Citrix XenApp Deliver Applications as an On-Demand Service
Citrix XenApp is a Windows application delivery system that manages applications in the datacenter and delivers them as an on-demand service to users anywhere using any device. XenApp reduces the cost of application management by up to 50 percent, increases IT responsiveness when delivering an application to users and improves application and data security.
The Problem with Existing Solutions
Distributing and installing business applications to user PC’s via traditional application deployment products involves complex and expensive processes of installing, patching, upgrading, and securing applications on every endpoint. In addition, 3rd party application upgrades and custom application rewrites are costly but necessary expenditures that are required to keep up with platform evolution. Consequently, most IT organizations are:
Unable to deploy applications in a timely fashion
Losing control over data on distributed PCs
Experiencing higher help desk calls and lower end user productivity
Using manual processes or ESD to manage applications on every PC with inconsistent results
Validating the compatibility of each application on every device with other applications
Endlessly trying to secure data on the end point and the network
Over-provisioning resources or rewriting applications in order to fix performance problems
Why Citrix XenApp
Citrix XenApp revolutionizes Windows application deployment by delivering any application as a centralized on-demand service.
Lowest-cost Windows application delivery - Deliver 100 percent of your Windows-based applications without leaving the data center by using the state-of-the-art application streaming and application virtualization technologies of XenApp. Eliminate the need to install or manage applications on individual user devices, making application testing, provisioning, management and support easier and less costly. Let the underlying intelligence automatically select the best delivery method for the user, the application and the location.
Strongest protection for applications and intellectual property - Control, protect and retain intellectual property centrally to dramatically reduce the chance for data loss and theft. XenApp helps you prevent data from leaving the data center without your explicit permission, supporting regulatory compliance and security objectives. Built-in endpoint scans and policy controls take into account each user’s role, device characteristics and network conditions to determine which applications and data they are authorized to access. These dynamic attributes also define where users may store and print sensitive information. Such strong security measures decrease the potential for inadvertent exposure, and enhance your ability to back up and restore information from one place for greater fault tolerance and disaster recovery. Integrated single sign-on and a secure SSL VPN gateway for remote access enable a “one password, one path” approach to application and data access.
Outstanding application performance over any network - Improve application responsiveness and increase user productivity with patented application virtualization techniques perfected over 15 years. Many applications frustrate users as they wait for data to be pushed across the network. Over high-latency or bandwidth-constrained WANs, these problems are even worse. XenApp greatly reduces network bandwidth requirements and mitigates latency issues, because with virtualized applications, only mouse movements, keystrokes and screen updates traverse the network. Even data-laden and graphics-heavy applications perform better, keeping users active and productive.
Fastest application delivery to all users—-anywhere - Accelerate the time-to-value of your applications so you can quickly respond to changing business needs. Manage the delivery of all your Windows-based applications from one centralized location-—no need to go from desktop to desktop, travel from office to office, or wait for laptops to return to headquarters. With XenApp, you deliver applications and updates instantly anywhere, any time—-to offshore employees, outsourcers, new branch offices, new mergers & acquisitions, or mobile workforces.
Continuous availability and reliable, fast application performance - Provide high application availability for an “always-on” user experience with application load management, automated server recovery and failover. Rapidly troubleshoot issues by using detailed and actionable reports that monitor the end-user experience and identify root-causes anywhere in the system-—the application, server, network or desktop. XenApp gives you end-to-end visibility into application usage and performance, key to satisfying and verifying application service level agreements (SLAs) and increasing user satisfaction and productivity.
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