Citrix NetScaler improves ADC market share

BANGALORE: Citrix Systems today announced continued revenue   growth  and  market  share  gains  in  the  application  delivery controller  (ADC)  worldwide  market according to a new report from Gartner titled, "Market Share: Application Acceleration Equipment, Worldwide, 1Q07". From Q406 to Q107 the Citrix NetScaler web application delivery  product  line  posted  market  share gains in both the overall $1 billion  application  delivery  controller  segment as well as the advanced platform   application   delivery   controller   (AP-ADC)(superscript:   2) sub-segment.

Growing  enterprise  customer  demand  for highly integrated solutions with greater  scalability  and  fault  tolerance  has become a key driver in the evolution  of  the  web  application delivery market. At the same time, the emergence of new technology trends such as Web 2.0, enterprise mash-ups and services-oriented  architectures  (SOA),  are  bringing  more  iversity and complexity  to  enterprise  application  environments.  With market-leading application  layer  performance,  Citrix NetScaler has an established track record  of  delivering  many of the world's most demanding and high-profile.

web  applications,  making  it a proven choice for enterprises of all sizes that want to accelerate  the  performance  of  business-critical  web applications,  secure  sensitive  application  data  and  lower the cost of delivering web applications to any user in any location.

The  most  recent  NetScaler 8.0 release continues to push new standards in controlling  application  and  user  specific  policies  with its AppExpert Policy  Framework,  and built-in end user experience monitoring, as well as becoming the first application delivery controller on the market to offer a fully integrated SSL VPN and web application firewall.  These  dvances give administrators  unprecedented  control  over  the  entire  web  applicationdelivery  process  and  enable  them to improve the experience of corporate application users, no matter how complex the environment.

"We  are  pleased  to see customers turning to the Citrix NetScaler product line  in  growing  numbers  to meet their application delivery needs," said Sanjay  Uppal,  Citrix  vice president of marketing, Application Networking Group.  "We  believe  our  continued  ability  to gain share in this highly competitive  market  is a testament to the ability of the NetScaler product line  to  deliver web-based applications with the fastest performance, best security  and lowest total cost of ownership while empowering our customers to  keep  pace  with growing application complexity and rapidly rising user expectations."