Citrix Redefines State-of-the-Art Application Delivery for Windows
Applications with Release of Presentation Server 4.5
New Release Enhances Every Aspect of Flagship Product, Enabling Companies to
Deliver Windows Applications with Better Performance, Security and TCO than Ever
Before
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — 2/12/2007 — Citrix
Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS), the global leader in application delivery
infrastructure, today announced availability of the latest version of its
flagship Citrix Presentation
Server™ product line, the de facto standard for delivering Windows-based
applications with the best performance, security and total cost of ownership.
With significant new capabilities such as on-demand application streaming,
centralized application provisioning, end user experience monitoring, enhanced
single sign-on and advanced graphics acceleration, Presentation Server 4.5
redefines the state of the art in Windows application delivery, making it
dramatically easier and more cost effective to deliver Windows-based
applications to any user, on any device, in any location. The new release also
extends the range of applications supported by Presentation Server, giving
customers a comprehensive, best-in-class solution for delivering all Windows
applications – from personal productivity applications such as Microsoft Office
2007, to complex line-of-business applications, including the most demanding,
graphics-intensive business applications on the market.
“This latest release of Presentation Server with both application
virtualization and streaming technologies provides even more flexibility for
enterprise Windows customers with large application portfolios,” said John
Humphreys, program director, IDC. “The combination of these technologies—in
addition to all the other new features that take advantage of Citrix’s array of
infrastructure technologies—not only helps their customers virtualize their
applications, but also choose how to manage, provision and secure applications
for their users.”
A longstanding leader in the delivery of Windows applications with its
flagship Presentation Server solution, Citrix has extended its product line
substantially in recent years, becoming a leader in end-to-end infrastructure
for delivering any application to any user with the best performance, security
and cost savings. With Presentation Server 4.5, Citrix returns to its roots,
once again redefining the way Windows applications are delivered by integrating
cutting-edge features of some of its newest technologies, including Citrix
EdgeSight™ for application performance monitoring, Citrix Access Gateway™ for
secure application access, and its new Application Streaming technology
(formerly code-named “Tarpon”) for the on-demand delivery of Windows desktop
applications. Combined, these features and others make Presentation Server 4.5 a
complete solution for delivering Windows applications, enhancing every aspect
along the line-of-sight between applications in the data center to users in any
location worldwide.
New Features Change the Game in Windows Application Delivery
Citrix
Presentation Server 4.5 offers a wide range of new features that make it the
most strategic infrastructure for delivering any Windows application to any user
in any location. Highlights include:
- On-Demand Application Streaming – Presentation Server has always
provided the best way to virtualize the delivery of client-server based Windows
applications, enabling them to be centrally installed and managed while
providing a great access experience for end users. With its innovative new
application streaming technology, Presentation Server 4.5 now extends these same
benefits to desktop applications like Microsoft Office 2007, allowing them to be
streamed over the network to users as an on-demand service, much like downloaded
music or videos. This process is entirely transparent to end users who continue
to access desktop applications from their Windows Start menu, just as they have
in the past. Because streamed applications operate in a protected isolation
environment on each user’s desktop, IT managers can now offer a much wider range
of desktop applications to users without worrying about version conflicts and
migration headaches. When users are disconnected from the network, streamed
applications run normally, just as if they had been installed via traditional
means. When connected, any new updates, patches or rollbacks are automatically,
and transparently, streamed to each user, ensuring they are always working with
the latest version.
- End User Experience Monitoring - Powered by Citrix EdgeSight, the new
performance monitoring capabilities in Presentation Server 4.5 give IT full
visibility into how applications are performing from an end-user’s perspective,
allowing them to proactively manage service levels as well as quickly pinpoint
and troubleshoot server, network or application issues that impact the user
experience.
- Centralized Application Provisioning – The new centralized
application provisioning capabilities give customers with large Presentation
Server farms one central location to stage the latest versions of all Windows,
desktop and client-server applications, enabling IT to provision new
applications and servers more quickly than ever before. As a result, the
delivery and maintenance of Windows applications across mid-to-large enterprises
is greatly simplified, allowing many application updates, rollouts or rollbacks
to be completed during normal business hours without the need for weekend or
late night implementations.
