Latest Enhancements Empower Partners and
Customers to Match Apps, Desktops and Resources to Fit Each
Business Use Case
Today, at Citrix Synergy™, Citrix unveiled innovations that
further extend its app delivery and virtual desktop infrastructure
(VDI) leadership. The advances showcased at Citrix Synergy further
enhance the compelling value of the XenApp and XenDesktop
technologies, which enable IT organizations to match each business
use case with the ideal combination of apps and capabilities to
empower people to easily do their best work on any device, in any
location. During the conference, Citrix showcased integration of
Framehawk technology into HDX, along with an all-new Citrix
Receiver to deliver an unmatched, intuitive mobile workspace
experience. To extend its industry-leading security capabilities,
Citrix announced new features and industry certifications needed by
public sector, financial services and healthcare customers. Citrix
also revealed a new release for XenApp 6.5 customers to extend the
value of their implementations, as well as new cloud-based services
to aid those customers in migrations to the latest versions. For
manufacturing and engineering customers that use Linux
applications, Citrix also introduced a new Linux virtual desktop
feature that integrates seamlessly with Windows app delivery in the
XenApp and XenDesktop solution.
Citrix innovation in app delivery and VDI innovation has
established XenApp and XenDesktop as the solutions of choice for
industry leaders in a wide range of markets including the top 10
global banks and the 10 largest pharmaceutical companies. Showcased
through customer experience demonstrations at Citrix Synergy 2015,
Citrix combines Windows app delivery, networking, mobility, cloud
delivery and data solutions to help customers mobilize their
businesses with a software-defined workplace, freeing their
workforce to innovate and grow.
Elevating the App Delivery and VDI Experience to New
Heights
For people to do their best work, they need instant access to
all the apps and data they use to get their jobs done, and they
need everything to work seamlessly on any device, in any location.
Business executives and frequent travelers must frequently use
Wi-Fi or cellular networks that can be slow and inconsistent, which
can paralyze the mobile experience. To deliver a seamless
experience over any network connection, Citrix is announcing the
integration of Framehawk technologies into HDX, which provides
unique acceleration technologies that overcome challenging
broadband wireless network conditions to deliver a
better-than-native user experience, whether using work
applications, accessing web-based applications or watching videos.
With the new capabilities, Citrix advances the Citrix HDX app
delivery and VDI experience beyond that of any competing solution,
ensuring people have a great experience, wherever they are, even
when network connections are less than ideal.
The increasing variety of computing devices now used for work
means each interface looks and feels different, depending on which
device or operating system they use. To improve this experience,
and make it easier for IT to manage, Citrix is merging the Worx
Home mobile app environment into a new Citrix Receiver to simplify
how people access their apps, regardless of which device they use.
With the all-new Citrix Receiver, people will benefit from a
single, intuitive environment that looks and works the same across
every device and operating system. Citrix Receiver will make it
easy for IT admins to customize the look and feel of this interface
to ensure their organization’s workforce gets the same familiar
experience on any Windows, Mac, iOS, Android, Chrome or Linux
device.
To make it easy to find and load apps, whether virtual, mobile
or SaaS-based, Citrix Receiver is coupled with Citrix StoreFront
3.0, which will unite IT services delivered by XenApp, XenDesktop
and XenMobile over the course of product releases throughout 2015.
StoreFront provides a front-end infrastructure for Receiver, and
will consolidate access to Windows, Linux, web and mobile apps for
end users. StoreFront 3.0 also provides IT organizations with
experience, security and flexibility features to make it easier to
manage, including features for managing the app publishing needs of
large enterprises. StoreFront also provides the ability to offload
tasks to NetScaler Gateway to achieve higher performance and
security. Partners and IT organizations can also use StoreFront 3.0
to customize the look and feel of Receiver to align with company
branding.
For customers who use Microsoft Lync, Citrix highlighted Lync
optimization enhancements - including Lync 2013 support for Window,
Linux and Mac devices - that deliver full support for advanced Lync
voice communications features, enabling people to use Lync
delivered through XenApp as their primary business phone.
Providing Unmatched App Delivery and VDI Security
To trust app delivery and VDI solutions, businesses need
assurance that their information and resources are secure. Citrix
XenApp and XenDesktop solutions stand apart as the only end-to-end
app delivery and VDI solution available that meets Common Criteria
Certification and native FIPS 140-2 compliance. Common Criteria
certification provides government agencies and enterprises with the
assurance that they are using secure and reliable solutions that
have been evaluated against the industry’s highest standards. With
XenApp and XenDesktop 7.6, Citrix introduced native FIPS 140-2
compliance in HDX technology to provide the highest level of data
access security in virtual environments.
