Citrix makes strategic investment in Cotendo

BANGALORE, INDIA: Citrix Systems today announced a strategic investment in Cotendo, a provider of innovative content delivery network (CDN) mobile content acceleration and optimization services.

According to a press release, this investment will drive further innovation in delivering mobile applications to any device, anywhere in the world. As part of the partnership, Cotendo will use Citrix NetScaler cloud networking infrastructure with Cotendo’s advanced delivery network to provide the hybrid, next-generation acceleration and optimization solutions today’s highly interactive and personalized mobile and web applications require, a Citrix re.

The release added that Citrix and Cotendo will break down the silos that exist today between traditional CDNs, advanced cloud-based acceleration services and on-premise application delivery infrastructure to ensure that end-users of modern mobile and web applications get the richest and most secure experience possible.

Mobile application use, and corresponding mobile traffic, is growing exponentially and is becoming a primary issue of

concern for businesses of all types. Traditional CDN services, which were designed for static web content, do not

provide the functionality necessary to accelerate the delivery of modern mobile and web applications. The simple

ability to cache content at the edge is no longer enough to cost effectively serve the demands of today’s mobile

application providers. Since modern mobile web applications make extensive use of personalization, customization

and real-time updates, they generate frequent interactive communication all the way back to the datacenter, which is

highly inefficient, costly and slow. Privacy concerns surrounding the highly personal content within these applications

also increases the need for end-to-end security.

Cotendo’s CDN and cloud-based mobile and application acceleration services, combined with NetScaler cloud

networking infrastructure running on-premise and in the cloud, reduce the latency and optimize the bandwidth of the

CDN-to-datacenter network connection dramatically, while simultaneously securing all communications so that all data

in transit is never compromised. The end result is far more efficient delivery for mobile app providers, and a

significantly enhanced experience for end users who enjoy the ability to access mobile data more quickly, more easily

and more securely.