Is this a big deaL? why? I am still a little confused.
<<<"Today`s announcement really opens the gates for mobile e-business strategies,"
said Claes Bergstedt, Commercial Director for Psion Enterprise Computing. "Psion
and Symbian support for Citrix` ICA lowers the barriers for customers that want
to go mobile. Citrix already enjoys a large installed base and so, with the help
of the Psion mobile computing devices, these customers now have a simple means
of extending their applications beyond the desktop. Because ICA gives access to
any of today`s standard enterprise applications, every type of business can now
bring their mobile staff into the e-business fold."
"This new solution will for the first time mobilise today`s enterprise workforce
and allow them to access and use mainstream data resources," said Colly Myers,
CEO of Symbian. "With recent initiatives such as the Citrix NFuse application
portal, the Citrix ICA solution is a perfect fit for companies that wish to give
their workforce more freedom to roam. In today`s marketplace this is an
increasingly critical factor, and Symbian, Psion and Citrix have just made it a
reality."
Citrix ICA-enabled Psion devices will allow mobile field workers such as service
engineers, medical staff and financial field executives to achieve the same
level of productivity 5,000 miles from the office as they would at their desks.
When accessed via Psion devices, Citrix application server software mobilises
the functionality of line-of-business and personal productivity applications -
such as CRM, ERP and standard office applications. As a result, the solution
removes any need for users to synchronise data between multiple computing
devices as they change their location and allows any application type - such as
Windows, UNIX or Java - to be accessed via a single Psion device. Coupled with
new initiatives such as Citrix NFuse - a new technology for enabling
applications to be `published` and integrated across the web - enterprises will
now also be able to provide Psion device users with a `portal` from which to
access applications. This will allow users to access and subscribe to
mission-critical data through a standard web-browser interface, regardless of
their location, network connection and also of where and on what server platform
these back-end application resources reside.>> |
