Today, nearly 50 million people use our technology every day to access the on-demand enterprise, and more than 120,000 organizations around the world are Citrix customers. These include all of the Fortune 100 companies, 99 percent of the Fortune 500 firms, and 95 percent of the Financial Times' European 100. When the first edition of this book came out, the idea of centralizing computing on the server was visionary and futuristic. Lately it's become the norm since its benefits are so clear and compelling: ubiquitous, secure access for workers combined with more cost-effective and efficient management of enterprise applications for the IT staff. As a result, we've gone mainstream in a big way.

The authors of this book—Steve Kaplan, Tim Reeser, and Alan Wood—have had something to do with this success. The guide itself is useful and informative, as its success has shown, and the first edition helped many readers successfully implement server-based computing environments. Moreover, the authors represent two companies that are part of a select group of top-notch Citrix Platinum-level resellers. So they have contributed to our success and the increasing adoption of server-based computing with both how-to information and hands-on implementation. I am grateful to them and proud to contribute this forward to the second edition.

This edition comes at an exciting time for Citrix. Earlier this year, we announced the Citrix MetaFrame Access Suite, extending our flagship product, Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Server, into a complete system of integrated software products that we call access infrastructure for the on-demand enterprise. You will see these terms used throughout the book, along with the familiar server-based computing terms and concepts that remain at the heart of what we do. Combining cutting-edge and tried-and-true notions, the authors present the very latest on access infrastructure technology along with best practices derived from configuring hundreds of Citrix MetaFrame and Microsoft Terminal Server systems. While access infrastructure for the on-demand enterprise simplifies the complexity of information systems, successful implementation requires an organization's IT department to address a range of technical, educational, cultural, political, and internal marketing challenges. That's what this book is all about, and anyone planning to transform their company into an on-demand enterprise will benefit from reading it.

Mark B. Templeton
President and Chief Executive Officer
Citrix Systems, Inc.




Citrix Metaframe Access Suite for Windows Server 2003(c) The Official Guide
Citrix Access Suite 4 for Windows Server 2003: The Official Guide, Third Edition
ISBN: 0072262893
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 158

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