What launches from a local app, runs locally. What launches from a Citrix session runs within that session on the server the user is connected to.
Not to mention that if you provide local internet access at each location that is not piped back to your central location, you'll need perimeter security at each location (firewall, IPS, etc). From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:david.mazzacc...@hudsonmobility.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 3:10 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Riverbed Steelhead Streaming internet would be for watching training videos that are on vendor's websites, product information, commercials, or even just the local news. If I did put local internet at each location, I feel the users would be confused using Citrix for all other applications (email, documents, etc) then have to use their own local IE for internet. For example, if they were emailed a link in outlook... Wouldn't Citrix would want to use it's IE instead of the local desktop's IE? From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 3:55 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Riverbed Steelhead What's the streaming internet video for? The benefits of putting a Riverbed or similar solution in place is that your bandwidth will be freed up from other traffic, so the traffic that the devices don't directly accelerate will still benefit from less contention on the wire. These solutions are not cheap, however. You might want to look into business broadband options at those locations as a potential option, since 1.5Mbit/s just isn't that much anymore in a rich internet environment. ASB (My Bio via About.Me<http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker/bio>) Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage... On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 3:49 PM, David Mazzaccaro <david.mazzacc...@hudsonmobility.com<mailto:david.mazzacc...@hudsonmobility.com>> wrote: Hi all, I am looking to optimize my WAN. I have 8 locations that all come back to my main site (all locations are being bumped up from fractional Ts to 1.5Mbps T1 circuits) There are no servers or internet access at any remote sites, and all applications are run on our Citrix 4.0 servers at the main site. Even with full T1 lines and citrix, these remote sites suffer from latency, especially internet browsing. I am wondering what is out there to help speed things up. I stumbled on Riverbed's Steelhead product and am waiting for a call back to discuss their offerings. >From what little I've read, riverbed does a great job of reducing some types >of traffic, but I'm not sure what I can do about certain things like streaming >internet video. Anyone have any experience w/ riverbed in this type of environment? ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com<mailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin . ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com<mailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin