| Type | Public (TASE: ERCM-L) |
|---|---|
| Industry | Software, IT |
| Founded | 1993 |
| Headquarters | Closter, New Jersey Jerusalem, Israel |
| Key people | Eran Heyman, Founder and CEO, Brian Berns President & Chief Operating Officer, Stewart J. Edelman Chief Financial Officer |
| Products | Server-Based Computing, Terminal Services Management, Remote Desktop Services Management, Desktop Virtualization (VDI), Terminal emulator TN3270, Terminal emulator TN5250, Linux Desktop Access, Business Continuity, RDP Acceleration and Compression |
| Revenue | ₪ 28.313 million (2008) |
| Employees | 120 (2008) |
| Subsidiaries | Ericom Software (UK) Ltd. (Droitwich, Worcestershire) |
| Website | www.ericom.com |
Ericom Software, Inc. (TASE: ERCM-L), founded in 1993, is located in Closter, New Jersey, and provides software for enterprise-wide application access and application publishing for server-based computing environments, (Citrix-like WebConnect), Microsoft Windows Terminal Services management, Remote Desktop Services (RDS) management, (via the Remote Desktop Protocol, RDP), Blade PCs, Virtual Desktops (VDI, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure or Desktop Virtualization) running on hypervisors from VMware, Oracle VM, Microsoft Hyper-V, Microsoft Virtual Server, Citrix XenServer, Parallels, Inc. Virtuozzo Containers, and other Xen-based hypervisors, as well as, PC/browser-based 3270 and 5250 terminal emulation, thin-client computing and Linux desktops. Support is also provided for Microsoft's RemoteFX technology and PC-over-IP (PCoIP).
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Ericom offers Remote Desktop Protocol RDP acceleration and compression technology, (Ericom Blaze), which improves the display and delivery of graphics rich content over a WAN (wide area network), high latency connections and networks with limited bandwidth. Ericom Blaze improves the performance of Adobe PDF content transmitted with RDP from Terminal Servers and improves performance of Autodesk AutoCAD graphics transmitted with RDP from Terminal Servers.[1] Ericom Blaze accelerates RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) sessions accessed through a VMware View connection broker.
Ericom introduced the market's first pure HTML5 RDP client, (AccessNow), providing access to applications and desktops running on Windows Terminal Services / RDS / VDI platforms, including Windows applications, remote desktops, and virtual desktops running on Microsoft Hyper-V and other hypervisors. Running entirely within a browser, AccessNow works natively with Google Chrome, Chromebooks (AccessNow for Chromebooks), Safari, Internet Explorer (with Chrome Frame plug-in), Firefox and any other browser with HTML5 and WebSockets support. HTML5 browsers can run on desktops, laptops, tablets, iPad (enabling Flash to run on an iPad), and SmartPhones. This enables organizations (companies, schools, universities, hospitals, government agencies) to allow BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) initiatives. AccessNow also supports HTML5 browser access to the Remote Desktop RD Connection Broker (RDCB) in Windows Server 2008 R2 Remote Desktop Services.
In one of the first customer reviews of Google Chromebooks, the City of Orlando reported on their testing of 600 Chromebooks as part of a broader study related to accessing virtual desktops.[2] Ericom AccessNow was an integral component of this environment in enabling users to access virtual desktops.
Ericom also has HTML5 clients for VMware View and Quest vWorkspace, AccessNow for VMware View and AccessNow for vWorkspace, running wholly within the browser, that enable seamless access to Quest vWorkspace and VMware View virtual desktops.[3][4] The VDI solution works natively with Google Chrome, Safari and other browsers with HTML5 and WebSocket support. The solution does not require Java, Flash, Silverlight or any other underlying technology.
Ericom offers a free cloud service that allows users to access Internet Explorer from a Chrome browser thereby enabling Chromebook users to browse sites that are not compatible with Chrome and that require IE, such as WebEx and GoToMeeting. This service can be accessed from the Google Chrome web store.
Ericom Software was founded in 1993 and initially developed Terminal emulation (5250, 3270) products; later expanding to offer solutions for Server-based Computing, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) and Web-to-Host Connectivity. Butler Group, a provider of Information Technology research, analysis, and advice has covered Ericom's technology.[5] [6]
In November, 2007 Ericom delivered the first Terminal Services solution to be certified by Microsoft for Windows Server 2008. Tony de Freitas, Director of Windows Server marketing at Microsoft confirmed that "Ericom has introduced the first Terminal Services application that takes full advantage of the security and solid foundation of Windows Server 2008". [7]
Ericom is the only third-party software promoted by Microsoft for Presentation Virtualization on Terminal Services (Remote Desktop Services) [8]
Analysts and industry product reviewers often compare Ericom's virtualization technology to offerings from Microsoft, Citrix, VMware and Red Hat (Qumranet). [9] [10]
Ericom was also listed as the 46th fastest growing technology company in Israel during 2005 by Deloitte.[11]
Ericom positions its PowerTerm WebConnect product line as an alternative to Citrix XenApp, formerly Citrix Presentation Server, and Citrix XenDesktop, and introduced AccessNow an HTML5 browser based access product to Windows applications and desktops as an alternative to Citrix Receiver and VMware AppBlast. Ericom has an alternative connection broker to VMware View desktop virtualization (VDI). Ericom's PowerTerm terminal emulator is an alternative to Attachmate Reflection for 5250 emulation and 3270 emulation.
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