Until now, Reuters 3000 Xtra has only been available with installation at a customer site. Today, using Citrix®* access infrastructure technology, Reuters 3000 Xtra is also available as a 'hosted' service via the Internet.
This means that users can access Reuters 3000 Xtra and all their markets from any business location with Internet access, whilst still using the full application suite, including Kobra, PowerPlus Pro and user-created files.
Reuters centrally maintains the product with the latest versions, patches and display template releases, so users can always rely on quality access to the best available application with support only a click away.
This is the ideal solution for financial institutions that seek to lower their total cost of ownership (TCO) whilst maintaining the features of Reuters flagship product with no maintenance and support overheads, low communication requirements and with no need to upgrade desktop hardware. For users who require high availability and consistent connection quality from the office, Reuters recommends competitively priced secure connectivity over RadianzNet (where available).
* Citrix, Citrix ICA, Citrix MetaFrame XP Presentation Server and other Citrix product names referenced herein are registered trademarks or trademarks of Citrix Systems, Inc. in the United States and other jurisdictions.
Benefits
- Lightweight desktop hardware requirements and access from Microsoft, Unix, Linux and Apple client platforms with no Reuters on-site infrastructure
- Highly Secure, on-demand mobile and device-independent access (Subject to technical desktop and networking requirements)
- Reduced TCO by extending the useful life of devices and networks with minimum in-house administrative and technical support requirements
- Application maintenance managed centrally by Reuters including display templates, patches and version upgrades
Features
- Key features of the hosted version of Reuters 3000 Xtra:
- No on-site infrastructure investment
- No Reuters 3000 Xtra software installed on the desktop
- Low bandwidth requirements (recommended minimum 32Kbps/concurrent session) over the Internet and RadianzNet
- Enables a location-independent workforce
- Reuters 3000 Xtra features not available in the hosted version:
- Commingling of Reuters delivered data with other 3rd party or in-house data
- Live updating (DDE) links between the desktop-resident applications and hosted Reuters 3000 Xtra
- Custom integration of Kobra ActiveX components or Excel plug-ins
- Local storage of Kobra and PowerPlus Pro Excel files
Technical Specifications
Minimum Hardware Requirements
- Standard PC architecture, Pentium II Class processor or greater as required for the operating system
- Available memory as recommended for the operating system by Microsoft
- 50 MB available hard drive space
- Microsoft mouse or 100% compatible pointing device
- VGA or SVGA video adapter with minimum 2 MB or greater, 65536 colours, minimum 1024x768 resolution
- Multi-monitor configuration: dual screens with minimum 1024x768 resolution
- A network interface card (NIC) and the appropriate network transport software for a network connection to the Reuters Citrix® MetaFrame Presentation server. The supported connection method and network transport is HTTP/S (SSL)
Minimum Software Requirements
- Citrix® MetaFrame ICA Client
- Windows NT 4.0 or later, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista
- Internet Explorer Version 5.0 or later; Netscape Navigator or Communicator Version 4.78, 6.2, or later; Mozilla Firefox 1.0 or later
- Browser must support 128-bit encryption
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