The quest to lower total cost of ownership (TCO) at server and desktop level has led enterprise software specialist, Dax Data, to secure the local distribution rights to GraphOn Bridges, a family of server-based, Web-enabling software.
Dax Data MD, Jeremy Matthews, says GraphOn products satisfy business needs for smarter ways to deploy IT resources. "They enable Windows applications to be remotely displayed on UNIX and Linux desktops in X Windows, reducing TCO significantly."
As a result of a recently lodged US patent, GraphOn has protection and licensing rights for the deployment of all Windows applications over a network or any other type of connection to any X Window system. "The technology allows for multi-platform access of 32-bit Windows applications over the Internet," explains Matthews.
"It delivers cross-platform access to critical business applications by organisations that may be UNIX or Linux-based but also use Windows applications. Essentially, GraphOn provides the `Bridges` that connect any Windows, UNIX or Linux application to any desktop anywhere in the world over any connection," he adds.
Applications are run across the network as if they are running locally, without costly software rewrites (no code modification is required), and without a featureless page-oriented HTML or XML front end. Bridges also currently include thin, native Java, Windows and multi-user NT (Terminal Server Edition) clients and the following server components:
UNIXBridge and LinuxBridge - Internet-enables UNIX or Linux applications from any Windows or Java-enabled PC or desktop device; and
WinBridge - Internet-enables 32-bit Windows applications from any Windows or Java-enabled PC or desktop device.
"GraphOn also has a native Linux client for its Bridges software that provides remote access to 32-bit Windows applications from any Linux display device or PC over the Internet, dial-up or network connection," comments Matthews.
This, he believes, is key because Linux must proliferate on the desktop as well as the server if it is to be successful in the long-term. "Enabling Linux desktops to easily access server-based Windows applications may accelerate the adoption of the OS significantly," he says.
In related news, Corel recently licensed the right to include WinBridge technology with any of its applications, beginning with WordPerfect Office 2000. "It enables users to access Corel applications over any network connection, including the Internet, regardless of desktop OS. And the process is completely transparent because it appears in exactly the same way as it would if it were being run locally and needs no additional hardware."
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