Balancing the needs of the organization with those of users is challenging. How does an IT department enable employees with the technology they need to perform at their best while, at the same time, managing corporate requirements around security, resource management, and more?

IT can be the center of change in an organization. It can drive a positive employee experience while delivering the secure environment a modern organization needs and reducing the complexity that frustrates users and impedes productivity. Citrix Workspace can help to make it possible.

And with the general availability of Citrix Workspace’s intelligent capabilities, IT has the tools to lead in human terms, removing barriers to productivity without throwing open the gates to security threats. You can scale and support whatever the business needs, giving users easy access to information and technology resources without sacrificing visibility or control.

A Platform Approach

Employee experience is top of mind for the c-suite across industries. As the labor market continues to tighten and the demand for skilled workers outpaces supply, a great employee experience can be your competitive advantage. What is the most efficient, effective way for IT to help solve the employee experience challenge? Custom development? Piecemeal an app-by-app solution to streamline tasks? These approaches mean more work and introduce complexity that can halt an employee experience initiative in its tracks. Citrix Workspace offers a unified platform approach that will help you to drive and easily execute on projects that improve employee experience and that will integrate seamlessly with your existing Citrix infrastructure. IT can deliver a true workplace — one that’s unified, secure, and intelligent.

A Secure Workspace, a Secure Employee

The cyberthreat landscape is constantly changing, and IT organizations are engaged in a continuous battle to protect data and intellectual property from malicious actors. Sure, you could just lock everything down. But think about employee experience. Too many restrictions, and you’ll lose your competitive advantage. Citrix Workspace empowers IT admins to secure resources based on user context, like role, location, and device. Built-in predictive analytics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence can help you detect and act on risky or unusual user behavior and manage threats proactively. Security doesn’t have to get in the way of employee experience, and Citrix Workspace enables a people-centric approach that ensures it won’t.

System-of-Record Ownership

A key factor in workplace intelligence initiatives is the system-of-record owners for the apps that integrate with Citrix Workspace. For example, someone in your IT organization is probably the system-of-record owner for apps that play a critical role in daily business operations. Citrix Workspace can easily sync data from systems of record to streamline functionality from complex enterprise systems. Through integrations with customers’ service management systems, Citrix Workspace can improve the end-user experience for IT service delivery.

Cost Savings Around Application Modernization

Are you thinking about or have you already embarked on app modernization projects? They’re expensive. Legacy apps need to be upgraded to new versions or need to be redesigned to deliver the functionality employees need. Some of these projects are years long, requiring vendor approvals, engagements with business consultants, and more. Citrix Workspace surfaces the most-used tasks from these legacy apps, delivering a simple and intuitive experience and quick time to value from your legacy apps while you work on longer-term app modernization initiatives.

Application Usage

You’ve heard the stories, and you’ve probably even experienced it. An IT department, often in partnership with a business leader, implements expensive apps and systems as part of long-term app modernization project, but they don’t produce the expected ROI. Why? Mostly because employees aren’t using the apps or aren’t using them like they were intended to be used. Citrix Workspace can improve application access and usage via microapps — out of the box or custom — to help you get a better ROI on application and systems implementations.

Traditionally, IT has been seen as putting security above all things, including employee experience. That approach isn’t tenable anymore (and even the perception can be harmful), especially when there’s a talent crunch and employee experience matters more than ever before to an organization’s success. Citrix Workspace is a people-centric solution that delivers a unified, secure, and intelligent way to work and gives IT the flexibility, security, control, and visibility the modern technology environment demands.

Learn more about Citrix Workspace and how it can help IT to lead change in your organization.