Citrix Application Performance Management
Citrix Partners Come out with Supporting Announcements
October 26, 2012
By Michelle Amodio, TMCnet Contributor
With the Citrix Synergy event just behind us, headlines this past week from Barcelona offer support and integration with the online collaboration solutions provider. Dell (News
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First up, Cisco (News
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"As IT enters the mobile-cloud era, IT providers need to be more innovative about addressing customers' fast changing needs. Over the past two years, Cisco and Citrix have collaborated to deliver significant innovation into the market. Now we are excited to accelerate our partnership into cloud, networking and mobility,” said Padmasree Warrior (News - Alert), Chief Technology and Strategy Officer, Cisco in a statement.
With NetApp, cloud storage has been simplified. As Citrix and NetApp extend their collaboration for cloud orchestration and storage, addressing issues with storage automation, resource allocation and virtual machine backup and recovery.
The integration includes NetApp OnCommand Unified Manager and NetApp virtual storage console (VSC) for Citrix XenServe.
Alcatel-Lucent (News
- Alert) (ALU) also announced its working with Citrix for carrier cloud solutions, and ALU will offer CloudBand Management System and CloudBand Node, a Citrix-Ready solution. The new solution is an open source approach to bringing together the network for greater network control, distribution and optimization to enable service providers to provide a better class of cloud services.
In addition to these announcements, attendees were able to hear more about Citrix’s pathway to cloud computing and strategy, including live demos, breakouts, and hands-on workshops.
People who couldn’t attend in person or who missed certain panels and demos can revisit Citrix Synergy (News - Alert) through their SynergyTV to learn more about the conference experience.
Edited by Rich Steeves