{"id":545,"date":"2012-05-02T16:44:36","date_gmt":"2012-05-02T20:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.thinmanager.com\/thinclients\/?p=545"},"modified":"2014-10-01T10:08:56","modified_gmt":"2014-10-01T14:08:56","slug":"how-does-citrix-compare-to-thinmanager-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.thinmanager.com\/thinclients\/?p=545","title":{"rendered":"How Does Citrix Compare to ThinManager?"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the completion of the ThinManager 6.0 Launch & Training event, we are gearing up for the inevitable landslide of reviews and requests that follow a successful launch.\u00a0 Some people are just hearing about ThinManager for the first time, while long-term end users are making plans for upgrading the ThinManager centralized management platform currently running in their facility.\u00a0 One of the most common questions we are asked is, \u201cWhy do I need ThinManager if I already have another centralized management solution running my daily operations?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

This is a fair question to ask.\u00a0 In fact, project managers SHOULD be asking this question.\u00a0 After all, chances are that your organization has already purchased hardware or software in the last few years based on a recommendation that would improve profitability or efficiency, or simply to keep pace with an ever-changing automated industrialization market that demands its participants stay up to date on what technology has to offer.<\/p>\n

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Not all Centralization is the same<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

So we have decided to analyze the differences between ThinManager and Citrix to answer that question once and for all.\u00a0 But before we can examine the\u00a0differences between the two, we need to look at their basic similarity to truly understand the differences.\u00a0 Both ThinManager and Citrix are based on the time honored \u201cTheory of Centralization\u201d, which simply states that Centralization is a more cost effective and less time consuming method of management.<\/p>\n

But here is where the similarity ends.\u00a0 Citrix centralizes applications while ThinManager centralizes the OS.\u00a0 By implementing ThinManager, the end user reduces the number of boxes and individual operating system licenses.\u00a0 This creates a much lower TCO (Total Cost of Ownership).\u00a0 By maintaining a single OS on a server, less time is needed to ensure that every station at a facility is using the most current version of the OS and all applicable drivers.<\/p>\n

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Parts of Centralization<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This, of course, beckons the question\u00a0\u201cWhat is the right way to centralize?\u201d<\/em> It is a simple question, but one with many factors to take\u00a0into\u00a0account\u00a0before being able to properly answer.\u00a0 In most facility networks, a project manager has to take into account the different pieces of Client side and Server side hardware out on the floor, as well as everything in between including administration tools, protocols, applications, operating systems, and hypervisors (as well as your HMI).Understanding that this is a maddening process to begin with should underline the importance of a versatile management platform to bring together all of the different pieces of the puzzle.\u00a0 ThinManager allows the user to manage EVERYTHING with one piece of software by acting as a bridge between all of your clients and their connections to your centralized systems.<\/p>\n

So then what is the fundamental difference between how ThinManager and Citrix function?\u00a0 Let me show you an example of a real world issue and how each platform is designed to deal with the effects of that issue.\u00a0 For this example, we will look at a hypothetical situation involving a terminal server with a single thin client using a touch screen to run a specific application.\u00a0 The terminal server is running Citrix and the client is running embedded XP with a touch screen driver.<\/p>\n

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Citrix Centralization<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Now of course, you don\u2019t actually have another touchscreen that is the same model and manufacturer, so you grab whatever touch screen you have and go to swap them out.\u00a0 Unfortunately, with the server side management system employed by Citrix, replacing that broken piece of hardware is just the beginning.\u00a0 Now you have to map a network drive and flash the device, as well as locating, downloading, and installing the driver for the new touch screen.\u00a0 And while you are doing this, your productivity is plummeting because your entire production line is at a standstill until you can get this up and running.<\/p>\n

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ThinManager Centralization<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When presented with the same hypothetical using Thinmanager instead of Citrix, it will take\u00a0minutes instead of hours to get the production line back up and running.\u00a0 Simply plug in the new touch screen and reboot the client.\u00a0 That\u2019s it!\u00a0 Now, not only have you saved yourself by limiting your downtime, you are not spending money to have an engineer spend HOURS making everything work\u00a0correctly.<\/p>\n

Understanding that hardware will break and unexpected events will cause stoppages is smart business.\u00a0 Knowing that you can reduce cost and downtime by using the ThinManager client management technology is even smarter.<\/p>\n

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