FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 24,
2005--
Validation Demonstrates that Citrix NetScaler
Application Switch
Integrates Seamlessly with Siebel's Proven CRM
Software Solution to
Increase Performance, Security and Reliability over
WANs
Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS), the global leader
in access infrastructure solutions, today announced
Siebel Systems, Inc. has validated the interoperability
between Citrix(R) NetScaler(R) Application Switch and
Siebel business applications version 7.8.2. This
validated interoperability with Siebel's most
comprehensive customer-facing solution ensures that
large enterprise customers can leverage the NetScaler
application delivery systems' industry-leading
application acceleration, traffic management and
application security capabilities for optimal
performance, security and reliability in a Siebel 7,
Web-based environment.
The Siebel validation enables joint customers to gain
the advantages of the NetScaler Application Switch,
which applies numerous technologies to reduce latency
experienced by users on wide area networks, as well as
lower the processing overhead on back-end application
resources. For example, NetScaler systems provide highly
efficient data compression to reduce bandwidth
consumption and lower application response times,
especially over slower Internet links. During the
validation testing, the Siebel applications working with
the NetScaler Application Switch in a back-end SSL
scenario experienced a significant reduction in Web
client response time.
"Siebel's validation of the NetScaler Application
Switch enables us to offer our customers a
high-performance, easy-to-deploy and tested solution
that provides reliability and scalability of the Siebel
business application deployments over wide area
networks," said Butch Winters, vice president and
general manager of Global Alliances for Siebel.
"NetScaler technology increases the ability of our
integrated family of Siebel customer-facing solutions to
power multi-channel sales, marketing, and customer
service systems over the Web, in call centers, in the
field, through reseller channels, and across retail and
dealer networks."
Benefits to Siebel customers include the advanced
traffic management capabilities in the NetScaler
application delivery system, which helps ensure session
integrity for Siebel business applications. The
NetScaler technology continuously monitors the health of
Web and application servers and intelligently directs
client requests to the appropriate server. If a server
is down or unavailable, the NetScaler Application Switch
automatically redirects traffic to a "healthy" resource,
ensuring continuous availability and business
continuity.
The NetScaler systems can also offload
computationally-intensive operations from expensive
back-end application servers, freeing up valuable
resources for more users per server. For example, Siebel
administrators can offload TCP connection handling tasks
onto the high-speed NetScaler packet processing engine,
thereby freeing server CPU cycles from basic connection
management tasks. In addition, the NetScaler Application
Switch can handle expensive SSL processes such as
session set-up and symmetric data encryption associated
with secure Web transactions.
"Receiving the validation from Siebel Systems is an
important designation that customers look for when
implementing solutions," said David Jones, corporate
vice president, business development and corporate
affairs, for Citrix. "As a committed Siebel Strategic
Software partner, we are pleased that the NetScaler
technology meets the needs of customers who want to
provide fast and secure remote access to Siebel
applications wherever users are located."
Siebel Systems forms alliances with proven technology
leaders to deliver tangible business benefits throughout
the enterprise. By choosing Siebel customer-facing and
validated partner solutions, Siebel Systems customers
can pursue a best-in-class software acquisition
strategy. The Siebel Validation Program applies rigorous
technical scrutiny to evaluate the integration of
third-party solutions with Siebel customer-facing
solutions. Integrations that meet the strict testing
criteria are validated and documented by the Siebel
Validation Program. Validation documentation is
available on the Siebel Partner Directory at
www.siebel.com/partners/dir/directory.shtm or at
www.citrix.com/siebel
About Citrix
Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS) is the global
leader and most trusted name in on-demand access. More
than 160,000 organizations around the world use the
Citrix Access Platform to provide the best possible
access experience to any application for any user.
Citrix customers include 100% of the Fortune 100
companies and 98% of the Fortune Global 500, as well as
hundreds of thousands of small businesses and
individuals. Citrix has approximately 6,200 channel and
alliance partners in more than 100 countries. Citrix
annual revenues in 2004 were $741 million. Learn more at
http://www.citrix.com.
For Citrix Investors
This release contains forward-looking statements
which are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of
Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The
forward-looking statements in this release do not
constitute guarantees of future performance. Those
statements involve a number of factors that could cause
actual results to differ materially, including risks
associated with revenue growth and recognition of
revenue, products, their development and distribution,
product demand and pipeline, economic and competitive
factors, the Company's key strategic relationships,
acquisition and related integration risks as well as
other risks detailed in the Company's filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. Citrix assumes no
obligation to update any forward-looking information
contained in this press release or with respect to the
announcements described herein.
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owners.
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be registered in certain jurisdictions. All other
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identification purposes only.
CONTACT:
Citrix Systems, Inc., Fort
Lauderdale
Jason Wyse,
954-229-6187
jason.wyse@citrix.com
or
A&R
Partners
Joanne Rasch,
301-871-3335
jrasch@arpartners.com
SOURCE: Citrix Systems, Inc.
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