Citrix Access Essentials is the easiest, most cost-effective, off-the-shelf software enabling 5 to 75 persons to remotely use corporate Windows programs conveniently and securely over the Web. Unlike inferior alternatives, it performs well across slow connections, strict network firewalls and non-Windows computers without needing to rewrite applications upgrade PCs or increase bandwidth. Its simple role-based rules control which central resources individuals see and where they store and print sensitive information. Newly arriving Internet and internal LAN users are automatically load-balanced among available application servers, bypassing any failed or offline machines. The product comes with or without Microsoft Terminal Server CALs.