SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- (Business Wire)
The Citrix and Google collaboration continues to accelerate with new
product releases, including Receiver for Chrome and a strong growth of
new joint customers and channel partners.
Citrix and Google have been working together since 2011 to deliver
business apps to the first Chromebooks. With Gartner now predicting
Chromebooks will triple in sales by 2017, a rapidly growing number of
customers will be looking for a way to leverage the enterprise cloud
computing capabilities of the device and services, while still accessing
critical line-of-business apps that they rely on today.
To offer customers the best end user experience in the industry, Citrix
is announcing a new Citrix Receiver for Chrome, which offers Chromebook
users the most advanced user experience features in the industry.
Although HTML5-based solutions, such as Citrix Receiver for HTML5, will
work on Chrome OS and offer browser-based access to virtual apps and
desktops without any download or installation of client software, the
receiver for Chrome provides direct integration to functionality
specific to Chromebooks. These features include the ability to
seamlessly integrate with Google Cloud Print, audio and video playback,
assignment of a unique Receiver ID to each device for monitoring,
seamless Clipboard integration across remote and local applications, end
user experience monitoring with HDX Insight and direct SSL connections.
Solution provider partners who are trained to introduce and deploy
Chromebooks combined with XenApp and XenDesktop are now operating in
regions around the world, and sales momentum continues to grow across
vertical markets. In June 2014, the partnership added new joint
enterprise customers supporting enterprise workspaces that encompass
more than 25,000 Chromebook users. In the past month, Google and Citrix
sales teams have partnered with an additional 20 worldwide enterprise
accounts that will begin to implement Chromebook deployments with XenApp
and XenDesktop over the coming months.
One example is from Citrix-Google partner Fronde who is deploying the
Fronde Cloud Workspace Solution that combines XenApp and XenDesktop from
the cloud to provide enterprise applications to Chromebooks. Citrix
technology is particularly valuable in providing a bridge to the cloud
for traditional enterprise business applications that can be difficult
to deploy from cloud environments.
Another example is Chapters
Health System, a healthcare organization that has deployed Chromebooks
combined with XenApp and Receiver to provide mobile nurses and
caregivers with simple access to clinical and business software
applications while they are onsite with patients. The combination of
Chromebooks and Citrix technology provides caregivers with quick, easy
access to the applications and tools they need, allowing them to devote
more time to patients and less time to working with technology.
CIOs and IT managers benefit from the Citrix relationship with Google by
gaining the ability to securely deliver desktops, apps and IT services
over any network and from any cloud, including private, public or hybrid
environments. And the collaboration between Citrix and Google will
continue to evolve and grow as the relentless pace of mobile innovation
continues.
Quotes:
Rajen Sheth, Director of Product Management, Chrome for Business and
Education, Google
“Chromebooks continue to do well in business, whether customers are
already fully in the cloud or they need a little help from our friends
at Citrix. Many vertical industries like healthcare and finance have
complex requirements around security and compliance, and all businesses
need robust manageability, which is why Chromebooks appeal to a broad
range of IT folks at Citrix customers like Woolworths and Chapters
Health System.”
Chris Williams, Director of IT and Support Services, Chapters Health
System
“At Chapters Health, our main priority is delivering superior patient
care. Our investment in HP Chromebooks combined with XenApp and Citrix
Receiver gives caregivers simple, secure access to the virtual clinical
and business apps they need, when they need it. By keeping the
technology simple and easy to use, we’re giving them the freedom to put
patients first. This combination works for our employees and for our
organization, which is why we are looking at additional deployments of
Chrome with XenApp in the near future.”
James Valentine, CTO, Fronde
“Traditional enterprises are embracing the vision of delivering
cloud-based mobile workspaces over Chromebooks or smart mobile devices.
Yet at the same time, they have a range of existing business
applications that can be difficult to deploy from the cloud. Citrix
plays a vital role in addressing this issue, freeing customers to
embrace Google enterprise solutions."
Calvin Hsu, Vice President, Product Marketing, Desktop and Apps,
Citrix
“Citrix and Google are changing the way people work. In addition to the
joint collaboration around XenApp and XenDesktop with Chromebooks,
Citrix ShareFile features a personal cloud connector for accessing
Google Drive files, Citrix GoToMeeting® Free is now available
on Chrome, and Citrix Podio is integrated with Google Apps. Google and
Citrix are committed to continued innovation across our product lines to
bring best in class mobile workspaces to our customers.”
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