Citrix MetaFrame Application for Windows 1.8 Administrator's Manual page 11

MetaFrame Application Server for Windows is Citrix's server-based computing
solution for Microsoft's Windows Terminal Server. MetaFrame incorporates
Citrix's Independent Computing Architecture (ICA) protocol and provides a high-
performance, cost-effective, and secure way to deploy, manage, and access
business-critical applications throughout an enterprise — regardless of client
device or network connection. With this innovative software, enterprises can:
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Bring server-based computing to heterogeneous computing environments and
provide access to the most powerful 32-bit Windows-based applications,
regardless of client hardware, operating platform, network connection, or
protocol
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Offer enterprise-caliber server and client management that allows IS
professionals to scale, deploy, and support applications from a single location
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Provide a seamless user experience at the desktop, delivering a wide variety of
applications with exceptional performance that is independent of bandwidth
Server-based computing is a logical, efficient evolution of today's networking
environments that gives organizations a way to extend resources, simplify
application deployment and administration, and lower the total cost of application
ownership.
With server-based computing, applications are deployed, managed, supported, and
executed completely on a server. Client devices, whether "fat" or "thin," have
instant access to business-critical applications on the server—without application
rewrites or downloads. Because server-based computing works within the current
computing infrastructure and standards, it is rapidly becoming the most reliable
way to reduce the complexity and total cost of enterprise computing.