Friend and fellow CITP Darren Root of Bloomington, Indiana asked me a few weeks ago if I knew of way to utilize a split-screen or, preferably, a dual-monitor in a Citrix environment. Although I was sure I had heard of others doing this I was stumped when Darren asked me "how". Well, like the great technologist he is (he was awarded the Indiana CPA Society Technology Person of the Year a few years back) he went out and found the solution and was kind enough to share it with me ..... so I'm sharing with you with thanks to Darren.
An Indian company, Vyooh produces software systems for managing computer systems and IT infrastructure. Their flagship product appears to be SplitView. The product enables use of dual monitors in a Citrix or Teminal Services environment ---- solving a
vexing problem for many practitioners. It also works in the inverse --- essentially making one large monitor into two, or three, or ..... you get the point. Now, before you yell "I can do that myself!" please understand that there are two separate products here. The personal and the server.
If you happen to be lucky enough to have dual monitors at home (I do) and would like to have the same functionality there as in your office, SplitView might just be the trick you were looking for. The personal version for the "one monitor, two screens" solution for only $29. The workhorse solution, however, runs at the server site and allows all users to utilize their multiple screen set-ups. That version runs $729 per server.
Thanks, Darren!
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