Citrix teams up with PeopleSoft to enhance performance of client/server applications outside the LAN; Citrix named PeopleSoft Application Partner for Remote Communications.CORAL SPRINGS Coral Springs, city (1990 pop. 79,443), Broward co., SE Fla.; inc. 1963. Largely residential, it is a city that has grown rapidly along with the southern Florida and Fort Lauderdale area. The population of Coral Springs nearly doubled between 1980 and 1990. , Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 25, 1995--Citrix Systems, Inc. today announced that it has become a certified Application Partner of the PeopleSoft Global Alliance Program. The PeopleSoft Global Alliance program consists of industry-leading software, hardware, database and service companies that add value to its suite of enterprise client/server applications for financials, distribution, manufacturing and human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. . The Citrix line of Windows telecomputing TeleComputing (OSE: TCO) is an international information technology operation and outsourcing company that provides services in Norway, Sweden and Russia, including IT on demand and software as a service services. In addition it owns the system development company Kentor. software, which includes new WinFrame for Networks, enhances the performance of PeopleSoft's client/server applications when accessed outside the LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. over low-bandwith phone lines, wide area networks, or the Internet. "PeopleSoft partners with industry leaders and innovators to deliver the most comprehensive, enterprise-level client/server solutions for our customers," says Frank Strelau, vice president of Business Development for PeopleSoft. "Citrix has proven to be a valuable partner in its ability to increase the performance of our client/server applications over dial-up or wide area network connections." "Citrix is pleased to be a certified Application Partner of PeopleSoft, the pioneer of client/server applications," says Michael Passaro, vice president of Worldwide Sales for 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. "There is a high degree of synergy between PeopleSoft and Citrix, allowing us to focus on what we do best, while providing our many mutual customers, such BP Oil, Brown & Root and AT&T Wireless Services, with complete enterprise solutions. PeopleSoft, focuses on building the best engineering client/server applications, and Citrix focuses on `remoting' those applications with high performance and manageability across enterprise networks." AT&T Wirless Services uses WinFrame to centrally manage and increase the performance of PeopleSoft HRMS HRMS Human Resource Management System HRMS High Resolution Microwave Survey (SETI, Project Phoenix) HRMS High Resolution Mass Spectroscopy HRMS High Resolution Molecular Spectroscopy HRMS Human Resources Management Specialist , a human resources application, across its TCP/IP TCP/IP in full Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Standard Internet communications protocols that allow digital computers to communicate over long distances. enterprise wide area network. "We found that we can improve both the performance and manageability of client/server applications using WinFrame by localizing the database traffic on the LAN and sending only the user interface data across the WAN," says Steve Chadly, People Systems Integration Manager for AT&T Wireless Services. Built as an authorized extension to Windows NT Server under license from Microsoft, WinFrame is the first integrated, scaleable telecomputing platform to run 16- and 32-bit Windows applications at LAN speed over dial-up, ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. , WAN and Internet connections. WinFrame enhances the performance of client/server applications outside the LAN by adding the "thin client" technology necessary for high performance over low-bandwidth connections. WinFrame is based on a Citrix-patented protocol, called ICA Ica (ē`kä), city (1993 pop. 108,724), capital of Ica dept., SW Peru, on the Pan-American Highway. It is a commercial center for the cotton, wool, and wine produced in the region. There are several summer resorts nearby. (TM) (Intelligent Console Architecture), which is the industry's first, general-purpose Windows presentation services protocol A protocol that provides graphical interface screen updates to a client station from an application executing in a multiuser computer system. ICA and T.share are examples for the WinFrame and Windows-based Terminal Server systems. See WinFrame, Windows Terminal Server, ICA and T.share. . Similar in concept to the X-Windows protocol for Unix, ICA separates an application's logic from its user interface. This allows the logic and user interface to be executed on separate machines over any kind of connection. As a result, WinFrame provides LAN-speed access to client/server applications over low-bandwidth connections and allows client/server applications to run from existing 286 and 386 PCs. Citrix Systems, Inc. is the market leading vendor for Windows telecomputing server software. The company develops and markets telecomputing products for high-performance delivery of Windows and DOS applications to mobile users, remote site, branch offices and for interactive Internet commerce. Founded in 1989, the privately held firm is headquartered in Coral Springs, Florida Coral Springs, officially chartered July 10, 1963, is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States, approximately 20 miles (32 km) northwest of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. According to the U.S. , and has regional sales offices throughout North America and the United Kingdom. For the past two years, Citrix has ranked as one of the fastest growing software companies in the industry as published by Soft-Letter (May, 1995). -0- NOTE TO EDITORS: Citrix, WinView, WinFrame and ICA are trademarks of Citrix Systems, Inc. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are property of their respective owners. CONTACT: Citrix Systems, Inc. Vicky Gore Harris, 305/340-2246 or Copithorne & Bellows David Morrison, 404/392-8611 |
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