@Backup Chooses Citrix MetaFrame Server Software to Provide Mobile Users Secure Access to Applications
@Backup's SkyDesk Virtual Desktop, an Application Hosting Service, Allows End Users To Access Personalized Applications With Only A Browser Interface
PALM SPRINGS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 8, 1999-- Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS - news) today announced at Demo 99, that @Backup, a leading online backup application service provider, has implemented Citrix MetaFrame(TM) server farms to enable mobile users to transparently access a secure image of their complete desktop and applications from anywhere in the world. SkyDesk(TM), unveiled today, allows users to remotely operate an up-to-date copy of their personalized desktop with any Internet-connected browser that has a Citrix Independent Computing Architecture (ICA®) client for Web browsers.
SkyDesk's application hosting on centralized MetaFrame servers enables users, with only a browser connection, to reach their personalized desktops and applications from anywhere -- on existing PCs, Windows-based terminals, network computers, and a new generation of business and personal information appliances. The delivery of application services is facilitated by Citrix's MetaFrame server-based computing software, which processes applications centrally on the server and remotely displays the user interface, without regard to client device.
''By leveraging Citrix MetaFrame, SkyDesk is offering the mobile computing industry what it needs -- the ability to access enterprise applications and data from anywhere in the world, regardless of a device's storage abilities,'' said Traver Gruen-Kennedy, director of advanced business development for Citrix. ''We are seeing a growing popularity of the idea of a nettop. SkyDesk is bringing the cost and performance benefits of server-based computing to a wider range of users.''
''We're looking forward to working closely with Citrix to deliver the ubiquitous application access needed by mobile workers,'' said Gary Sutton, president and CEO of @Backup. ''Citrix's server-based computing architecture makes it possible for devices to use applications that are not actually stored on the device itself -- a key enabling technology for Internet appliances and kiosks. SkyDesk will make remote computing easy and at the price point designed to achieve deep penetration in the consumer sector.''
The ICA client for Web browsers, which features Windows® Application Launching and Embedding (ALE) support, allows full-function Windows-based applications to be embedded in or linked to HTML Web pages and accessed within a Web browser.
SkyDesk is the first product to allow individuals to access their personalized desktop, applications, and data files from any type of Internet device, regardless of location. SkyDesk provides an exact replica of the desktop with the user's customized configurations intact. SkyDesk uses @Backup's already proven storage and security technology to keep this virtual copy on a secure superserver in the SkyDesk off-site server farm, allowing the first universal remote desktop access in the industry.
SkyDesk will use Citrix server-based computing technology and add the intelligence to convert a snapshot image of a customer's desktop into an executable environment on SkyDesk's superservers.
About Citrix MetaFrame
Citrix MetaFrame server-based computing software is transforming the way organizations deploy, manage and access business applications across the extended enterprise -- regardless of client hardware, operating platform, network connection or available bandwidth -- providing improved application manageability, access, performance and security. MetaFrame software works in conjunction with Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition to deliver a comprehensive server-based solution for the entire enterprise, including support for heterogeneous computing environments, enterprise-scale management and seamless desktop integration.
About Citrix
Founded in 1989, Citrix Systems, Inc. is a leader in system software for server-based computing. The WinFrame® and MetaFrame(TM) product lines and Independent Computing Architecture (ICA®) technology are marketed through a worldwide business alliance of value-added resellers, system integrators, OEM licensees and industry associates. Citrix is based in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. and is traded on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol CTXS. For more information, please visit the Citrix Website at citrix.com.
About @Backup
@Backup, founded in 1995, is the leading provider of online data storage services. With a petabyte (1000 terabytes) of storage space and 50 T3 lines, the company protects against critical data loss due to disaster, theft, hardware failure or human error. Designed as a safer, more reliable alternative to traditional backup methods such as Zip® drives or magnetic tape, @Backup uses bank-level security to automatically transmit data into it's state-of-the-art storage facilities. @Backup has leveraged its significant business expertise in internet storage and security to create a whole new virtual desktop product line which will be announced the second half of 1999. @Backup is located at 3550 General Atomics Ct., San Diego, CA 92121 and can be reached at 800/344-2000 or at atbackup.com.
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Contact:
Citrix Systems, Inc., Fort Lauderdale
Deepa Swamy, (954) 267-2346
or deepas@citrix.com
or
@Backup
Jim Till, (619) 455-3158
or Jtill@Backup.com
or
Lutchansky Communications
Elizabeth Safran, (408) 938-9050 ext. 13
or Elizabeth@lcomm.com |
