StarNet Communications Corp, (http://www.starnet.com) a leading publisher of remote Linux and Unix visualization solutions announced the release of FastX 3, the most advanced PC X server in the company's line of X11 emulators. FastX 3 allows PCs (Windows, Mac, Linux) to display Linux and Unix applications running on remote Linux and Unix servers.
More than 2 years in the making, FastX 3 takes the remote X Windows experience to a new level with unmatched performance, particularly when connecting to Linux servers located thousands of miles away from the user.
FastX 3 deploys new custom protocols that have shown to boost application display speed by 50% over FastX 2 and reduce bandwidth consumption by 90%.
Moving further into high-end enterprise environments, a Premier Edition of FastX 3 offers highly specialized functions such as advanced cluster and load-balancing support.
"FastX 3 represents a natural progression in the company's family of PC X servers that started in 1989 with an easy to use 16-bit X terminal emulator. Now we are innovating at the enterprise supercomputing level," said Steven Schoch, StarNet co-founder and Chief Executive Officer.
In one major test milestone, a key FastX 3 development partner in the oil exploration industry successfully deployed FastX 3 on two clusters with 37 high-performance Linux servers (32-cores) each. As many as 240 users access the FastX 3 servers in the cluster running an average of 450 3D geo-modeling applications. "FastX 3 is highly adaptable and scalable for enterprise level deployments. Customers will experience increased productivity when connecting to Linux servers that may be thousands of miles away," Schoch said.
"We made a significant investment in developing an in-house-engineered solution. I Prior generations of FastX relied on open source code such as Free-RDP. The new code gives us superior control in delivering advanced new features and solving customer problems,” Schoch said.
Like FastX 2, the new release of FastX 3 offers the ability to use either the FastX desktop client or web browser on a workstation. No other Linux Virtualization solution provides this option.
FastX 3 can be downloaded with a 30-day free evaluation license from starnet.com. FastX 3 has list price is $345 for a single concurrent license. Volume, government and educational discounts are available.
StarNet Communications Corp., founded in 1989, develops and markets X Windows Connectivity solutions for Windows, Macintosh and Linux platforms for corporate, educational and government organizations. StarNet's family of products offers cost-effective, best-of-breed remote Linux and Unix display solutions. Based in Sunnyvale, Calif., StarNet is privately held. For more information about our X Windows connectivity solutions, visit http://www.starnet.com