Ericom Software announced a special version of its flagship product line - PowerTerm WebConnect for Windows Server 2008 – that provides enhancements to Microsoft’s newest Terminal Services release. These enhancements are available now for FREE and are distributed through a free download from Ericom’s website at www.ericom.com/ws08. 

Windows Server 2008 provides enhancements to the Microsoft Terminal Services platform and extends its functionality, including access to seamless applications and remoting applications. The launch of Windows Server 2008 will trigger a surge in Server Based Computing (SBC) adoption and expose the market to SBC’s benefits. For entry-level installations, small and medium businesses, Windows Server 2008 can be the first step in understanding what a comprehensive SBC solution offers organizations. As organizations begin to grasp the benefits of SBC, they will come to realize that Windows Server 2008, even with all its new capabilities, requires significant enhancements to become a true enterprise-wide application access solution.

The combined Ericom and Microsoft solution is designed to support organizations looking to deploy business critical applications and simplify deployment, management and the user experience of the new Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services platform.

The overall benefits of Ericom’s PowerTerm WebConnect for Windows Server 2008 are:

• Simplicity of setting up the environment and ease of use
• Simple to configure and manage
• Improved end-user environment
• Enhanced Security

“Microsoft is pleased to be working with Ericom to expand the offerings for Windows Server 2008 customers,” said Manlio Vecchiet, Group Product Manager for Windows Server Marketing at Microsoft Corp. “Our industry partners play an essential role in helping ensure that our customers have one of the best technology foundations available and PowerTerm WebConnect for Windows Server 2008 will help our joint customers to extend the capabilities of Terminal Services providing enhanced application publishing and management.”

"We believe that Windows Server 2008 will expose a vast new market to the benefits of Server-Based Computing," said Eran Heyman, Ericom Founder and CEO. "The security, performance and manageability of PowerTerm WebConnect offers the users of Windows Server 2008 an even better experience, giving the expanding SBC market a natural upgrade path for high value-add functionality. Our free offer is a statement of commitment to the Microsoft platform and we are confident that our combined solution will significantly increase market adoption."