Enterprise Connection has been named a Gold partner for the Citrix Solutions Network (CSN), the worldwide channel organisation of Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS)
As a Gold partner, Enterprise Connection will provide consultation, installation, integration and support for the Citrix application server and access portal product lines, which offer a high-performance, cost-effective way to deploy, access and manage business-critical applications and information throughout an enterprise.
"Enterprise Connection`s Gold partner status strengthens our ability to provide end-users with application server and access portal solutions that deliver measurable business benefits," said Chris Norton, Channel Manager at Citrix Systems South Africa. "Enterprise Connection`s extensive experience and resources combined with Citrix products will benefit customers by providing anywhere, anytime access to business-critical applications."
Over the past four years, Enterprise Connection`s technical services team has provided Citrix application server computing solutions to more than 8 500 concurrent users in SA. Among these are blue chip clients such as Barlow Rand, Duferco Steel Processing, Distell, Media 24, and KWV.
Enterprise Connection`s server-based computing currently includes Citrix Certified Enterprise Administrators (CCEA), Citrix Certified Administrators (CCA) as well as several other technicians.
"Use of the thin-client model is attractive for companies looking to reduce desktop capital and operational expenditure and contain management costs," said Debbie Arnoldi, sales director at Enterprise Connection.
"With ever-tightening controls on expenditure, application server and access portal computing solutions offer huge savings and significant return on investment."
Arnoldi commented that Enterprise Connection`s approach helps ensure the Citrix solution matches the client`s particular IT strategy, to deliver business value in terms of lowering total cost of ownership (TCO) and producing a measurable ROI.
"We are able to service the entire country from our Gauteng and Cape Town offices, as both carry significant Citrix capabilities," she said.
Enterprise Connection`s server-based computing capabilities are augmented by its capable technical team that includes certified Microsoft engineers, Unix experts, Linux, NT4, XP and Novell specialists, business analysts and highly experienced project managers. These skills are further bolstered by Enterprise Connection`s extensive pool of consulting and integration skills.
"Our range of managed services represents the ultimate in flexibility and structured approach to support and maintenance," said Arnoldi.
"Our solution consists of a range of reactive and proactive services that allows our customers to pay for only the services they require. National coverage, a single point of contact and a comprehensive menu of reports, ensure that our customers are always in control. This process is essential for the successful planning, implementation and maintenance of any server-based computing environment."
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Enterprise Connection is one of SA`s highly sought-after technology infrastructure partners in the small to medium enterprise sector. Companies choose Enterprise Connection as their IT partner not just because they want to build a solid IT foundation for the business today, but because they need solutions that are built to support the business for tomorrow`s demands. Enterprise Connection`s focus primarily centres on Microsoft`s .NET philosophy of making information available `anywhere, anytime, via any device`, and therefore the company has to various associated technologies around this vision. In addition to its integrated solutions, Enterprise Connection`s technical division specialises in outsourcing contracts, consulting and service level agreements for corporate customers, ensuring a guaranteed response time and various levels of disaster recovery and backup solutions.
About the Citrix Solutions Network The Citrix Solutions Network includes more than 6 000 value-added resellers, distributors and systems integrators worldwide. CSN members deliver complete, server-based computing solutions as well as technical consulting, integration and support for Citrix MetaFrame application serving software, Citrix NFuse Elite access portal software, and other Citrix solutions.
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Citrix Systems, Inc is a global leader in virtual workplace software and services that provide access to applications, information, processes and people on any device, over any network, anywhere, anytime. Citrix makes today`s digital office completely virtual - instead of having to go to your office, the office follows you. Working with the world`s top industry, integration and consulting partners, Citrix delivers enterprise-ready solutions to business challenges including application deployment, remote office connectivity, workforce mobility and business continuity. More than 120 000 companies worldwide use Citrix Solutions for the virtual workplace to give users more mobility, give IT organisations more flexibility and reduce the cost of computing.
Citrix offers two families of products that enable virtual access to information: Application Server software, including MetaFrame XP, MetaFrame for Windows and MetaFrame for Unix; and Access Portal software, including NFuse Elite and NFuse Classic. The company markets its products through a well-established indirect channel comprising approximately 6 000 resellers, integrators and consultants. In fiscal 2001, the company had net revenues of $591.6 million. Citrix is traded on the Nasdaq Stock MarketSM under the symbol CTXS, and is part of the Standard and Poor`s 500 Index. Citrix is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. For more information, please visit the Citrix Web site at http://www.citrix.com.
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