Oracle Secure Global Desktop

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Oracle Secure Global Desktop (SGD) software provides secure access to both published applications and published desktops running on Microsoft Windows, Unix, mainframe and IBM i systems via a variety of clients ranging from fat PCs to thin clients such as Sun Rays.

History

SCO and Tarantella era

Main articles: Santa Cruz Operation and Tarantella, Inc.

The origins of Oracle Secure Global Desktop goes back to 1993, when the

Java-enabled web browser
. The first public release of Tarantella software was in November 1997. In November 2000 version 3.0 of the product was released.

SCO sold off its Unix business and was renamed Tarantella, Inc. in 2001. Further 3.x releases followed in subsequent years, adding more integration features in competition with similar software from Citrix Systems.

Sun era

Sun Microsystems acquired Tarantella, Inc. in July 2005.[1] The product underwent massive development in the following years. It was named Sun Secure Global Desktop.

The November 2007 release of version 4.4 introduced a web-based management console that replaced the Java-based Object Manager and Array Manager tools that were first introduced in version 3.0.[2][3]

Sun Secure Global Desktop 4.5 came out in 2009. In this version 4.5, SGD provides SGD Gateway. This allows clients to access the infrastructure in a different physical network. The SGD Gateway splits the traffic.

Oracle era

In 2009, Oracle announced that it was acquiring Sun Microsystems. At that point the product was given its present name of Oracle Secure Global Desktop.

On April 30, 2013, Oracle released version 5.0 which used

Apple iPad.[4]

Since that time, there has been a progression of follow-on releases:[5]

5.1 January 2015
5.2 April 2015
5.3 June 2017
5.4 March 2018
5.5 January 2020
5.6 January 2021

As of April 2021, the current version is Oracle Secure Global Desktop 5.6.535.

Overview

SGD is considered by industry insiders to be a competitor to

Citrix
's products for remote application delivery.

A large range of client devices can connect to a Secure Global Desktop Server, including Microsoft Windows PCs, Solaris desktops,

Java Runtime Environment
installed.

A client device connects to the Secure Global Desktop Server either via a supported

Java Runtime Environment
is recommended but at least version 1.5 is required.

The Desktop Client connects to the Secure Global Desktop Server via the Adaptive Internet Protocol (AIP). AIP is bandwidth- and latency-aware and can adjust compression and performance dynamically on links as diverse as a 56K modem or a 100Mb LAN.[6]

Session Resumability and Mobility is a feature allowing remote access to desktop applications from essentially any Java-enabled browser in the world. This makes it possible to run applications in one's office, then go to another location such as a customer site or one's home and transfer your existing desktop session to a computer there.[7]

Centralisation is an important feature for organizations concerned with secure data being stored on remote devices such as notebook computers, and the associated risk for theft of the device and its data. Applications accessed via SGD run in the centralised server room, meaning that all data is backed up and secured via the normal datacenter practices of the organization. There is a potential for increased performance and efficiency, since the actual computation is performed on larger systems with more resources; centralisation also makes resources considerably easier to manage.

Applications can be assigned to users or groups of users using the Object Manager which can automatically present new applications to users dynamically without them needing to log out. Profiles can be created to group similar types of users; these profiles control the applications that a logged-in user is allowed to use. When a new application or an upgrade to an existing application is required, an administrator can just push these changes out to the users. This simplifies Desktop SOE migrations.

SGD's password-caching feature, authentication tokens, and ability to integrate with Active Directory and LDAP gives it the ability to easily set up single sign-on to applications: a user logs into SGD once, and then can run applications without having to perform an additional login—even if there are usernames and passwords used for the different back-end applications.

With the same SGD infrastructure one can host an organisation's internal desktop applications, but also be able to access desktop applications remotely without the need for expensive

DMZ with only port 443 (HTTPS
) accessible from the outside world. An SGD server can be accessed via HTTP or HTTPS.

SGD also integrates with the Sun Java System Portal Server making it possible to deliver desktop applications via a Secure Portal using a Portlet, including the ability to mail, calendar and other Portal features.

Oracle database
or other commercial or home-grown access control repositories.

Features

  • SGD integration into the
    Start Menu
    ; clients can connect to an SGD server when they log into their client automatically, without the need to open up a browser. Desktop icons can be created to start applications via SGD without the user being aware of SGD's presence.
  • LDAP and Active Directory supported as login authority sources, multiple LDAP/ADs can be configured
  • Windows support
  • Support for Client Drive Mapping and Local Printer Mapping
  • Support for serial port forwarding
  • Oracle Secure Global Desktop Software runs on Solaris 10 (SPARC and x86), Solaris 9 and 8 (SPARC only), Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (x86 32-bit). Oracle Enterprise Linux.[8]

See also

References

  1. CNET News.com
    . Retrieved 2007-05-21.
  2. ^ "Sun Secure Global Desktop Software Release Information".
  3. ^ "Sun Secure Global Desktop 4.4 - first looks".
  4. ^ "Oracle Secure Global Desktop Enhances Application Mobility in the Enterprise". Press release. Oracle. April 30, 2013. Retrieved October 13, 2013.
  5. ^ Oracle Secure Global Desktop release documentation drill-downs, accessed 3 April 2023
  6. ^ Hosted Windows Apps Coming Online with Linux
  7. ^ "Sun Ray at Home Solution:A Sun IT Project Case Study"
  8. ^ "Oracle Secure Global Desktop Documentation".

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