Citrix Application Delivery Solutions Achieve Integration Validation With Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise Customer Relationship Management and PeopleSoft Tools.Citrix NetScaler and Access Suite Products Deliver "Best Access Experience" for PeopleSoft Enterprise Customers FORT LAUDERDALE Fort Lauderdale (lô`dərdāl), residential, commercial, and resort city (1990 pop. 149,377), seat of Broward co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic coast; settled around a fort built (c.1837) in the Seminole War, inc. 1911. , Fla. -- Citrix Systems Citrix Systems' (NASDAQ: CTXS) is an American technology company, based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, with subsidiary operations in California and Massachusetts, with additional development centers in Australia, India and the UK. , Inc., the global leader in application delivery infrastructure, today announced it has achieved integration validation for the Citrix[R] NetScaler[R] System and Citrix Access Suite[TM] with Oracle's PeopleSoft Customer Relationship Management (CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. ) 9 and PeopleSoft Tools 8.48, via the Oracle[R] PartnerNetwork Application Integration Initiative. This milestone demonstrates Citrix's commitment to meet Oracle customer needs with the industry's most comprehensive application delivery and access solutions. Citrix Application Delivery Solutions for Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise Applications Citrix NetScaler System, the market-leading Web application delivery system, helps optimize the delivery of the PeopleSoft Enterprise suite, speeding application response times over the web and helping to improve end-user performance -- an excellent option for delivering Web applications. Deployed in front of PeopleSoft Enterprise application servers, the system significantly reduces processing overhead on application and database servers, reducing hardware and bandwidth costs. Citrix NetScaler is a comprehensive network system that combines high-speed load balancing The fine tuning of a computer system, network or disk subsystem in order to more evenly distribute the data and/or processing across available resources. For example, in clustering, load balancing might distribute the incoming transactions evenly to all servers, or it might redirect them and content switching with state-of-the-art application acceleration, layer 4-7 traffic management, data compression data compression Process of reducing the amount of data needed for storage or transmission of a given piece of information (text, graphics, video, sound, etc.), typically by use of encoding techniques. , static and dynamic content caching, SSL acceleration SSL acceleration is a method of offloading the processor-intensive public key encryption algorithms involved in SSL transactions to a hardware accelerator. Typically, this is a separate card that plugs into a PCI slot in a computer that contains one or more co-processors able to , numerous network optimizations, and robust application security into a single, tightly integrated system. Citrix Presentation Server Software from Citrix that provides a timeshared, multiuser environment for Unix and Windows servers. Formerly MetaFrame, Citrix Presentation Server uses the ICA protocol to turn the client machine into a terminal and governs the input/output between the client and server. [TM], the #1 application virtualization A smaller umbrella term within the larger umbrella term of "virtualization." It refers to several techniques that make running applications more protected, more flexible or easier to manage. See virtualization, network virtualization and storage virtualization. solution and part of the Citrix Access Suite, offers additional options for delivering the PeopleSoft Enterprise suite, providing central management of browser plug-ins. Citrix Presentation Server allows organizations to access the Oracle applications from any device or location over any network. By hosting the browser, Citrix Presentation Server eliminates concerns over locally-installed browser versions or security settings as well as reducing the overall burden on IT resources. Citrix Presentation Server also enables enhanced data security and user mobility for users of the Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise suite through its proven application virtualization technology. Citrix Access Security & Control Solutions for PeopleSoft Enterprise Applications Oracle customers can now also leverage the value of Citrix market-leading Access Security and Control solutions, Citrix Access Gateway[TM] and Citrix Password Manager A password manager is software that helps a user organize passwords and PIN codes. The software typically has a local database or files that holds the encrypted password data. [TM], included in the Citrix Access Suite integration validation from Oracle. Citrix Access Gateway is a line of universal SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) The leading security protocol on the Internet. Developed by Netscape, SSL is widely used to do two things: to validate the identity of a Web site and to create an encrypted connection for sending credit card and other personal data. VPN (Virtual Private Network) A private network that is configured within a public network (a carrier's network or the Internet) in order to take advantage of the economies of scale and management facilities of large networks. appliances, including Citrix SmartAccess technology that gives administrators fine granular control over what actions users can take when accessing the Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise suite based on who they are, where they are located, and what kind of device they are using. This unique capability is accomplished without any code modification or custom integration. Citrix Password Manager efficiently accesses the password-protected PeopleSoft Enterprise suite with one logon See login. 1. (jargon) logon - login. 