Exceed TurboX
| Initial release | 2015 |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 12.0.3
/ 29 January 2021 |
| Engine | |
| Operating system | Windows, Linux, UNIX, MacOS |
| Type | Remote desktop software |
| Website | www |
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Exceed TurboX[1][2][3][4][5], acronym ETX, is a proprietary software application for remote application access, remote desktop access, and virtual desktop access for computers. It is developed by the Canadian-based company OpenText.[6]
The predecessor Exceed was developed by Hummingbird. It was a Windows X11 server and gave Windows users access to graphical X11 applications running on UNIX and Linux[7] in a LAN environment. Hummingbird was taken over by OpenText in 2006.
Exceed TurboX was released in 2015 to provide WAN Web-based access to remote computers.
Features
Exceed TurboX consists of three components. The server is installed on Linux or UNIX and provides the user web interface, handles authentication, and negotiates the secure connection between application server (node) and client. The node software that captures the screen contents of the server application can be installed on Linux, UNIX, and Windows. The client uses a Web URL to access applications and desktops available to him. The web page starts a client program that displays the remote application and allows the user to interact. The client is available for Windows, MacOS, Linux (x86 and ARM) and iPadOS.
Exceed TurboX provides remote access to all X11 applications like Cadence Virtuoso[8] used in semiconductor design or Ansys[9] Mechanical[10] used for mechanical engineering. For Linux and UNIX application hosts the product is using a lightweight ThinX protocol for fast and secure communication and interaction between client and node.
Application rendering is done on the application server using the graphics card of the application server or a grid GPU available to the server. For Windows application servers the proprietary Windows Direct protocol is used for lightweight communications between client and node.
In multi-window mode remote applications are displayed on the client as a window without the need of having the surrounding remote desktop. In single-window mode a full remote desktop is displayed on the client.
ETX supports multi-monitor remote applications. Remote sessions can be suspended and re-started on any of the available client platforms. ETX automatically adjusts the session to the client screen resolution.
Authentication and Security
For authentication ETX supports Light Weight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), Microsoft Active Directory (AD), UNIX Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM), UNIX Native accounts, OpenText Directory Services (OTDS) providing access to a multitude of authentication
systems via OAuth2 and other 2FA providers and Kerberos Single Sign On (SSO)[11].
Data traffic between the client and the ETX web-server is TLS encrypted. Remote sessions are TLS 1.3 encrypted. Back-end connections between nodes and application servers can be encrypted using SSH.
Groups of ETX servers can be configured as server clusters allowing a High Availability (HA) configuration.
Administration
The ETX web-server provides an administrative dashboard for all user, applications, application-server, security, and other configurations. Administrator notifications are available for many events like disks running out of disk space.
See also
References
External links
- Official website
- Exceed TurboX YouTube channel
- Eureka magazine about Exceed TurboX
- Engineering.com Exceed TurboX in Design, Engineering and Manufacturing
- Engineering.com about Consolidating Your Engineering with Exceed TurboX
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