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iLIVEx X11 emulator brings Firefox, Flash iPads at Supercomputing 2010
New Orleans, LA (Vocus) 15 November 2010
StarNet Communications of Sunnyvale, Calif., a leading developer of X11 connectivity solutions, announced iLIVEx 1.1, a fast, secure and fault-tolerant X-Server for iPad Apple that now pre-configured to the popular Firefox Browser view in full screen mode. The iLIVEx / Firefox combination allows iPads to websites with Flash video display.
iLIVEx 1.1 ($ 14.99 in the App Store) demonstrated this week in Booth 1713 will be at the Supercomputing 2010 show in New Orleans, Nov. 15-18.
iLIVEx is designed for first-time Linux users. â? iLIVEx allows anyone, Linux applications such as Firefox and OpenOffice without training, a bet? said Paul Swart, StarNet’s Vice President of Sales & Marketing. â? want to run a majority of Firefox users iLIVEx view Flash movie on their iPad. Now we have made that a one-step operation. “
Firefox is installed on StarNetâ? s iLIVEx application server where users have iLIVEx a free account, included with the purchase of the app. Users simply connect to the host iLIVEx and choose the option Firefox. Moments later, the popular web browser full screen mode, on the iPad. Now users can view websites that use Flash video on their iPad. Alternatively, users in corporate and other Linux and Unix servers that they connect with an account name.
addition to Firefox can iLIVEx bring a complete remote Linux desktop and run multiple applications such as word processing, spreadsheet and presentation. â? iLIVEx turns the iPad in a low-cost X-terminal, so that users are more productive from anywhere, â? Swart said.
Key features include
iLIVEx:
Viewing Flash â? With Firefox allows iLIVEx iPad users with Flash-based Web sites and applications to work.
Multi-tasking â? iLIVEx users can work on multiple office applications (word processing, presentation, e-mail, spreadsheets, etc.) simultaneously, even copy and paste data between them.
Persistence and fault tolerance â? Users was their remote Linux / Unix desktop at any time separately, iPad even after the grid. No work is lost by a disconnect and applications more data on the remote host process during iLIVEx is not connected to the host.
Desktop Switching â? Users can seamlessly switch between their remote desktops iPads, Windows, Linux and Macintosh PCs with desktop StarNet LIVE client applications. A 6-month trial license for desktop applications is also included with iLIVEx.
Product Background
iLIVEx is an X11 PC X server iPads transformed into X-terminals for Unix and Linux workstations, mainframes and supercomputers. iLIVEx uses an ultra thin data transfer consideration LAN-like performance, even over 3G connections. Connections are operating safely encrypted through SSH tunnels and built-session persistence to ensure users can connect their remote applications, the IPAD separately to get off or the user temporarily switches to another iPad App. Users can also use their remote desktops seamlessly between iPads, Windows, Linux and Macintosh PCs.
About StarNet Communications
StarNet Communications Corp., founded in 1989, develops and markets X11 solutions on the Windows, Macintosh and Linux platform. StarNet X family of server products offers cost-effective, best-of-breed X terminal emulation. Based in Sunnyvale, California, the company is privately owned. For more information, visit http://www.starnet.com.
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