Trying to implement Bloomberg within a Citrix environment

[edlcsre]

Hi All

I've been tasked with trying to find a way to have Bloomberg operational at our Disaster Standby Site, which is designed solely to run thin clients connected to a Citrix farm. My solutiion so far has been to install normal workstations for the desktop positions where Bloomberg is needed, but I've been advised that this is not a satisfactory solution.

I've contacted Bloomberg, who state that they are addressing the issue of their product working within a Citrix environment, but that it will be 6-12 months before they have anything ready for use.

My question, really, is, has anyone managed to get a single instance of Bloomberg running from a Thin Client (eg have one installation per Server in a farm to provide as many Bloomberg sessions as there are servers?) or does anyone know of a web based solution which it might be possible to implement in the interim until a full Citrix solution is available? If anyone has had a similar issue, and managed to find a solution that didn't involve normal workstations on each desk, I'd be really grateful to hear from you.

Many thanks

Chris

 

[kips]

Chris,

We have been working on thin client solutions for the wholesale banking sector for many months. This has included successfully installing (in a live site) Reuters 3000Xtra as a thin client implementation.

We have also been working with one client to set his systems up in a DR environment and this has included a (Citrix based) thin client implementation of Bloomberg.

To date, we have come to the conclusion that technically we have a solution, the only obstacle to providing it to a client being the approval of Bloomberg in the process.

If you want to ask more let me know.

Regards, Kevin Stoekr

 

[nth22]

Hi,

I had Bloomberg working on an old NT4, Metaframe 1.7 working (sort of) I had Several users access it, but not at the same time, but under their own profile.

I just rolled out Metafame XP on Win2k, and can only get bloomberg to run under one profile.

If you come up with a solution I would love to know about it. Im not looking to abuse licensing, but rather provide a remote solution to users if necessary.

Thanks

 

[kips]

Hi, both of you,

I am quite happy to talk to you about how we would implement a Bloomberg / Citrix solution. However, we value our work and respect the copyright of Bloomberg. Therefore I would want to have a conversation beforehand to understand more fully how you intend to implement any solution.

You can call me on 020.7253.7314

Regards,Kevin

 

[zenmoto]

Found this thread and am trying to do the same thing.Running Bloomberg over Citrix XP FR2 for DR scenario. Is it alright if I contact you Kevin?
Thanks in advance

Grady

 

[kips]

Grady,

Of course you can contact me, phone number has changed to 020.7331.6679 / 6670

Regards, Kevin