Radware (NASDAQ; RDWR), the leader in Intelligent Application Switching (IAS), ensuring end-to-end availability, performance and security of networked applications, announced today it has become a Premier-level member of the Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CTXS) Citrix Business AllianceTM (CBA) program. The Citrix and Radware joint value proposition enhances the delivery of server-based applications and helps ensure continuous, secure and effortless access to these applications from any location, device or network connection.
"After successfully deploying Radware for over three years in our Internet production environment, it was easy for us to decide to use Radware to manage our Citrix enterprise environment," said Sam Ben-Haim, Vice President of IT at The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation. "DTCC is the largest financial services post-trade infrastructure organization in the world. It has been our practice to architect farms of servers, and use Radware to balance traffic amongst them. We find great value in the interoperability of the Citrix and Radware solutions, which is providing the Business Continuity Plan (BCP) that we are looking for."
The Citrix® MetaFrame® Access Suite is an integrated set of access infrastructure solutions that enables users on any device or connection to access resources on the network without regard to the underlying computing complexity. Radware Web Server Director (WSD) and LinkProof provide load balancing, high availability, optimization and security for servers and IP links respectively. Together, Radware and Citrix provide enterprises with the ability to give dispersed users on a variety of devices consistent, secure and rapid access to networked applications.
“Radware is proud to add Citrix to our roster of technology allies,” said Arik Ziv, Vice President Business Development at Radware. “The Citrix MetaFrame Access Suite is widely deployed among top-tier enterprises and we relish the opportunity to assist companies in ensuring the availability and performance of their application delivery. Simultaneously, Citrix customers will enjoy enhanced network performance and security with Radware’s industry-leading bandwidth management and intrusion prevention capabilities.”
“In today’s business environment, more and more organizations are making their mission-critical applications available via their networks using Citrix to achieve broader accessibility while controlling costs,” said Josh Drachman, Director, Business Development, Citrix Systems, Inc. “Radware optimizes network reliability, performance, and security, while increasing the scalability of the Citrix solution, enhancing customer return on their Citrix investment and further lowering the cost of ownership.”
About the Citrix Business Alliance
The Citrix Business Alliance (CBA) program is designed to help technology and business partners succeed in the access infrastructure marketplace by creating innovative solutions for the enterprise. CBA members work with Citrix to jointly market, sell and integrate solutions. The multi-tier program, comprising Charter, Premier and Premier Plus levels, provides members with a range of benefits, including access to Citrix MetaFrame Access Suite software for compatibility testing with their solutions, new business opportunities with other Citrix solution providers, joint marketing programs and enhanced technical support.
About Radware
Radware is dedicated to providing Intelligent Application Switching (IAS) that guarantees the integrity of network transactions ensuring secure and consistent connectivity. Radware aligns business needs with the network infrastructure to seamlessly allocate resources, optimize application requirements and secure the network. By reinforcing the infrastructure at every critical point, Radware adds a level of intelligence to improve network manageability, performance and security resulting in end-to-end business continuity.
Radware's solutions address the needs of corporate enterprises, service providers, and e-commerce business through one or more of our award winning products including: Web Server Director (WSD), Cache Server Director (CSD), FireProof, Content Inspection Director (CID), LinkProof, Peer Director, CertainT 100. Our comprehensive suite of products service end-to-end application operations, providing robust and scalable network traffic assurance. Get certain, from click to content, across your network -- with Radware. For more information, please visit us at www.radware.com
This press release may contain forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from these forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, general business conditions in the Application Switching industry, changes in demand for Application Switching products, the timing and amount or cancellation of orders and other risks detailed from time to time in Radware’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including Radware’s Form 20-F.
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