Re: Psion and Citrix Agreement
Thread- I re-read the PR out of Psion and sort of know where this whole thing is heading. I think my mistake may be mixing apples and oranges when I think of the Web and enterprise apps as being the same. As we talk about it, I see that it's probably better to keep the subjects separated.
Obviously in reading the PR below, it's getting users connected to the company LAN, as the focus of this Psion-Citrix agreement. Ironically Psion mentions the "netBook" in this particular PR. But accessing web pages is not what ICA is on this Psion product for. ICA is there to access apps on the company server. -MikeM(From Florida)
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Psion and Symbian Make the Wireless Enterprise a Reality
With Introduction of Mobile Application Access Solution from Citrix©
CeBIT, Hannover - 24th February 2000 Psion and Citrix Systems today announced the first implementation of Citrix Independent Computing Architecture(ICA) on the Symbian platform. The new alliance will extend the reach of today's enterprise applications beyond the desktop and onto Psion's range of mobile computing devices, including the new enterprise-class netBook.
Psion support for the mobile enterprise will be provided by its range of mobile computing devices - including its new netBook device, the world's first fully Java-compliant mobile computer - enabling users to access any back-office server-based applications and data resources while on the move.
The embedding of Citrix ICA technology in the Symbian platform means that staff using current and future mobile computing devices can now enjoy the same level of performance from line-of-business and office productivity applications - based on Windows, UNIX or Java - as they would from their desktops.
As a result, Psion and Citrix customers will now be able to comprehensively extend their e-business strategies beyond the walls of today's business computing environments and empower their workforces in the process.
"The popularity of server-based computing has inspired a growing number of innovative, ICA-based devices that offer users greater flexibility in accessing business-critical enterprise applications," said Chris Phoenix, vice president and general manager of Citrix iBusiness. "People have greatly expanded the locations and situations where they need access to business applications, and we make that access possible. Psion's incorporation of ICA in its mobile devices strengthens our strategy of providing digital independence by enabling users to access business-critical information from any device, anywhere in the world.
"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.
Psion and Symbian support of Citrix ICA will mean that existing Citrix customers can build a cost-effective solution for mobile staff by simply introducing the Psion devices to an existing architecture - without the costs associated with lengthy mobile IT development strategies. Psion enterprise products, such as the netBook, are targeted at companies wishing to deliver mobile solutions to their workforce in sectors such as insurance, banking, healthcare and utilities; and, because the netBook fully supports Sun?s Enterprise Java 1.1.4, it will also lend itself perfectly to sector-specific application developments.
This announcement comes shortly after the news that Psion?s enterprise mobile computing devices are to be supported by additional enterprise-class hardware and software vendors - such as Oracle, Sybase and IBM. Today's announcement makes deployment of mobile workforce strategies an even simpler task as Psion increases its support of enterprise-class computing platforms.
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