Citrix Launches Access Suite 4.0 In Singapore

Citrix Systems has launched Citrix Access Suite 4.0 in Singapore. This launch follows last week's second quarter earnings results, where Citrix reported a year-over-year quarterly revenue growth of 18% worldwide, and 12% in the Pacific region (excluding Japan). According to IDC, the access infrastructure market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 11.7% to exceed USD 21.6 billion by 2007.

"Our second quarter results were excellent," said Mark Templeton, president and chief executive officer for Citrix. "Our business continued its product license and license update growth while we built revenue streams from new products Ð'- with strong performances from Citrix GoToMeeting and Citrix Access Gateway. We head into the second half of the year executing well on our strategy, and we look forward to the closing of the NetScaler transaction to further enhance our market leadership and the competitiveness of the Citrix Access Platform."

Added Yaj Malik, Area Vice President for Citrix in ASEAN, "Our launch of Access Suite 4.0 is getting partners and customers excited, giving them compelling reasons for adopting, expanding, or standardizing on Citrix." To date, Citrix has more than 500,000 users in ASEAN, some of which include Advanced Info Service (AIS), Genting Group, IKEA Damansara, National Library Board of Singapore, PT Kalbe Farma, STATS ChipPAC, San Miguel Corporation and United Overseas Bank (Malaysia) Bhd.

Citrix Access Suite 4.0

Access Suite 4.0 is an integrated business access solution that enables on-demand access to any information resource for any authorized user, with any enabled device, over any enabled network connection, while reducing operating expenses, improving information security, and increasing business agility. Access Suite 4.0 includes the flagship Citrix Presentation Server 4.0, Citrix Password Manager 4.0 and the new Citrix Access Gateway 4.0, the industry's only universal SSL VPN solution for both data and voice applications.

With this launch, the company also introduces Citrix SmartAccess technology, a sense-and-respond capability that delivers constantly optimized access for users while rigorously protecting the security of corporate information. SmartAccess instantly senses and dynamically responds to different work scenarios with tailored access and security controls. The Citrix Access Suite 4.0 is designed for enterprises of all sizes and is the foundation of the Citrix Access Platform.

The following portfolio of products make up the new Access Suite 4.0:

Citrix Presentation Server 4.0

Citrix Presentation Server is the world's most widely deployed presentation server. With more than 50 new features, Presentation Server 4.0 centralizes and standardizes the deployment of any Windows, UNIX or Web application to any employee using any device. The newest version offers unprecedented scalability by supporting more users per server and more than 1,000 servers per farm, and breakthrough application compatibility with across-the-board support for all customer applications. The new Proximity Printing feature enables easy one-click printing to the nearest printer and a new printing engine that delivers as much as 400 percent faster performance