2. (networking) logon - In ACF/VTAM, an unformatted session-initiation request for a session between two logical units. . Users authenticate (1) To verify (guarantee) the identity of a person or company. To ensure that the individual or organization is really who it says it is. See authentication and digital certificate. (2) To verify (guarantee) that data has not been altered. once with a single password, and Password Manager automatically does the rest: logs onto password-protected enterprise resources, enforces password policies, monitors password-related events, and automates end-user tasks Co even password changes. "We are pleased to validate the integration of Citrix's solutions with our PeopleSoft software," said Tom Herrmann, vice president, ISV (Independent Software Vendor) A person or company that develops software. It implies an organization that specializes in software only and is not part of a computer systems or hardware manufacturer. Management and Programs, Oracle. "PeopleSoft CRM customers can be confident that Citrix satisfies the standards for the Application Integration Initiative." "As a Certified Partner in Oracle PartnerNetwork, we are pleased to provide important value to the approximately 25,000 joint customers deploying Oracle applications with Citrix solutions," said David Jones David Jones is a common name, particularly in Wales, and there have been several well-known individuals with this name. Variations include Dave Jones and Davy Jones. , corporate vice president, business development, Citrix. "In today's distributed work environments, companies need to increase employee productivity and reduce overall IT costs by providing secure, efficient and optimized access to business-critical applications like the PeopleSoft Enterprise suite from any location, device and platform." Citrix received integration validation for PeopleSoft CRM 9 and PeopleSoft Tools8.48 by undergoing tests that demonstrate integration compatibility between the Citrix and Oracle products. The test plan was developed and executed by Oracle's Application Integration Initiative team. Citrix and Oracle have previously validated the Citrix Access Suite and Citrix NetScaler System with Oracle E-Business Suite A group of integrated Internet-based applications from Oracle. Introduced in 2001 as Version 11i, it includes modules for CRM, finance, human resources, supply chain management as well as applications for business intelligence. , and validated Citrix Access Suite with Oracle's JD Edwards See J.D. Edwards. EnterpriseOne and JD Edwards OneWorld XE SP23. Citrix has received a total of 10 Oracle validations. The Oracle PartnerNetwork Application Integration Initiative gives customers confidence that integrations between Oracle Applications and complementary ISV solutions have been validated and the products work together as designed. This can reduce risk, improve system implementation cycles, and provide for smoother upgrades and simpler maintenance. This initiative is available to qualifying partners in the Oracle PartnerNetwork, and applies a rigorous technical process to validate the integrations of third-party software to Oracle Applications products. Oracle (NasdaqGS: ORCL ORCL Oracle (stock symbol) ) provides tools, resources and training to assist partners in the integration. Partners who have successfully validated their integrations are authorized to use the "Integrated with Oracle" logo. For more information, please visit Oracle.com at http://www.oracle.com/partnerships/isv/integration/search.html/. About Oracle PartnerNetwork Oracle PartnerNetwork is a global business network of 17,700 companies who deliver innovative software solutions based on Oracle software. Through access to Oracle's premier products, education, technical services, marketing and sales support, the Oracle PartnerNetwork program provides partners with the resources they need to be successful in today's global economy. Oracle partners are able to offer their customers leading-edge solutions backed by Oracle's position as the world's largest enterprise software company. Partners who are able to demonstrate superior product knowledge, technical expertise and a commitment to doing business with Oracle qualify for the Oracle Certified Partner levels. http://oraclepartnernetwork.oracle.com About Citrix Citrix Systems, Inc. is the global leader and the most trusted name in application delivery infrastructure. More than 180,000 organizations worldwide rely on Citrix to deliver any application to users anywhere with the best performance, highest security and lowest cost. Citrix customers include 100 percent of the Fortune 100 companies and 98 percent of the Fortune Global 500, as well as hundreds of thousands of small businesses and prosumers. Citrix has approximately 6,200 channel and alliance partners in more than 100 countries. Annual revenue in 2005 was $909M. For Citrix Investors This release contains forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. which are made pursuant to the safe harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. provisions of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The forward-looking statements in this release do not constitute guarantees of future performance. Those statements involve a number of factors that could cause actual results to differ materially, including risks associated with revenue growth and recognition of revenue, products, their development and distribution, product demand and pipeline, economic and competitive factors, the Company's key strategic relationships, acquisition and related integration risks as well as other risks detailed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Citrix assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking information contained in this press release or with respect to the announcements described herein. Oracle, JD Edwards, PeopleSoft, and Siebel are registered trademarks of Oracle Corporation and/or its affiliates. Citrix[R], NetScaler[R], Citrix Presentation Server[TM], Citrix Access Gateway[TM], Citrix Access Suite[TM] and Citrix Password Manager[TM] are trademarks of Citrix Systems, Inc. and/or one or more of its subsidiaries, and may be registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and in other countries. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are property of their respective owners. |
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