BANGALORE: Citrix Systems, Inc on Wednesday announced the signing of a global
technology partnership agreement with SAP AG. Some of the key terms of the
agreement include coordination in global marketing, technical support, joint
development work and technical integration to optimize the performance of SAP's
cross-industry solution, mySAP Workplace, which is deployed on Citrix
technology.
Deploying mySAP Workplace as an open enterprise portal platform via Citrix
MetaFrame server will enable SAP customers to integrate business-critical
Windows and Unix applications quickly, securely and in a cost-effective manner.
Citrix Systems also announced that SAP AG has broadened its internal adoption of
Citrix MetaFrame application server software and Independent Computing
Architecture (ICA) technology to give employees easy, rapid access to
applications.
SAP AG has implemented Citrix MetaFrame application server software
internally to provide high-performance deployment of more than 40 applications
to employees worldwide while lowering computing costs. Using Citrix MetaFrame,
SAP AG is on its way to achieve its goals of improving application performance
and reducing total cost of ownership (TCO).
SAP AG began its deployment of Citrix technology in 1998 with plans to use
MetaFrame servers to manage and deliver a wide variety of applications in
particular, the SAPGUI and Microsoft Office Suite to users. SAP has now expanded
its use of MetaFrame to 50 servers and has more than 3,000 users. This apart,
MetaFrame is being used extensively in SAP training centers around the world.