Citrix Launches Access Suite 4.0
With More Than 50 New Features and a New Universal SSL VPN Appliance, the Access Suite 4.0 Delivers Unprecedented Business Performance, Flexibility, and Compliance
Citrix Reports 18% Year-on-Year Quarterly Revenue Growth
Citrix Named 2005 Global ISV Partner of the Year by Microsoft
Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CTXS), the global leader in access infrastructure solutions, today announced the launch of Citrix? Access Suite 4.0. This launch follows last week’s second quarter earnings results, where Citrix reported a year-over-year quarterly revenue growth of 18% worldwide, and 12% in the Pacific region (excluding Japan). According to IDC, the access infrastructure market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 11.7% to exceed US$21.6 billion by 2007.
“Our second quarter results were excellent,” said Mark Templeton, president and chief executive officer for Citrix. “Our business continued its product license and license update growth while we built revenue streams from new products – with strong performances from Citrix GoToMeeting and Citrix Access Gateway. We head into the second half of the year executing well on our strategy, and we look forward to the closing of the NetScaler transaction to further enhance our market leadership and the competitiveness of the Citrix Access Platform.”
Added Yaj Malik, Area Vice President for Citrix in ASEAN, “Our launch of Access Suite 4.0 is getting partners and customers excited, giving them compelling reasons for adopting, expanding, or standardizing on Citrix.”
To date, Citrix has more than 500,000 users in ASEAN, some of which include Advanced Info Service (AIS), Genting Group, IKEA Damansara, National Library Board of Singapore, PT Kalbe Farma, STATS ChipPAC, San Miguel Corporation and United Overseas Bank (Malaysia) Bhd.
Citrix Named 2005 Global ISV Partner of the Year by Microsoft
Another recent highlight for Citrix was the receipt of Microsoft Corp.’s Global ISV Partner of the Year Award for 2005. The award is given to the global independent software vendor partner that has demonstrated outstanding leadership and is the most valuable global enterprise and medium-sized business partner in delivering Microsoft solutions to the two companies’ customers in that year. In the three years that Microsoft has bestowed this award, Citrix won the top honor in 2003 and 2005, and was a finalist in 2004.
Citrix Access Suite 4.0
Access Suite 4.0 is an integrated business access solution that enables on-demand access to any information resource for any authorized user, with any enabled device, over any enabled network connection, while reducing operating expenses, improving information security, and increasing business agility. Access Suite 4.0 includes the flagship Citrix Presentation Server? 4.0, Citrix Password Manager? 4.0 and the new Citrix Access Gateway? 4.0, the industry’s only universal SSL VPN solution for both data and voice applications.
With this launch, the company also introduces Citrix SmartAccess technology, a sense-and-respond capability that delivers constantly optimized access for users while rigorously protecting the security of corporate information. SmartAccess instantly senses and dynamically responds to different work scenarios with tailored access and security controls. The Citrix Access Suite 4.0 is designed for enterprises of all sizes and is the foundation of the Citrix Access Platform.
The following portfolio of products make up the new Access Suite 4.0:
Citrix Presentation Server 4.0
Citrix Presentation Server is the world’s most widely deployed presentation server. With more than 50 new features, Presentation Server 4.0 centralizes and standardizes the deployment of any Windows?, UNIX? or Web application to any employee using any device. The newest version offers unprecedented scalability by supporting more users per server and more than 1,000 servers per farm, and breakthrough application compatibility with across-the-board support for all customer applications. The new Proximity Printing feature enables easy one-click printing to the nearest printer and a new printing engine that delivers as much as 400 percent faster performance with enhanced administrative controls.
Citrix Access Gateway 4.0
Citrix Access Gateway is a universal SSL VPN appliance that provides a secure, always-on, single point-of-access to any information resource. It combines the best features of IPSec and typical SSL VPNs – without the costly and cumbersome implementation and management – to make access easy for users, secure for the company, and low-cost for IT administrators. Access Gateway is the only universal SSL VPN to offer Advanced Access Control for IT administrators to manage not only what can be accessed, but also what actions are permitted after access is granted, based on the user’s role, location, type of device, configuration of device, and connection.
The Access Gateway works through any firewall and supports all applications and protocols, including IP telephony. The Access Gateway automatically and seamlessly reconnects users to their applications and documents when they change locations and devices, offering users at any remote location the same access experience that they have at their desktop. It can be deployed as a stand-alone product or tightly integrated with the Access Suite.
Citrix Password Manager 4.0
Citrix Password Manager is an enterprise single sign-on solution that streamlines and automates user access to password-protected applications running on desktop computers, centralized on Presentation Server, and hosted on Web sites and legacy systems. As a standalone product or integrated with the Access Suite, Password Manager helps create a full identity management solution that protects corporate information assets and provides complete, secure information access to employees, partners and customers. New features in Password Manager 4.0 include self-service password reset and extensive auditing options through comprehensive event logging. In a separate press release issued today, Citrix announced that HP has chosen Citrix as its preferred enterprise single sign-on partner, and is offering Password Manager as an integral part of the HP OpenView Identity and Access Management suite. For more information on Citrix Access Suite 4.0, please visit http://www.citrix.com/accesssuite.
About Citrix
Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS) is the global leader in access infrastructure and the most trusted name in secure access. More than 160,000 organizations around the world use the Citrix Access Platform to provide secure, well-managed access to business information wherever it lives – on demand. Citrix customers include 100% of the Fortune 100 companies, 99% of the Fortune 500 and 97% of the Fortune Global 500, as well as hundreds of thousands of smaller businesses and individuals. Based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Citrix has offices in 22 countries and approximately 6,200 channel and alliance partners in more than 100 countries. For more information visit http://www.citrix.com.
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