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Citrix and Microsoft unveil new Branch Office Application Delivery Solution

May 2008 by Emmanuelle Lamandé

Citrix Systems, Inc., and Microsoft Corp. announced the immediate availability of Citrix Branch Repeater, a new line of branch office appliances developed and marketed as part of a strategic alliance between the two companies. By staging the delivery of applications and Windows services closer to branch office users, Citrix Branch Repeater helps make branch office computing faster and more cost-effective for companies of all sizes.

Citrix Branch Repeater will be sold as part of the Citrix Delivery Center product family, an end-to-end infrastructure designed to help customers transform static datacenters into dynamic delivery centers. Just as digital television repeaters amplify and retransmit media signals to homes in a given neighbourhood, Citrix Branch Repeater sits between corporate datacenters and branch offices, amplifying and retransmitting applications to branch office users. Based on Windows Server and available with Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server software, the Citrix Branch Repeater provides a complement to application virtualization solutions, enhancing application delivery and performance while simultaneously delivering critical Windows Server infrastructure services in the branch.

Citrix Branch Repeater optimizes the branch through:

 Staging Streamed Applications Closer to Branch Office Users: Windows applications streamed to branch employees by Citrix XenApp (previously known as Citrix Presentation Server) can now be staged at the front door of the branch by Citrix Branch Repeater. Once an application has been received at the branch, it can be delivered rapidly to branch employees directly from the Branch Repeater, eliminating unnecessary traversal back to the datacenter across expensive and often slow WAN links. As new or updated applications are staged in the datacenter by XenApp administrators, they can be easily delivered to each Branch Repeater for fast, efficient and secure “rebroadcast” to each branch employee’s desktop as needed.

 Consolidating Windows Branch Services: Citrix Branch Repeater is built on Windows Server, enabling the consolidation and delivery of native Windows services such as file, print, Active Directory, domain name system (DNS), and dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) plus ISA Server 2006 Web caching in a single, easy-to-manage appliance.

 Accelerating All Applications Delivered over the Wide Area Network: Citrix Branch Repeater accelerates the delivery of application traffic to and from the branch using advanced wide area network (WAN) optimization technology from Citrix.

Pricing and Availability

Citrix Branch Repeater is available today in three easy-to-deploy appliances designed for small, medium and large sized branch offices with list pricing starting at $5,500. Microsoft ISA Server 2006 and a Fail-to-Wire Ethernet interface options are also available starting at $1,000. Citrix Branch Repeater is available through Citrix-authorized resellers.


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