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Delivering the future of work today


Johannesburg, 26 Aug 2020
Troye CEO Helen Kruger
Troye CEO Helen Kruger

Businesses can minimise the risk, cost and complexity of accelerating their transformation to the cloud by enabling greater agility, productivity and security. Citrix and Microsoft have teamed up to accelerate the future of work.

Combining the power of the cloud with Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365 and Citrix Workspace provides a platform for flexible work by giving employees unified access to all of the applications, content and business services they need to be productive and secure wherever and whenever work needs to get done.

According to Troye CEO Helen Kruger, the workplace of the future will look very different to a few months ago. "Companies have had to rethink how and where work gets done and more businesses will make remote work a permanent part of their cost and workforce management strategies."

"To drive business continuity and growth, companies will have to embrace more flexible work models. They will have to re-evaluate the structure and role of their office environments to ensure continued productivity and greater agility across the enterprise," she explains.

Employees need a consistent experience and seamless access to the applications and insights vital to doing their best work wherever work needs to get done – in the office, on the road, or at home. To address this challenge, Citrix and Microsoft have joined forces to reimagine this new flexible workplace.

The technology leaders will help businesses accelerate the move to the cloud and speed adoption of digital workspaces and virtual desktops. Microsoft will select Citrix Workspace as a preferred digital workspace solution, and Citrix will select Microsoft Azure as a preferred cloud platform, moving existing on-premises Citrix customers to Microsoft Azure to enable people to work anywhere across devices.

Kruger says Citrix and Microsoft will provide joint tools and services to simplify and speed the transition of on-premises Citrix customers to Microsoft Azure. "The companies will also devise a connected roadmap to enable a consistent and optimal flexible work experience that will include joint offerings comprised of Citrix Workspace, Citrix SD-WAN, Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365."

Hybrid work models will become the standard for many companies; they will require a flexible infrastructure to support, secure and empower their teams. Citrix and Microsoft can now deliver a powerful digital workspace in a trusted and secure public cloud where employees can access everything they need to engage and be productive, whether they are at home, in the office or on the road.

As part of their new agreement, Citrix and Microsoft will develop a connected roadmap to simplify and accelerate the transition of application workloads to Azure and enhance the performance of Windows Virtual Desktops.

Together, Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops, Citrix Managed Desktops and Windows Virtual Desktops will provide a complete and seamless way for customers to run all their application workloads on Azure and access Windows-based applications across devices or platforms.

Citrix will also invest in building a Microsoft-centric Citrix Workspace, providing deep integrations to optimise performance, functionality and micro-apps for Windows Virtual Desktop and Microsoft 365, including Microsoft Teams. In addition, Citrix will use Azure and Microsoft 365 across its operations to accelerate innovation and enhance productivity.

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Troye is a leading 51% Black Women-Owned Level 2 BEE Information Technology solutions specialist and professional managed IT services provider.

Over the past decade, Troye has designed and implemented superior integrated IT solutions for its small, medium and enterprise customers – concentrating on end-to-end virtualisation solutions.

Troye invests heavily in its customers through exceptional service excellence. This ensures a better understanding of the customer's business and their technology requirements. More importantly, it enables customers to focus on their core business activities with the assurance that their investment in technology is safeguarded.

Troye focuses on minimising both cost and risk, maximising return on investment, driving innovation and safeguarding their customer's business for the future.

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Helen Kruger
Managing director
(011) 705 2757
helen@troye.co.za