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The server-based computing (SBC) market has matured, and more than 90% of Fortune 1,000 firms have deployed at least some applications on Citrix Systems MetaFrame XP Presentation Server and/or Microsoft Terminal Server. As the market continues to evolve over the next two to three years, it will increasingly overlap with both the remote-access and electronic software distribution segments. Forrester expects the core SBC market to continue growing for the next two to three years as enterprises expand existing deployments. Citrix had a 78% market share in 2003, but this will decline to 71% by the end of 2005, as small- and medium-business customers increasingly deploy Microsoft Terminal Server without MetaFrame or other third-party products. Enterprise customers should evaluate SBC's role in the overall enterprise architecture in the context of their secure remote access, mobility, client application platform, and desktop strategies.

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