Company Overview
Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTXS) is the leading provider of virtualization, networking and software as a service technologies for more than 230,000 organizations worldwide. It’s Citrix Delivery Center, Citrix Cloud Center (C3) and Citrix Online Services product families radically simplify computing for millions of users, delivering applications as an on-demand service to any user, in any location on any device. Citrix customers include the world’s largest Internet companies, 99 percent of Fortune Global.
More than 230,000 organizations worldwide rely on Citrix to help them build simpler and more cost-effective IT environments enabling virtual workstyles for users and virtual datacenters for IT. Citrix partners with over 10,000 companies worldwide in more than 100 countries. Founded in 1989, annual revenue in 2009 was $1.61 billion.
En Pointe Citrix Relationship
En Pointe Technologies is a nation-wide technology solutions provider that supplies I.T. products and services to medium and large enterprises, educational institutions, government agencies and non-profits nationwide.
En Pointe holds the Citrix Gold Solution Advisor designation at a National level. As a Citrix Gold Partner, En Pointe supports Citrix full line of products and solutions. Our focus solutions include Citrix Servers, Desktop, and Network Solutions.
As a Citrix partner, En Pointe with leading companies in the industry is focused on customer success. Maximize your technology investment by connecting with En Pointe as we provide product training, sell and integrate complete Citrix products & solutions.
Technology Overview
Citrix Delivery Center, Citrix Cloud Center (C3) and Citrix Online Services product families simplify computing for users, delivering applications as an on-demand service to any user, in any location on any device.
Citrix Delivery Center, composed of XenDesktop, XenApp, XenServer and NetScaler, virtualizes servers, desktops and applications, centralizes them in the datacenter and broadcasts them as an on-demand service.
Citrix Receiver is the first universal client for IT service delivery. With Citrix Receiver installed on a device (PC, Mac, iPhone), applications and desktops can be delivered as an on-demand service with no need to manage, own or care about the physical device or its location.
Citrix Receiver is built upon the Independent Computing Architecture (ICA), a Citrix-designed proprietary protocol for an application server system. The protocol lays down a specification for passing data between server and clients, but is not bound to any one platform.
Products & Solutions
Desktop
Simplify your deployments with virtual desktops.
Citrix Desktop Products: XenDesktop, XenApp, XenClient
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XenDesktop
Citrix XenDesktop™ is a desktop virtualization and VDI solution that delivers a complete Windows desktop experience as an on-demand service to any user, anywhere. Whether users are task workers, knowledge workers or mobile workers, XenDesktop can quickly and securely deliver individual applications or complete desktops while providing a high-definition user experience.
Why should you virtualize desktops?
For the first time ever, XenDesktop makes virtual desktops a mainstream reality for hundreds of millions of corporate employees. Unlike first generation virtual desktop solutions that were applicable only to a narrow set of users, XenDesktop is the first product to support every desktop virtualization model in a single, integrated solution. This approach improves return on investment, simplifies management, and extends the benefits of virtualization to every employee in the enterprise. With XenDesktop, IT can manage single instances of each OS, application, and user profile, and dynamically assemble them to increase business agility and simplify desktop management. The open architecture of XenDesktop integrates with any hypervisor, storage, or management infrastructure.
Why choose XenDesktop for desktop virtualization and VDI?
XenDesktop is the clear choice for virtual desktop management and VDI. With its unique FlexCast™ delivery technology, XenDesktop quickly and securely delivers individual applications or complete desktops to the entire enterprise, regardless of user type. With FlexCast, users get the experience that fits their work style instead of having to match their work style to the limitations of alternative solutions.
Citrix® HDX™ technology gives XenDesktop users an experience that rivals that of a local PC, even when using multimedia, real-time collaboration, USB peripherals, and 3D graphics. Webcam and VoIP support, improved audio, 3D graphics support, and branch office WAN optimization ensure that users have a high-definition, high-performance experience regardless of location.
Only XenDesktop users can access their desktops and corporate applications from any PC, Mac, thin client or smartphone, by leveraging Citrix Receiver™ as a lightweight universal client. This enables complete workplace flexibility, business continuity, and user mobility.
The combination of FlexCast, HDX, and Citrix Receiver technologies available only in XenDesktop enables you to deliver virtual desktops without compromising the experience your users expect.
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XenDesktop4
Citrix® XenDesktop™ 4 is a desktop virtualization solution that delivers a complete Windows desktop experience as an on-demand service to any user, anywhere. It is the first-ever solution to provide all the desktop and application delivery technologies needed to bring desktop virtualization to every user.
In summary, XenDesktop 4 provides optimized delivery for every user, the best way to manage applications and the best user experience.
XenDesktop 4 now includes the complete capabilities of XenApp, making it the one solution that can do it all: deliver individual applications or complete Windows desktops. Customers no longer need to decide whether XenApp or XenDesktop is the right solution when trying to formulate their enterprise-wide desktop management strategy.
With Citrix XenDesktop 4, you can:
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SIMPLIFY DESKTOP MANAGEMENT by centrally applying updates once for all users
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IMPROVE SECURITY by centralizing desktops and data in the datacenter
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DELIVER DESKTOPS INSTANTLY to users anywhere while providing a high-definition experience
Server
Transform your datacenter with virtual servers.
Citrix Server Products: Citrix XenServer, Citrix Essentials for Hyper-V
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Citrix XenServer
XenServer is an enterprise-ready, cloud-proven virtualization platform with all the capabilities needed to create and manage a virtual infrastructure at a fraction of the cost of other solutions. The advanced XenServer capabilities allow organizations of any size to integrate and automate management processes, which in turn lower the costs and improve IT operations. To get started, download and activate the free XenServer in less than ten minutes and virtualize even your most demanding workloads. When ready, simply upgrade to one of the enhanced offerings for a rich set of management and automation capabilities that are designed to help customers create a virtual datacenter environment.
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How XenServer helps businesses
Citrix® XenServer® consolidates server workloads, which produces savings in power, cooling, and management costs, an increased ability to adapt to ever-changing IT environments, an optimized use of existing hardware, and an improved level of IT reliability.
Cuts IT costs by 50% or more
While server consolidation is often the driving factor for server virtualization, organizations can reap rewards that extend far beyond shrinking their number of overall servers. XenServer virtualization management tools can cut server requirements by up to 10 times. The consolidation of servers in a datacenter will result in lower power consumption and management costs while producing a more green IT environment.
Increases IT flexibility
Virtualization enables datacenters to be adapted to meet constantly evolving IT requirements. As one example, XenServer creates a virtual infrastructure that integrates seamlessly with existing storage environments. This decreases the amount of time it takes for IT to respond to user needs.
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ROI: 136%, Payback period: 0.64 months |
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Source: The Total Economic Impact™ of Citrix XenServer Enterprise Edition: A commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Citrix, February 2010 |
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Network
Increase your network's scalability and security.
Citrix Network Products: NetScaler, Access Gateway, Branch Repeater
Cloud
Cloud computing for the enterprise.
Citrix Cloud Solutions are designed to give enterprises a complete set of service delivery infrastructure building blocks for hosting, managing, and delivering cloud-based computing services.
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OpenCloud
Citrix OpenCloud is a pragmatic approach that makes the move to the cloud simpler and more successful for enterprises and service providers. The Citrix approach enables businesses to choose solutions that incorporate the expertise and best practices of leading providers, implemented on an open infrastructure platform including all of the technologies needed to provide computing power, connectivity, flexibility and security.
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