Citrix Accelerates Innovation for Enterprise Mobility
18 September 2014 - 1:30AM
Business Wire
Advances in App Development and Test
Virtualization Increase Security, Scalability, Testability and
Manageability of Mobile Apps
Citrix today announced that it is increasing its commitment and
investment in security to meet the growing demands of global
customers adopting mobile and cloud technologies. To support this
commitment, Citrix has acquired stealth start-up Virtual, the only
provider of a cloud-based virtualization platform for iOS and
Android. The technology and team, including founder and CEO Chris
Wade, will accelerate innovation across the Citrix mobile workspace
apps and delivery infrastructure to help simplify IT security
management for applications, data, endpoints and networks, and
support the core Citrix vision for providing people with new ways
to work.
As the number of consumer and enterprise apps continues to grow
and security requirements for enterprise mobility becomes
paramount, enabling scalable and secure app testing is more
important than ever. Traditional mobile app development requires
testing against an exponential combination of devices, operating
systems, versions and networks. Maintaining the physical resources
to satisfy all of these parameters is expensive and cumbersome for
mobile app developers. A recent report from HP and Capgemini
estimates that more than half of IT departments find a lack of
access to appropriate devices to be a critical barrier to mobile
testing.
Future enhancements to the Citrix mobile workspace delivery
platform with the Virtual technology will make it even easier for
enterprise customers to gain instant, secure access to apps,
desktops, data and services from any device over any network. This
innovation will allow mobile app developers and ISVs to build more
sophisticated and secure apps by letting them spin up the devices
they need on-demand in the cloud, reducing the need to physically
maintain a variety of test devices and making the dev/test process
more affordable, scalable and manageable. As a result, more
sophisticated security testing will be enabled across a wider array
of devices.
“For 25 years, Citrix has been removing the barriers for
business mobility with secure virtualization, mobility, networking
and cloud solutions that allow people to choose when, where and how
work gets done,” said Sudhakar Ramakrishna, Senior Vice President
and General Manager, Enterprise and Service Provider Division,
Citrix. “By advancing mobile app development, we can continue our
tradition of advancing the way comprehensive, secure and
personalized mobile workspaces are delivered.”
“Citrix pioneered remote access, so it was only logical for us
to join them as they continue to lead innovation in mobile
workspaces,” said Chris Wade, founder and CEO, Virtual. “In
creating the Virtual platform, we looked at how things could be
done differently. This philosophy fits into the Citrix culture of
always improving ways for people to work better, from
anywhere.”
Related Links
- Citrix Security and Compliance
Solutions web page
- Infographic: Mobile Workspaces Protect
Critical Business Information While Embracing Mobility
- Infographic: Mobile Workspaces Enable
New Ways to Work
- Blog: Leading the Way to Mobile
Workspaces
- Announcement: Customers Worldwide Adopt
Citrix Workspace Suite to Enable Business Mobility
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Citrix (NASDAQ: CTXS) is a leader in mobile workspaces,
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business mobility through secure, personal workspaces that
provide people with instant access to apps, desktops, data and
communications on any device, over any network and cloud. This year
Citrix is celebrating 25 years of innovation, making IT simpler and
people more productive. With annual revenue in 2013 of $2.9
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organizations and by over 100 million users globally. Learn more
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