Citrix Joins Microsoft Cloud Storage Partner Program to Extend Productivity Across Organizational Boundaries
February 17 2015 - 9:05AM
Business Wire
Citrix today announced it is an inaugural member of the new
Microsoft Cloud Storage Partner Program. Citrix and Microsoft’s
longtime partnership of more than 25 years is enhanced by this
alliance agreement, enabling new ways to work for their joint
customers. Work is increasingly done by virtual teams spanning
employees, contractors, vendors, partners and customers. By joining
the program to integrate Citrix ShareFile with Office Online,
Citrix and Microsoft are facilitating easier collaboration across
organizational and geographic boundaries, increasing cross-team
collaboration, productivity and operational efficiency.
ShareFile is a secure enterprise file sync and sharing service
that meets the mobility and collaboration needs of people and the
data security requirements of enterprises. ShareFile enables
customers to mobilize data and provides a single point of secure
access across platforms, including network shares, Microsoft Azure,
Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft OneDrive for Business or any other
enterprise content management system.
Citrix participation in the Microsoft Cloud Storage Partner
Program builds upon previous ShareFile compatibility with
Microsoft, which includes:
- Microsoft Azure Active Directory
support
- ShareFile object storage in Microsoft
Azure to store enterprise data in Microsoft-hosted datacenters or
on premises
- Microsoft Office document editing
within ShareFile on mobile devices
- Microsoft Outlook plug-in for sending
and receiving files
- Microsoft Office Online integration for
file viewing
- Unified mobile access to Microsoft
SharePoint and Microsoft OneDrive for Business
- Sync integration with Microsoft Office
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Quotes
Aimee Catalano, VP of Alliance Marketing, Citrix
“Citrix and Microsoft share a mission to enable people to move
seamlessly across a diverse mix of devices and locations throughout
the day. Being an inaugural member of the Cloud Storage Partner
Program opens up exciting possibilities for ShareFile customers in
the months to come.”
Kirk Koenigsbauer, CVP, Office 365 Client Apps and Services,
Microsoft
“The Cloud Storage Partner Program exhibits our commitment to
make Office more extensible. It’s a great opportunity for storage
providers to enhance their existing solutions with productivity
applications used by more than one billion people for
communication, document creation and collaboration.”
Related Links
- Blog: Citrix Joins Microsoft Cloud
Storage Partner Program
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