Want To Reduce Your HDX Bandwidth Usage By Up To 15%? Try This!
Citrix News, April, 6th 2023
Usually when I write a blog post, I would introduce some new graphics optimization aimed at delivering the same great user experience but at lower cost. But this time, it's a little different, and I need your help.
First, let's talk about compression. If you're reading this, you probably have some understanding of compression and why it's useful when it comes to remoting protocols. Indeed, we use a variety of compression techniques, some suited to graphics, some to audio. But we also have a general purpose compressor designed to work across all virtual channels. Internally, we call this 'The Reducer.' Sounds like a villain straight out of a movie, right? Actually, he's one of the good guys and has been at the core of our protocol, compressing every byte of every packet that passes through our stack, for the past 20 years.