Foster-Melliar has announced the immediate availability of Hummingbird Exceed onDemand 5.1, a component of the Hummingbird Connectivity family of products.
"Exceed onDemand is primed as the most powerful and complete ultra-thin, multi-tiered PC X server available on the market, sharing the same roots as the award-winning PC X server - Hummingbird Exceed," says Foster-Melliar`s Gavin Forman.
Exceed onDemand securely connects users to 2D and 3D X Window applications over any type of network connection making it a suitable solution for mobile workers.
Exceed onDemand 5.1 delivers unprecedented scalability, manageability, security and productivity, providing users with optimum mobile functionality and performance. It also offers a secure Thin X solution with support for SSL, Secure Shell and Pluggable Authentication Module frameworks.
"Exceed onDemand 5.1 is designed to safeguard work and increase efficiency. It is scalable and resilient to system failure with the help of new Cluster Failover protection. Exceed onDemand Server is always available and ready to provide high quality Thin X server functionality to the user community," explains Forman.
Key enhancements to Exceed onDemand 5.1 include:
* Automatic cluster failover: Exceed onDemand provides complete failover protection because it can maintain the integrity of the cluster in the case of system failure or scheduled maintenance that affects the availability of one or more nodes. Exceed onDemand Cluster will continue to be fully operational and accept new incoming connections as long as there is at least one active node in the cluster.
* X11R6.8 support: Exceed onDemand 5.1 is the first Thin X server in the industry to offer the support of X11R6.8 and new extensions that come with the release including RANDR and X-Resource.
* Performance and bandwidth improvements: This new release introduces a new feature called Shadow Window for CAD application users which can greatly improve performance and lower the bandwidth consumption.
* Unicode and TrueType fonts support: In order to promote seamless interoperability, Exceed onDemand 5.1 comes with more than 300 new fonts in Unicode or TrueType Font encoding. In addition, Exceed onDemand users can fully interact with text in Unicode encoding, such as copy and paste characters in Unicode encoding.
* Render extension: Exceed onDemand users can now enjoy the effect of Render extension when accessing applications or desktop environments that support it.
Availability: Exceed onDemand 5.1 is immediately available in three encryption levels: strong encryption, weak encryption and no encryption.
For more information, log onto www.foster-melliar.co.za or call Gavin Forman at Foster-Melliar on (011) 785 9900.
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Foster-Melliar, a wholly owned subsidiary of black owned Simeka BSG Limited, is the leading local provider and pioneer of ITIL and IT service management in South Africa since 1994. Driven towards optimising IT services within organisations, Foster-Melliar offers a host of solutions to assist companies to capitalise on their IT investments. Foster-Melliar focuses on an end-to-end service management solution in the form of training and consulting services. FM Software, a division of Foster-Melliar, boasts a broad range of software products that assists organisations to manage and control their infrastructure and in doing so, dramatically improves the efficiencies and effectiveness of their IT services while proactively managing their costs.
For more information on Foster-Melliar, visit www.foster-melliar.co.za.
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