Deliver Windows desktops and apps from the cloud

The Citrix on-demand cloud desktop solution enables you to transform Windows desktops and applications into an on-demand, cloud-hosted service. The combination of desktop-as-a-service (DaaS) and integrated apps—Windows, web or SaaS—enables cloud providers and IT organizations to deliver an enterprise-class bundle of services with cloud scale economics. Users have access to their cloud-enabled desktop from any device, anywhere with a consistent, high-definition experience.

Solution Offering

DaaS enables you to build and deliver a complete Windows desktop from public or private clouds. Any application—Windows, web or SaaS—can be delivered inside the desktop.

The solution offers:

• Cloud-Ready Infrastructure – Citrix XenApp is proven to support more than 100,000 users, scale beyond 1,000 servers in a single farm and ensure 99.999 percent availability.
• On-Demand Assembly – To reduce costs and increase flexibility, you can dynamically assemble different desktop profiles from centrally managed single instances of each desktop, application and user profile.
• Any device, anywhere – Users can simply and securely access their desktop and apps from any location on any device, including tablets, smartphones, Windows, Mac, Linux, thin clients and home PCs.
• High-Definition Desktops – Citrix HDX technologies let you deliver a consistent, high-def desktop experience from the cloud by conserving bandwidth and ensuring performance even over low bandwidth, high latency connections.
• Self-Service – A personalized, easy-to-use, self-service web storefront can give users self-service access to their accounts, desktops, apps and IT services.

Solution Benefits

Whether you’re a service provider or enterprise IT, Citrix cloud desktops and apps deliver benefits for users, IT and the business.

• Increase business agility – Instantly onboard new users, accommodate seasonal fluctuations with ease, enable workplace flexibility, and increase user productivity and satisfaction.
• Gain device freedom – Access desktops and apps from any device—tablet, smartphone, PC or Mac—anywhere, anytime.
• Reduce IT spending – Enable organizations to break the cycle of large capital expenditures by shifting IT spending to operating expenses.
• Slash desktop management costs – Offload desktop and app management to a service provider, freeing IT to focus on strategic initiatives.
• Improve security and data management – Minimize risk by ensuring that access to desktops, apps and data is secure and encrypted—from the cloud to the endpoint—and fully managed by the service provider.