HP ZCentral Remote Boost, formerly known as HP Remote Graphics Software or HP RGS, is a client-server

remote desktop In computing, the term remote desktop refers to a software- or operating system feature that allows a personal computer's desktop environment to be run remotely from one system (usually a PC, but the concept applies equally to a server or a sma ...

software developed by HP Inc. Launched in 2003. HP RGS enables remote access to

workstation A workstation is a special computer designed for technical or computational science, scientific applications. Intended primarily to be used by a single user, they are commonly connected to a local area network and run multi-user operating syste ...

s (or virtual workstations) from many different devices, including other workstations and thin-clients. Screen sharing between multiple users, remote USB, as well as

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and

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are supported. HP markets RGS for "Real-Time Collaboration," "Workstation-Class Mobility," and "Remote Workers" In 2014, HP released RGS 7.0 which brought remote workstation use cases to tablet devices. The remote desktop tool has less latency and

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compared to Citrix HDX 3D or Teradici's PCoiP. In 2020, HP updated and rebranded RGS as part of the HP ZCentral Solution. ZCentral Remote Boost was awarded an Engineering

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in 2020. HP RGS processing and hardware-accelerated graphics are done on the workstation and only compressed

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images (the screen) are sent to the client device. There are two components to the software, the sender (for the workstation or server) and the receiver (for the client device). The software supports

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and Microsoft

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. The software is sold stand alone for servers,

virtual machine In computing, a virtual machine (VM) is the virtualization or emulator, emulation of a computer system. Virtual machines are based on computer architectures and provide the functionality of a physical computer. Their implementations may involve ...

s and non-HP Workstations. HP started including RGS with all of its desktop Z brand workstations starting with version 5.4.7 in 2011. RGS can be downloaded from HP and run on HP Z Workstations and ZBook mobile workstations for free. An early version of the HP RGS

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, is derived from a patented system developed by

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and used in the

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Mars rover program.

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''From HP RGS' release notes website.''

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External links

Remote Graphics Software homepage
HP software NASA spin-off technologies Remote desktop protocols Remote desktop Thin clients Virtualization software

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