Citrix rolled out upgrades to its virtual workplace software range this week, including early previews of its real-time collaboration product, code-named Project Pearl.
Project Pearl, available through Citrix`s technology preview programme, allows users in different locations to share documents in real-time.
Nick Black, Citrix system engineer, says Project Pearl expands on the company`s existing MetaFrame technology by including a user collaboration interface. The interface allows for sharing any of the applications and documents published using MetaFrame.
Black says the user that initiates the meeting controls the access and privileges for shared documents, and the MetaFrame server will in turn control access to applications.
Citrix also announced a new feature release for MetaFrame XP for the Windows operating system. This release, feature release 3, is planned for shipment early next year.
Black says the enhancements in this release are improvements to the Citrix Management Console as well as Microsoft .Net Server release candidate one support.
Improvements have also been made in the printing capabilities of MetaFrame XP, which now includes a universal printer driver that boosts printer output to 600dpi. Colour printing is also supported; previous versions only supported 300dpi printing at greyscale.
Speed has also been improved with the inclusion of a new technology called SpeedScreen, which boosts the reproduction of JPEG and GIF images in HTML pages.
"This feature release enhances the performance and manageability of a powerful application serving and management platform," says Black.
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