ADCs have gained traction within the last decade, largely due to increased demand for legacy load balancing appliances to handle more advanced application delivery requirements and improve application performance.
Application delivery controllers are purpose-built networking appliances whose function is to improve the performance, security and resiliency of applications delivered over the web.

Citrix ADC is an application delivery and load balancing solution that provides a high-quality user experience for your web, traditional, and cloud-native applications regardless of where they are hosted. It comes in a wide variety of form factors and deployment options without locking you into a single cloud. Pooled capacity licensing enables the movement of capacity among cloud deployments.

 

The main features of Citrix ADC:

• Provides industry-leading app delivery and load balancing

• Fully integrates with Cisco ACI; endorsed as a Cisco ACE replacement

• Offers the most comprehensive set of ADC features in the ACI ecosystem

• Enables automation and orchestration of network-critical services to boost agility

Citrix Content Collaboration(ShareFile integration)is an enterprise content collaboration platform that enables IT to deliver a robust data sharing and sync service that meets the mobility and collaboration needs of users and the data security requirements of the enterprise. Citrix Content Collaboration offers the flexibility to choose the location where files are stored at rest, either inside a Citrix-managed cloud-native storage repository or inside a storage repository managed by the customer.

Citrix Content Collaboration consists of three primary components:

• Content Collaboration management plane,
• storage zones
  
• Citrix Files apps.

Management plane: a Citrix-managed component hosting the Content Collaboration services and business logic, hosted in either the United States or the European Union.

Storage zones: the location where customer files are stored. Customers have a choice in where to store files, either hosted by Citrix or hosted by the customer in their own datacenter or on their own public cloud service subscriptions. This reference architecture will focus on a customer-managed storage zone hosted inside the customer datacenter.

Citrix Files: native apps providing access to the Content Collaboration services. Citrix Files apps are available for Windows, macOS, iOS and Android, as well as Outlook and Gmail.

Key features of Citrix Content Collaboration:

• Enable true business-class data security for mobile users while maintaining total IT control.
• Your team or clients can access, sync, and securely share files from anywhere, on any device.
• Automate feedback and approval workflows to streamline your business and maximize productivity.

Endpoint Management provides Mobile Device Management (MDM) and Mobile App Management (MAM).

MDM features of Endpoint Management let you:

• Deploy device policies and apps.

• Retrieve asset inventories.

• Carry out actions on devices, such as a device wipe.

MAM features of Endpoint Management let you:

• Secure apps and data on BYO mobile devices.

• Deliver enterprise mobile apps.

• Lock apps and wipe their data.

Withi a combination of MDM and MAM features, you can:

• Manage a corporate-issued device by using MDM

• Deploy device policies and apps

• Retrieve an asset inventory

• Wipe devices

• Deliver enterprise mobile apps

• Lock apps and wipe the data on devices

 NetScaler, an advanced software-defined application delivery controller, is your networking power player. It provides outstanding delivery of business applications—to any device and any location—with unmatched security, superior L4-7 load balancing, reliable GSLB, and 100 percent uptime. In fact, NetScaler offers up to five times the performance of our closest competitor. Plus our TriScale technology saves you money by allowing your network to scale up or down without additional hardware costs.

Modern businesses need a network that can keep up with the pace of digital – one that delivers the best experience for the applications central to innovation and growth. Citrix' next-generation WAN Edge solution delivers flexible, automated, secure connectivity and performance that keeps the workspace always-on. Only Citrix SD-WAN delivers:

• Unparalleled experience for SaaS, cloud, and virtual applications

• Choice of deployment options with automated connectivity to the cloud

• Integrated visibility and control over all aspects of the WAN

In connection with the increased use of business-critical web applications, modern global networks (WANs) operate under load that exceeds their capacity. Extending the network with Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) solutions is a traditional approach, but can be expensive. On the other hand, alternatives like broadband and other types of Internet connections cost less, but they are not always acceptable for certain applications. Global network virtualization technologies can help optimize the bandwidth of such a network in an organization at a lower cost compared to traditional solutions.

 Only Citrix provides a complete virtual app and desktop solution to meet all your business needs. Give employees the freedom to work from anywhere while cutting IT costs.  Deliver Windows, Linux, and web business applications or full virtual desktops from any cloud—public, on-premises or hybrid—within a modern digital workspace. The main features of Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops:

• HDX technology for optimized user experience

• Virtual Windows, Linux and web applications

• Single management console for apps and desktops

• Centralized security in the data center

• FIPS and Common Criteria certified

• Single image provisioning technology

• VDI desktops

• Remote PC access

Unifying editions across the Citrix product portfolio

• Citrix is also unifying product editions across its portfolio – designating them Standard, Advanced, and Premium.

• XenApp Advanced edition now will map to Citrix Virtual Apps Standard edition

• XenApp Enterprise edition maps to Citrix Virtual Apps Advanced edition

• XenApp Platinum edition maps to Citrix Virtual Apps Premium edition

• XenDesktop VDI edition maps to Citrix Virtual Desktops Standard edition

• XenDesktop Enterprise edition maps to Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Advanced edition

• XenDesktop Platinum edition maps Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Premium edition

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With new workstyles and complex IT environments, it’s increasingly frustrating for people to get work done in a productive way. Employees are forced to remember numerous logins as they switch between applications—not to mention the time they can waste searching across locations for information. This is all while dealing with performance and security issues that can further hinder the employee experience. Citrix Workspace is the only solution that delivers a unified, secure and intelligent workspace that lets people do their best work while maintaining a high-quality user experience.

With Citrix Workspace users get a seamless work experience regardless of the type of app, device, network, or location, without a lot of extra steps. IT maintains control and visibility of SaaS, mobile, virtual, and web apps with a simple and integrated solution that enhances user experience, giving them the best tool to work efficiently. Compare below to see which product best suits your business needs.

Citrix Workspace

• Provides employees a single, actionable view into all of their systems.

• Breaks down complex SaaS applications into single-purpose streamlined workflows.

• Automates work by pushing important information and tasks to any device, intranet or messenger.

Services included

• Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (formerly XenApp and XenDesktop Service)

• Citrix Endpoint Management (formerly XenMobile Service)

• Citrix Content Collaboration (ShareFile integration)

• Citrix Access Control

• Citrix Analytics

Citrix XenApp is an application virtualization service. It provides on-demand Windows-based applications to devices and works in the context of the Citrix XenDesktop virtualization service.

Citrix XenApp provides user mobile touchscreen optimization, self-storage, and various user experience enhancements. Citrix maintains that this tool can decrease transaction times for client/server operations by up to 300% while supporting strategies like BYOD ("bring your own device") by serving a distributed network with agile design and remote access.

Citrix XenApp is part of a concerted strategy to create services that make the most of new technologies like networking hardware virtualization, software as a service, and cloud computing.