WabiServer(tm)

Benefits Summary

• Provide high performance Microsoft Windows applications to all Solaris(tm) users, including those with low-end desktops
• Reduce the cost of delivering productivity applications to hundreds of users
• Easily administer Microsoft Windows applications in a Solaris environment

Now companies can give multiple, concurrent users client/server access to the most popular Microsoft Windows applications without spending a small fortune. WabiServer(tm), from SunSoft, combines the power of Solaris to run mission-critical applications with the flexibility of Wabi(tm), SunSoft's breakthrough API-translation solution for running the most popular Microsoft Windows applications on Solaris. With WabiServer, up to hundreds of simultaneous users per server can take advantage of the most popular productivity programs directly from their Solaris desktops, thus amortizing server hardware costs across multiple, part-time users.

Satisfied end-users
WabiServer users receive high performance for Microsoft Windows applications, even on low-end SPARC(tm) systems and X terminals. Multiple, concurrent users can now run the most popular Microsoft Windows applications to create word processing documents, spreadsheets, and presentations, and to access enterprise databases. Because WabiServer is tightly integrated with Solaris, users can cut, copy, and paste between Solaris and Microsoft Windows applications. Clients also get access to their local diskette drives, allowing users to share files between their home and work computers. And all WabiServer clients can access network files and printers, so users can print directly from within their Microsoft Windows applications.

Eased system administration
WabiServer provides system administration tools to ease the burden of managing Microsoft Windows applications in the Solaris environment. For instance, WabiServer offers an innovative application deployment feature--prototypes--that allows system administrators to pre-configure a single application environment for use by a multitude of employees. Instead of spending hours installing Microsoft Windows applications for each corporate user, system administrators can concentrate on activities that produce greater value for the company. In addition, WabiServer reduces the time it takes to get a new user up and running to less than one minute! WabiServer provides the administrative savings and response time that translate into a competitive advantage for corporate enterprises.

Lowered costs, increased productivity
By putting Microsoft Windows applications directly on the Solaris desktop, WabiServer reduces the need for a PC next to every workstation. And because WabiServer provides fast Microsoft Windows performance to low-end systems, companies can revitalize their older machines and avoid costly desktop hardware upgrades. The administrative time savings experienced with WabiServer allows companies to dramatically lower their MIS maintenance budgets or reinvest the dollars.

In short, WabiServer benefits the user, the system administrator, and, indeed, the entire company. Users get access to the applications they need at high performance, while MIS managers get a set of tools that lets them easily administer those applications in the Solaris environment. WabiServer and Solaris--a cost-effective and powerful combination.

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