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| StarNet Launches X-Win32 LIVE Server StarNet Communications announces X-Win32 LIVE, the first fully-featured PC X server capable of protecting users connected to a remote Linux/Unix host against Windows crashes and network or power failures. X-Win32 LIVE also offers the ability to move X sessions from one PC to another and to work at LAN-like speed when connecting over slow Internet connections. X-Win32 LIVE is a next-generation Windows-to-Linux/Unix connectivity tool that adds the ability to run "LIVE" sessions. After an unplanned disconnect, users simply reconnect to their X Windows sessions on the remote host. Additionally, users can manually suspend and resume their LIVE sessions, such as at the end of a workday, and LIVE sessions can be suspended on one PC and resumed on another Windows machine. Compression and streamlining of the X11 traffic also allows LIVE sessions to perform at LAN-like speed when connecting to remote hosts over Internet connections. LIVE sessions are highly secure as they run over encrypted SSH tunnels. For two decades engineers, developers and network administrators have endured the frustration of losing valuable time and data when their sessions on remote UNIX/Linux hosts terminated due to the PC losing its connection to the network. Especially when connecting over the Internet, directly or via VPN, network glitches have made working from home or elsewhere impractical. Session persistency has become such a critical requirement in many industries such as semiconductor design, many firms have resorted to haphazard freeware solutions such as VNC in favor of faster and more secure PC X server connections. Besides reconnecting to session after a crash, users can manually suspend a LIVE session and resume it at a later point. Moreover, they can resume the session from a different PC, such as a home computer in order to continue working on a session they started at work. X-Win32 LIVE is optionally available for installation on USB Flash dives. LIVE Sessions allow users to bring up a full Unix (CDE) or Linux (Gnome, KDE) desktop, even when working from home over DSL or Cable, VPN or other Internet connection. Until now, the amount of network bandwidth consumed by such desktops made working remotely impractical. Thanks to compression of the LIVE data and streamlining of the X11 traffic, LAN-like performance is achieved when connecting over the Internet. X-Win32 LIVE Edition comes bundled with traditional host access connection options such as REXEC, SSH or XDMCP and Telnet. The LIVE connection module is the latest innovation to be added to X-Win32. X-Win32 was the first PC X server to offer an integrated SSH connection module to allow X11 traffic to run over a securely encrypted SSH tunnel. LIVE sessions also benefit from the many productivity-enhancing features StarNet has built into its flagship PC X server during the past 18 years. This includes the ability to copy and paste data and graphics from UNIX/Linux applications directly into Windows programs like Microsoft Word and Excel and the ability to bring up multiple Unix and Linux desktops from different hosts at the same time. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Networking News :: home page |