Server

	Reduced UI	Server UI is reduced to the minimum and can even start as console application. No need to login on the server machine for render wranglers. All management and configuration is available via remote applications.
	Linux release	The server is available for Linux (console or UI).
	Statistics	Server Stats logs the memory and CPU usage of server process and workstation.
	Render license reduction	If a client returns with an error that a render license was not available, the server temporaly reduces the number of render licenses.

Submitter

	Plugin=Batch	No separation between Plugin and Batch submitter. Mix plugin and scene parser jobs and send them in one go.
	XML plugin submission	No ActiveX required any more for the Plugin submitter. Plugin submission is handled via xml files. Writing/Changing submission plugins is easy.
	No compiled plugins	Every plugin is script based. One script for multiple versions of a render application (Upwards-compatible). No matter if Linux or Windows. All plugins are editable.
	More plugins	Plugins are available for for XSI, Maya, Max, Fusion, AFX, Nuke.
	Change settings	Change render settings like output name or frame range on (multi-)selected passes/layers before submission
	Scene Parser plugins	Write your own Scene Parser to read render settings. (.dll /.so compiled plugins. C++, Delphi,..)
	Custom Submitter/Job options	Define new Submitter/Job options. Global or per render application. E.g. set a flag for "motion blur on/off" or "ref models level 0-5"

Control

	Client tree	Clients are collapsed in their groups. Client status as bar graph for each group.
	Arrange able UI	The new Control uses floating windows, which you can arrange as you like.
	Job tree	Passes/layers from the same scene are grouped in a tree.

Client

	Job process checking	Improved job process by checking the whole render processes tree with memory and CPU usage of the render processes only. Seperated memory and CPU bar for job, client and total workstation usage.
	Separated Service from UI	The service does not try to display itself on the desktop any more. You have a separate Client Watch application, which shows you the UI of the service running. Support includes on Vista and Linux KDE.
	Render App paths	Add multiple render applications of the same type. E.g. 32bit and 64 bit.
	More render instances	If a client gets a job, it can now divide the sequence that was send to it and start up to 16 seperated render instances.
	Improved Background rendering	You usally do not use all of your 4 or 8 cores for work, most of the time less or at max only one. So why keep the other CPUs unused? The client offer now a switch to keep one CPU totally free from render. And of course it still runs with lowest/idle priority, so if you need more, you get more.

Other

Image Reader/Writer Plugins

Write your own image reader/writer plugins for display of the preview frames or in the sequence checker. You can even write a plugin for visual feedback for computed non-image files. E.g. a simulation shows the current number of particles or the triangle count. (.dll /.so compiled plugins. C++, Delphi,..)