Technology Collaboration Results in New Integrated Solutions That Embrace Mobile Work Styles and Provide a Seamless Path to the Cloud
SUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwired - May 23, 2013) - Today at Citrix Synergy™, NetApp (
Mobile work styles, powered by the cloud, have transformed business and are spurring an architectural revolution in IT. Data needs to always be available to be delivered to end users at a moment's notice while minimizing business disruption. To address this need, NetApp and Citrix have collaborated on new technologies that enable nondisruptive operations and increase storage efficiency throughout a Citrix environment. Today's announcement solidifies NetApp's position as a strategic storage provider for Citrix, and continues a multiyear history of a successful global relationship.
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Highlights of Today's News:
Earlier this week, NS Solutions, Citrix, and NetApp announced that All Nippon Airways (ANA) has adopted NS Solutions' virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) service that is offered through collaboration of the three companies. ANA will use the VDI service for ANA's 11,000 desktops to help realize work-life balance and enable its employees to use their personal devices for work.
Availability
The NetApp Virtual Storage Console 2.0 for Citrix XenServer plug-in and NetApp Recovery Manager for Citrix ShareFile are available worldwide today as free downloads. Citrix CloudBridge with NetApp SnapMirror is available worldwide today. The joint solution for Citrix XenDesktop 7 with VMware vSphere will be available worldwide in August.
Executive Quotes
Bob Schultz, Group Vice President and General Manager, Enterprise Desktops and Applications, Citrix
"Enterprises are under growing pressure to improve IT flexibility and mobilize their employees and leverage private and public clouds. Through our relationship with NetApp, we are driving a shared vision to transform the way our customers manage, deliver and consume IT services with collaboration around desktop virtualization, mobility and cloud."
Patrick Rogers, Vice President, Data Center Platforms, NetApp
"NetApp and Citrix share a vision to provide a simple, easy-to-deploy architecture for transitioning enterprises to private and hybrid clouds. We are looking to transform the role of IT in organizations through technologies such as clustered Data ONTAP, which enable an efficient, flexible, and nondisruptive storage platform. With today's announcement, organizations can now support the increasingly mobile workforce with a cloud-ready infrastructure."
Customer Quote
Tim Haynes, Director of Information Technology, Best Best & Krieger, LLP
"Best Best & Krieger is a full-service law firm with more than 200 attorneys nationwide and a growing practice. We needed an IT foundation that addressed our new mobile work style, including remote sites and on-demand access to user desktops and applications. The IT solution from Cisco, NetApp, and Citrix increased the security, speed and efficiency, allowing our attorneys and staff to access their data and applications from any office and delivering results to our clients."
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