What are the differences between Citrix Hosting and Terminal Services Hosting?
Citrix Hosting is significantly faster. Studies show that Citrix operates three to four times faster than Microsoft Terminal Services and uses about 73% less bandwidth. Citrix’s applications work and appear as local applications with an icon on your desktop. Microsoft Terminal Services demand that you logon to a remote desktop—amounting to three or four mouse clicks before you are able to access your application. Terminal Services’ performance speed is affected by factors outside of your company’s control, such as Microsoft network latency. Citrix offers additional advantages not available with Microsoft Terminal Services. When faced with slow Internet speeds, such as a dial-up connection, Terminal Services will not work. While Citrix supports many operating systems, such as Windows, MAC, Linux, Java, Unix, IBM OS/2 and DOS Clients, Terminal Services supports only Windows Clients. Citrix supports high-resolution graphics; Terminal Services graphics are typically grainy, with delayed ac
