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Event
Accelerating application delivery
Citrix Systems' annual event,
iForum 06, was held in Orlando, United States. By Abhinav Singh
Citrix’s annual event, iForum 2006, showcased the latest developments
regarding accelerating application delivery. About 3,000 delegates attended
this three-day conference that was dominated by extensive sessions, workshops,
exhibits and networking opportunities aimed at creating an awareness among organisations
as to how they can deliver any application—client / server, desktop or
Web—faster with the quality of performance users demand, in a secure environment.
During his inaugural address, Mark B Templeton, President
and CEO, Citrix Systems Inc emphasised the fact that application delivery technologies
make it possible for the workforce in an organisation to work from anywhere
in the world.
Delegates at the iForum 06 take a look at the exhibits |
Templeton said that the acquisition of Reflectent Software
has helped Citrix capitalise on the former’s real-time application monitoring
technology and buying Orbital Data has helped it offer products to optimise
application delivery to users in branch offices.
He added that the earlier acquisition of NetScaler had paid off for Citrix as
it had helped the company in offering products for optimised Web application
delivery. He cited the case of Boeing—the company’s employees collaborate
across 70 locations. It has successfully virtualised its PLM applications for
faster application delivery.
Citrix along with IBM unveiled plans for a new offering dubbed Project Kent—an
end-to-end turnkey solution that provides dispersed workers in an organisation
the ability to connect to applications, data and people during a disruptive
event. The new solution will be offered as an integral part of IBM’s Virtual
Workplace Continuity service product and integrates emergency notifications,
employee updates, access to applications and communications and collaboration
within a single solution. Citrix’s solution will use USB keys to ease access
in a disruptive situation.
The company also announced its new ‘Dynamic Desktop’ initiative through
which it and its partners will bring personalisation and flexibility to desktops
to support a number of tasks performed by office workers.
Wes Wasson, corporate Vice-president, Product and Market Strategy, Citrix Systems
Inc, during his presentation on ‘Improve Application Delivery to Your Branch
Offices,’ commented on the Citrix’s strategic partnership with Microsoft
which will result in a single integrated ‘Branch Office Appliance’
combining Citrix WANScaler with Microsoft branch services.
During the conference, a Customer Innovation Award was presented to Betfair
an online gambling exchange that has succeeded through faster performance and
always-on availability.
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