new release

Hot on the heels of Virtual Browser version 1.2, version 1.3 is now ready for release. Why are we introducing two versions at so close together? Well, it’s part of an ambitious product roadmap which leads up to a full rollover to version 2.0 during Q1 2010. Regular intermediate releases help keep us focused, while fulfilling customer and partner expectations in terms of fast time-to-market for new features and functionality.

Virtual Browser release 1.3 delivers support for transparent authentication modes so that, for example, user authentication for Virtual Browser sessions can be based on Windows logon credentials. On the server side, Virtual Browser can now integrate ICA and RDP clients, opening up a whole new range of possibilities for enterprise deployments.

Looking ahead, the objective is to position Virtual Browser as the universal client for the Cloud Computing era. For the enterprise moving to Cloud-based solutions, Virtual Browser offers a single, centralized point of control for multi-platform access to any web-enabled or virtualized application, wherever it’s hosted. By integrating support for ICA and RDP clients on the Virtual Browser server, end users can access web applications and Citrix or TSE applications through a single, secure, multiplatform browser interface.

Just a month after the release of version 1.1, version 1.2 of the Virtual Browser server component is ready for deployment.

The latest release offers improved performance, but more importantly for enterprise deployments multi-server support means that high availability and load balancing features are now available. It’s also possible to configure individual web sessions so that they are isolated on separate physical servers, optimizing network topologies and performance and further reinforcing application security.

Eagerly awaited by our most demanding users, these new features guarantee continuity of service for Virtual Browser end-users independently of the failsafe mechanisms offered by the underlying platform (the Virtual Browser server is designed for installation in VMware environment), while also improving scalability, optimizing performance when very large numbers of sessions are open simultaneously.

Thoroughly tested and validated by users and industry experts, Virtual Browser release 1.0, available immediately, fulfils market demands for secure, mobile access to web-based applications.

After several months of testing by potential customers and partners, we launch the release of version 1.0 of the Virtual Browser solution. “The way Virtual Browser is designed inherently protects the user’s PC and the network against web-based threats” said Joseph Latanicki, security architect at Theresis, the innovation laboratory of Thales Security, Solutions & Services division, one of the industry specialists who has tested the solution. “It also facilitates the control of web usage in the enterprise, including analysis of content delivered over https connections. But looking beyond the security features, Virtual Browser also offers other key features making it easier for enterprises to deploy web-based application access”. In fact the Virtual Browser architecture, in addition to its “secure by design” guarantee, allows the enterprise to design and deploy new web services without having to worry about compatibility with multiple browser  solutions and releases or the problems of security on remote or mobile terminals. The optimum browser for any application is offered transparently to the user by the virtualisation architecture.