Citrix helps IT modernize the business with the existing infrastructure and assets, instead of just maintaining the complex mix of information systems that most enterprises have built up over time. With Citrix solutions, IT can streamline operations and reduce costs in even the most complex environments. In fact, the more diverse the environment, the greater the value-add of Citrix solutions.

Citrix application delivery solutions enable IT teams to maximize existing assets, allowing the business to introduce new services faster, improve customer service, and control risk. For example, from one location, IT can deliver new applications without touching a single desktop, and deliver legacy applications over the Web without rewriting a single line of code.

A solution that keeps pace with the business
At the heart of our solution is Citrix application delivery infrastructure, which gives IT the flexibility to change on demand, without changing the overall environment, and today is relied upon by IT teams and their strategic executives at more than 200,000 organizations throughout the world. Citrix application delivery infrastructure is the proven, worldwide solution for application delivery.

With Citrix’s solution, IT can

• Help the business move fast, by reducing the time and cost of delivering Windows and desktop applications, and speeding Web application delivery by up to 15 times
• Gain new value that’s measurable, immediate, and full of opportunity, with lower total cost of ownership for new servers, higher return on investment for installed servers, and increased productivity for everyone
• Deliver virtual desktops on demand, with a virtual desktop delivery system that delivers the best Windows desktop experience to any office worker, and reduces the costs and provisioning challenges of desktop refreshes and new desktops for office workers
• Deliver desktop applications without worrying about application and system conflicts and without lowering security standards, by streaming applications to a protected isolation environment instead of installing them on the end-user’s device
• Consolidate resource requirements across the organization, with a consolidated management console for Windows applications
• Extend the life of PCs and other client devices, by running applications on a centralized server instead of on the end-user’s device
• Provide users with the efficiency of single logon for Windows applications, with secure logons delivered via the Single Sign-On feature
• Reduce network complexity and operational costs for Web applications, with an ideal replacement for aging load balancers and other traffic management devices
• Free server resources for more online users and enhance Web application response times, by offloading the compute-intensive processes of SSL connection setup and bulk encryption from Web servers
• Leverage a single application security point for immediate user productivity and a single control point for rapid IT security response
• Know what’s happening at the users’ end, by measuring performance and availability from the users’ perspective across organizational and geographic boundaries to ensure that all IT resources are operating at peak efficiency
• Accelerate application delivery over any WAN, anywhere, from any datacenter, anywhere, by optimizing the broadband connection between the distant location or branch office and the enterprise datacenter
• Accelerate user migrations of desktops and operating systems
• Quickly distribute patches for Windows applications to hundreds of servers and thousands of clients, with applications located on centralized servers managed directly by the IT department, so each patch only has to be installed once
• Easily update operating systems and Windows applications, including problematic applications, by enabling all clients, wherever they might be located, to benefit from the latest updated software every time they log on
• Improve IT services for the user by offering everyone the ability to work from anywhere