Citrix Teams With Terminal Manufacturers to Deliver Server-Based Computing Capabilities to Small Businesses
Fourteen Terminal Manufacturers License New Citrix Device Services Product to Accelerate Adoption of Server-Based Computing Among Small Businesses
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 3, 1999-- Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS - news) today announced Citrix Device Services, a new server-based product available through licensed Citrix ICA® OEMs, designed to introduce small businesses to the benefits of server-based computing. Citrix Device Services provides enhanced levels of connectivity to Microsoft® Windows NT® Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition, including support for local printers, COM ports and additional device types. As a result, small businesses can begin implementing server-based computing in a fast, easy and cost-effective manner using the basic Citrix ICA connectivity available through OEM Windows-based terminals, thin-clients and other fixed-function devices without added expense.
Fourteen Citrix OEMs are among the first to license Citrix's new Device Services product for their ICA-based product lines. As a result, these manufacturers can deliver significant value-add at no extra cost to customers, accelerating the adoption of server-based computing and ICA-based devices within the small business market. These OEMs include IBM, Wyse Technology, Boundless Technologies, Acute Technologies, Addonics Communications, Athena Networking Products, Austone, Bryant Technology Limited, Clientec, Fujian Start, HCL Peripherals, IGEL, Key Tronic, and Neoware Systems.
''Citrix Device Services addresses the basic server-based computing needs of small businesses that are seeking enhanced connectivity capabilities for their stand-alone Terminal Server environment while reducing the cost of entry for server-based computing,'' said Steve Adams, senior vice president of worldwide marketing for Citrix.
''We are especially pleased to be working with fourteen of our OEMs to deliver this value-add capability to their ICA-based product lines to facilitate even broader adoption of our Independent Computing Architecture and greater server-based computing penetration among small businesses,'' continued Adams.
Citrix OEMs that license Citrix Device Services can deliver enhanced levels of ICA connectivity to Terminal Server without requiring any changes to the standard ICA client on their fixed-function devices. Citrix Device Services provides users logging into Microsoft Terminal Server Edition over an Ethernet LAN or TCP/IP wide area network transparent access to local printers and COM ports for peripherals, such as point-of-sale scanners, without the separate purchase of Citrix MetaFrame(TM) server-based computing software. Citrix Device Services also delivers increased application performance and network efficiency, and supports additional fixed-function device types, such as those based upon Java, Linux, UNIX and a broad range of embedded operating systems.
The flexibility of Citrix's Independent Computing Architecture enables small business customers using Citrix Device Services to upgrade to Citrix MetaFrame 1.8 for enhanced server manageability as their installation of Windows Terminal Server grows. Citrix Device Service customers can migrate to MetaFrame 1.8 or higher to access full server-based computing capabilities, which provide significant value-add to the Microsoft Terminal Server operating platform. MetaFrame extends the reach of Terminal Server through additional client and server functionality -- including expanded enterprise management tools, seamless desktop integration for the richest end-user experience in server-based computing, and broadened support for heterogeneous computing environments.
Following are statements of support by Citrix ICA OEMs for Citrix's new Device Services product:
-- Acute Technologies, Inc. "We are pleased to take advantage of
Citrix's continuous commitment to provide its OEMs with
increasingly sophisticated features and technologies for their
customers' server-based computing needs." Markeeta Canada,
Director, Sales and Marketing
-- Boundless Technologies. "We are pleased to provide support for
Citrix's new Device Services product. Now, all customers
deploying Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition can gain
access to applications with Boundless' Capio and Viewpoint Thin
Clients using Citrix's Independent Computing Architecture.
Previously, customers needed to install Citrix MetaFrame in order
to make those connections. With Citrix Device Services support,
Boundless can provide ICA connections today, with the ability for
customers to add MetaFrame at their convenience." Kenneth East,
Chief Operating Officer
-- Bryant Technology Limited. "The release of Citrix Device Services
is exciting, as it will give customers implementing our complete
range of SUNNIX 2000 products immediate access to basic
server-based computing benefits. The high performance and
well-established ICA technology will provide significant value to
end-users as well as create new opportunities for value-added
resellers. End-users will benefit, as they have the option to
elect the most appropriate solution for their specific
requirements and the ability to plan for the future, based on a
family of server-based computing solutions from Citrix." Hamish
Guthrie, Technical Director
-- Fujian Start. "Citrix Device Services provides new market
opportunities for our products, reducing the cost of entry and
expanding the use of server-based computing to additional
markets." Zhang Hui
-- IBM. "We are delighted that Citrix is working with IBM, the
top-rated, market-leading thin client vendor, in providing
software solutions for the Windows environment. A Citrix/IBM
Network Station architecture gives customers a simple way to
enjoy flexibility and manageability within server-based solutions
that meet the needs of today's computing environments." Dr. David
McAughtry, Worldwide Marketing Vice President, IBM Network
Computer Division
-- Key Tronic. "We look forward to being able to offer our customers
better and more diverse functionality with Citrix Device
Services. Now our ClienTerm terminal in a keyboard has another
attractive selling benefit to add to our growing list of
features, which include touch screen capability, bar code reader,
biometrics and more." Craig Gates, Executive Vice President of
Sales, Marketing and Engineering
-- Neoware Systems. "Neoware is pleased to be working with Citrix to
bring their Citrix Device Services product to market. The
combination of Citrix Device Services' enhanced connectivity
capabilities, increased application performance and network
efficiency with Neoware's NeoStation Windows-based terminal,
enables small businesses to start taking advantage of
server-based computing today." Michael Kantrowitz, Executive Vice
President
-- Wyse Technology. "Wyse and Citrix continue to push the envelope
on the capabilities and functionality for server-based computing
and thin clients, and Citrix Device Services is another example
of industry leaders working to provide real world solutions for
thin-client installations. By working with Citrix to bundle
Citrix Device Services with our Wyse Winterm thin clients, we're
delivering added functionality that customers are looking for at
no extra cost." Jeff McNaught, Vice President of Marketing
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Founded in 1989, Citrix Systems, Inc. is the nation's 18th
largest software company and world leader in system software for
server-based computing. The MetaFrame(TM) and WinFrame® product lines
and Independent Computing Architecture (ICA®) technology offer a
fast, easy and cost-effective way to deliver business-critical
applications to anyone, anywhere, anytime. The company's server-based
computing solutions 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
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