SmartZone Premier is built on the Intelligent Web Client (IWC) platform. The graph below shows where the functionality of the IWC and traditional web client overlap, as well as the differences between the two platforms.
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The Intelligent Web Client (IWC) provides a better user experience by constantly monitoring bandwidth, and detecting any limitations and challenges and then intelligently makes adjustments on how data is handled and processed. In short, SmartZone Premier’s IWC maintains performance so that bandwidth limitations (including slow internet connections) become transparent to the user.
Traditional Thin Client’s performance is dependant on having sufficient bandwidth. This can be an issue especially across the Web. When poor bandwidth conditions exist, such as a slow internet connection, the user’s wait time increases for most action, and thin client application performs slowly.
Traditional Thin Client’s performance is dependant on having sufficient bandwidth. This can be an issue especially across the Web. When poor bandwidth conditions exist, such as a slow internet connection, the user’s wait time increases for most action, and thin client application performs slowly.
The Intelligent Web Client (IWC) provides a better user experience by constantly monitoring bandwidth, and detecting any limitations and challenges and then intelligently makes adjustments on how data is handled and processed. In short, SmartZone Premier’s IWC maintains performance so that bandwidth limitations (including slow internet connections) become transparent to the user.
The Intelligent Web Client is centrally deployed and easily centrally updated similar to the Traditional Thin Client. No advanced user permissions are required, or systems administer interaction to run either type of web client.
Intelligent Web Client authentication can be application specific or use LDAP such as Active Directory. This allows the employee to use their normal company Windows password to log into SmartZone Premier.
This allows the SZP authentication to comply with the company’s authentication security policy.
Typical Thin Client applications generally require the system administrator to establish a separate user name and password just for that application in order to login over the web. This of course requires the employee remembering yet another username and password that might not comply with the company’s authentication security policy.
Typical Thin Client applications generally require the system administrator to establish a separate user name and password just for that application in order to login over the web. This of course requires the employee remembering yet another username and password that might not comply with the company’s authentication security policy.
Intelligent Web Client authentication can be application specific or use LDAP such as Active Directory. This allows the employee to use their normal company Windows password to log into SmartZone Premier.
This allows the SZP authentication to comply with the company’s authentication security policy.
Intelligent Web Client utilizes server side processing to maximize performance of system processes as well as performance over the Web, LAN, and WAN.
The Intelligent Web Client will run on any Windows PC so the FTZ may be managed from virtually anywhere that has access to the internet.
Traditional Thin Client application encryption is generally limited to HTTPS being the highest available over the web.
Intelligent Web Client offers the highest level of encryption available. In addition to HTTPS, AES, or even triple DES is available
Intelligent Web Client offers the highest level of encryption available. In addition to HTTPS, AES, or even triple DES is available
Traditional Thin Client application encryption is generally limited to HTTPS being the highest available over the web.
Traditional Thin Clients require more roundtrips to the server for generally all functions. The additional roundtrips result in performance decreases. A sluggish user interface is common when bandwidth is not optimum.
Intelligent Web Client uses advanced intelligence and caching to minimize the number of round-trips to the server, resulting in fewer and quicker refreshes therefore the IWC conducts the same task in considerably less time.
The Intelligent Web Client may run without requiring any advanced user permissions, or systems administrator interaction.
Intelligent Web Client uses advanced intelligence and caching to minimize the number of round-trips to the server, resulting in fewer and quicker refreshes therefore the IWC conducts the same task in considerably less time.
Traditional Thin Clients require more roundtrips to the server for generally all functions. The additional roundtrips result in performance decreases. A sluggish user interface is common when bandwidth is not optimum.
The Intelligent Web Client is centrally deployed and easily centrally updated similar to the Traditional Thin Client. No advanced user permissions are required, or systems administrator interaction to run either type of web client.
Traditional Thin Clients require more roundtrips to the server for generally all functions. The additional round-trips result in performance decreases. A sluggish user interface is common when bandwidth is not optimum.
Intelligent Web Client uses advanced intelligence and caching to minimize the number of round-trips to the server, resulting in fewer and quicker refreshes therefore the IWC conducts the same task in considerably less time.
Intelligent Web Client uses advanced intelligence and caching to minimize the number of round-trips to the server, resulting in fewer and quicker refreshes therefore the IWC conducts the same task in considerably less time.
Traditional Thin Clients require more roundtrips to the server for generally all functions. The additional roundtrips result in performance decreases. A sluggish user interface is common when bandwidth is not optimum.