Grupo Palace Resorts Cuts IT Support Costs by 50% with Citrix MetaFrame XP Presentation Server.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers 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.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 3, 2003 Established Mexican Mexican named after or originating in Mexico. Mexican axolotl see ambystomamexicanum. Mexican beaded lizard (Heloderma horridum Hotel Chain Plans to Expand Its Use of Citrix Access Infrastructure Software 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. (Nasdaq:CTXS CTXS Citrix Systems (NASDAQ stock ticker symbol) ), the global leader in access infrastructure solutions, announced that Grupo Palace Resorts, a private hotel company with 17 years of leadership in the Mexican hotel and resort market, has implemented Citrix(R) MetaFrame XP(TM) Presentation Server to provide nearly 1,000 users with cost-effective access to graphical applications over a bandwidth-constrained wide-area network (WAN). The company also plans to convert its intranet to Citrix MetaFrame(R) Secure Access Manager to enable secure, single-point access to applications, content and services over the Web. MetaFrame XP Presentation Server and MetaFrame Secure Access Manager are key components of the Citrix MetaFrame Access Suite--integrated access infrastructure that enables end-to-end access to the on-demand enterprise. Grupo Palace Resorts wanted to move from character-based UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). (R) applications--for managing reservations, reception, billing, vacation club membership, accounting, inventory, etc.--to a graphical environment in order to improve user experience and provide greater application functionality. Because graphical applications place a high demand on network resources and client processing power, the hotel company would have had to make a significant investment to increase network bandwidth and upgrade most of its 1,000 clients. By implementing Citrix MetaFrame XP Presentation Server--which enables IT staffs to centrally manage heterogeneous Not the same. Contrast with homogeneous. heterogeneous - Composed of unrelated parts, different in kind. Often used in the context of distributed systems that may be running different operating systems or network protocols (a heterogeneous network). applications and provide access to them from anywhere, anytime, using any device over any connection--the hotel company was able to upgrade its applications without incurring in·cur tr.v. in·curred, in·cur·ring, in·curs 1. To acquire or come into (something usually undesirable); sustain: incurred substantial losses during the stock market crash. 2. these costs. By using Citrix MetaFrame XP Presentation Server, the three newest hotels in the group have all been able to reduce their technical support costs by 50 percent by cutting workload The term workload can refer to a number of different yet related entities. An amount of labor While a precise definition of a workload is elusive, a commonly accepted definition is the hypothetical relationship between a group or individual human operator and task demands. in half. Aventura Palace, SPA Palace and Xpuha Palace, which together comprise the Zona Aventura group, are using a total of 300 thin clients instead of traditional desktops to access the hotel's mission critical applications. Thin clients not only are less expensive to purchase, but also have no hard disks or moving parts Moving parts are the components of a device that undergo continuous or frequent motion, most commonly rotation. "Parts" only include the mechanical components which does not include fuel, or any other gas or liquid. , which further reduces administrative and help desk costs. "Of the 13 technical support employees serving the company's 1,000 desktops, only three are assigned as·sign tr.v. as·signed, as·sign·ing, as·signs 1. To set apart for a particular purpose; designate: assigned a day for the inspection. 2. to the Zona Aventura hotels, because support issues have been substantially reduced with our Citrix solution," said Fernando Benitez, IT manager for Grupo Palace Resorts. "We'll continue to use our antiquated PCs because with Citrix MetaFrame XP Presentation Server the hardware's processing power and age doesn't matter, since the applications run on the server. This will provide our company with significant cost savings--and these savings can be applied to strategic areas of the company, such as the construction of a larger hotel infrastructure." Palace Resorts Hotels began deploying Citrix MetaFrame XP Presentation Server in September 2002. To date, the company has completed the first two phases, which include providing Zona Aventura hotels with thin clients and optimizing the Citrix installation with the support of Citrix Consulting Services Noun 1. consulting service - service provided by a professional advisor (e.g., a lawyer or doctor or CPA etc.) service - work done by one person or group that benefits another; "budget separately for goods and services" (TM) and Integra Soluciones Informaticas, a Gold-level member of the Citrix Solutions Network(TM). Currently, the company is extending the project to the remaining hotels. The final phase will consist of converting the firm's intranet to MetaFrame Secure Access Manager. About Citrix Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS) is the global leader in access infrastructure solutions for businesses, government agencies, and educational institutions. The most trusted name in enterprise access, the Citrix MetaFrame Access Suite enables people to easily and securely access the on-demand enterprise, from anywhere, anytime, using any device over any connection. Nearly 50 million people in more than 120,000 organizations around the world use Citrix every day. Citrix customers include 100 of the Fortune 100 companies, 99% of the Fortune 500 and 95 of the Financial Times European 100. Based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida Fort Lauderdale, known as the "Venice of America" due to its expansive and intricate canal system, is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States. The city's population is described as metropolitan, where diverse culture is commonplace. According to 2006 U.S. , Citrix has offices in 22 countries, and more than 7,000 channel and alliance partners in more than 100 countries. For more information visit http://www.citrix.com. 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Those statements involve a number of factors that could cause actual results to differ materially, including risks associated with the company's business involving the company's products, their development and distribution, economic and competitive factors and the company's key strategic relationships and 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. Citrix(R), MetaFrame(R), MetaFrame XP(TM), Citrix Consulting Services(TM) and Citrix Solutions Network(TM) are registered trademarks or trademarks of Citrix Systems, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. UNIX(R) is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the U.S. and other countries. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are property of their respective owners. |
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