Citrix has also introduced SmartAuditor Session Recording for
XenApp and XenDesktop, a feature that provides administrators more
granular insights into user sessions to improve traceability as
well as to provide proactive troubleshooting capabilities.
Adapting to Business Needs with Unmatched Flexibility
While Citrix has been delivering Windows applications to Linux
devices for years, some organizations depend on Linux-based
engineering and research applications and want to deliver those
virtually. To meet this need, Citrix is introducing the Linux
virtual desktop feature to enable employees to run Linux
applications on non-Linux devices.
Many executives and employees need access to business
applications in those unique cases when network access is not
available. Citrix DesktopPlayer for Mac has allowed Mac users to
run their virtual Windows business desktop and applications,
whether they are online, offline, or experiencing a slow or
intermittent network connection. Citrix is now offering a tech
preview of DesktopPlayer for Windows to provide the same secure
access to business applications from corporate-issued and BYO
Windows laptops, while centrally managing the desktop image.
Simplifying Product Upgrades and Migrations
Citrix is providing new blueprint deployment online services
that make it easier for customers to migrate earlier deployments of
XenApp to the latest XenApp and XenDesktop versions. To simplify
and automate this process, earlier this year Citrix launched a beta
of the XenApp upgrade service, a cloud-based web tool that gathers
information on their configurations and settings, then
automatically generates a script for migrating those settings into
the new XenApp environment. Citrix customers and partners have
already used the first beta version of the XenApp upgrade service
to migrate more than 36,000 applications to XenApp 7.6. With the
new beta version being released this quarter, customers will be
able to use Citrix Lifecycle Management to actually create a
blueprint and deploy the new environment. The new beta of the
upgrade service will be available as a public beta, and can be
accessed directly from the XenApp upgrade website, and also from
Citrix Workspace Cloud.
While many customers are making their plans to upgrade their
existing XenApp 6.5 environments to XenApp 7.6 in 2015, many other
customers are coordinating their migrations with other application,
operating system and server upgrade projects and therefore need to
stay on their current version. To help these customers gain
additional value from their XenApp 6.5 environments, Citrix is
releasing a new Feature Pack for XenApp 6.5 that offers many new
features including StoreFront 3.0, Provisioning Server 7.6, AppDNA,
new Receivers, new Microsoft Lync optimizations and more. These
features enable customers to deploy XenApp 6.5 side-by-side with
XenApp 7.6 and ease the transition to the new version. In addition,
Citrix is extending the End of Maintenance (EOM) of XenApp 6.5 for
2008R2 through the end of 2017, providing additional time to enable
those customers to refine their XenApp upgrade and migration
plans.
Customers are Innovating with Citrix XenApp and
XenDesktop
The Citrix user experience sets XenApp and XenDesktop apart from
other app and desktop delivery products. For example, Miami
Children’s Hospital uses XenApp and XenDesktop to enable doctors
and clinicians to securely access electronic medical records and
applications securely on any device, wherever they are. With
instant access to high-definition medical images, they can focus on
diagnosing and treating their young patients, and improving lives.
The University of Central Florida uses XenApp so students and
faculty can access the software they need anywhere, anytime, from
any device - laptop, tablet, desktop or smartphone.
Quotes
Geir Ramleth, Chief Strategy Officer and Senior Vice
President and General Manager, Workspace Services at Citrix
“Citrix has been the leader in delivering apps, desktops and
resources for more than 25 years, and we’ve used that experience
and insight to drive these innovations that increase our market
leadership position. These powerful new features, packages and
products enable partners and customers enhance the value our
customers count on from Citrix products, based on our ability to
deliver a compelling, seamless experience that can be more easily
deployed and managed than any other offering in the market.”
Mark Westling, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology
Officer, Right! Systems Inc.
“The new innovations give us a greater ability than ever before
to create and deliver unique, customized workspace experiences for
our customers. We are thrilled to be able to provide our customers
with even more market and role-based options. So, whether a user
needs a single app or an entire desktop, we’re able to give them
what they need which, in turn, opens up new revenue opportunities
for us.”
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About Citrix
Citrix (NASDAQ:CTXS) is leading the transition to
software-defining the workplace, uniting virtualization, mobility
management, networking and SaaS solutions to enable new ways for
businesses and people to work better. Citrix solutions power
business mobility through secure, mobile workspaces that provide
people with instant access to apps, desktops, data and
communications on any device, over any network and cloud. With
annual revenue in 2014 of $3.14 billion, Citrix solutions are in
use at more than 330,000 organizations and by over 100 million
users globally. Learn more at www.citrix.com.
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