- Secure Application Access - Powered by the Citrix Access Gateway line
of SSL VPNs, Presentation Server’s newly enhanced secure application access
capability gives users a secure, always-on, single point-of-access to all of
their applications, regardless of whether they are delivered via Presentation
Server. In addition, this capability features Citrix® SmartAccess technology
that automatically responds to each user scenario with the appropriate level of
access, including control of actions such as print, save and edit.
- Enhanced Application Security - With automated single sign-on powered
by Citrix Password Manager™, it is now much easier for IT administrators to give
users a single password that works across multiple applications, regardless of
whether those applications are delivered by Presentation Server or not. The
capabilities can even be extended to web and host-based applications from
trusted partners using federated identity credentials such as Microsoft’s ADFS
(Advanced Directory Federation Services). In addition, the automated single
sign-on feature enables IT managers to allow users to reset their own Windows
passwords and unlock their accounts through an easy web interface.
- Advanced Graphics Acceleration – With the new SpeedScreen™
progressive display technology in Presentation Server 4.5, the performance of
graphics displays in Windows-based applications over a network is improved by up
to 20 times, making it possible for the first time ever to virtualize the
delivery of even the most graphics-intensive applications with no compromise in
end user experience. As a result, IT can now take advantage of all the benefits
of Presentation Server to deliver applications such as healthcare PACS (Picture
Archiving and Communication Systems) and GIS (Geographic Information System)
mapping, while providing the speed, data security, and anywhere-access
flexibility that users need.
- Automated Server Recovery - System resiliency in Presentation Server
is strengthened with new Health Assistant features that perform continuous
server health checks and automatically initiate recovery procedures, minimizing
the need for administrator intervention.
- Up to 500 Users per Server – Presentation Server 4.5 also leverages
the 64-bit platform to get the maximum number of users per server — up to 500 —
even with 32-bit applications, enabling a maximized return on IT
investments.
“The latest version of Presentation Server is a
strategic addition to our application delivery infrastructure,” said Susan Paul,
director of IS, Fallon Clinic. “We can securely manage all of our Windows
applications without even leaving the data center, which is a huge advantage for
our business. With the addition of the proven Citrix EdgeSight and Access
Gateway technologies, as well as enhanced graphics support and automated server
recovery, it truly supports high application availability for our ‘always-on’
user environment in a single solution.”
“Citrix is uniquely positioned as an application delivery infrastructure
provider,” said Scott Herren, group vice president and general manager,
Virtualization Systems Group, Citrix Systems. “By providing integrated
application security features and enhanced visibility into the line of sight
between applications and users, Presentation Server 4.5 really moves the needle
for providing a richer Windows application user experience.”
Pricing and Availability
Presentation Server 4.5 comes in three
editions—Advanced, Enterprise and the all-new Platinum. Available in March
2007, suggested retail pricing starts at $350 per concurrent user and includes
one year of Citrix Subscription Advantage™. More details about the features
available in each edition can be found at: http://citrix.com/presentationserver/whatsneweditions.
New instructor-led and e-Learning training courses will also be available to
end-users and partners upon release of Presentation Server 4.5. For more
information, please visit the Citrix Education website at http://www.citrixeducation.com.
About Citrix Presentation Server
Citrix Presentation Server is the
de facto standard for delivering Windows applications at the lowest cost—to any
user, anywhere. It offers both application virtualization and application
streaming delivery methods to enable the best access experience for any user,
with any device, working over any network. By centralizing applications and data
in secure data centers, IT can reduce costs of management and support, increase
data security, and facilitate business continuity. Presentation Server allows IT
to deliver applications as a service—providing on-demand access to users, while
affording IT the flexibility to leverage future application architectures.
About Citrix
Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS) is the global
leader and the most trusted name in application delivery infrastructure. More
than 180,000 organizations worldwide rely on Citrix to deliver any application
to users anywhere with the best performance, highest security and lowest cost.
Citrix customers include 100% of the Fortune 100 companies and 98% of the
Fortune Global 500, as well as hundreds of thousands of small businesses and
prosumers. Citrix has approximately 6,200 channel and alliance partners in more
than 100 countries. Annual revenue in 2006 was $1.1 billion.
For Citrix Investors
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