South African organisations typically operate in an environment where bandwidth costs remain high and availability relatively low.
This is according to David Jones, Citrix corporate VP of business development, who spoke to ITWeb on the sidelines of this week`s Citrix iForum in Las Vegas.
It is due to the network connectivity issues in SA that the benefits of Citrix products are often amplified, he said.
The group`s application delivery, in the form of virtualisation, optimisation and streaming, does not require high-speed connectivity, Jones pointed out, adding that the Citrix model aims to take the cost out of IT infrastructure.
"This allows organisations to invest more money into growth projects, as this model is extremely cost-effective in deploying client services," he said.
He explained that, as most data remains within the data centre, applications need a minimum of 12.8KB bandwidth to run.
"Applications won`t run very well at this speed, but a 128KB modem will do the trick very nicely," Jones said.
Citrix launched several new products at the iForum, aimed at providing "the best access experience" to any application, whether client-server, Web or desktop, the company said.
Thus, a user`s device can be any form factor, run any operating system and have minimal computing horsepower, Jones pointed out, adding that cost benefits are also gained from reduced support costs and a long hardware refresh cycle.
"The Citrix model can add up to eight years to a PC`s lifecycle, as companies no longer have to replace their machines every time Windows brings out a new version, due to running instant virtual deployment."
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