CASE STUDY
CITRIX NETSCALER
Availability-threatening DoS attacks have been growing in frequency and sophistication in recent years. For most organisations, defending against this class of threats will involve a combination of complementary cloud-based scrubbing services and customer premise-based DoS mitigation technologies. On the customer-premise side of the equation, Citrix NetScaler represents a solution.
With NetScaler, enterprises can leverage the same platform that enables them to transition from legacy and rigid computing environments to highly adaptable cloud data centres to establish a robust, multi-layer defence against potentially business crippling DoS attacks. Other benefits of the NetScaler solution include:
BY USING CITRIX TO SECURELY SHARE ITS INVENTORY... NAKILAT CAN SUPPLY ANY REQUIRED PARTS TO SHIPS WHEN THEY DOCK TO TAKE ON THEIR CARGO OF GAS.
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• A rich set of protection mechanisms capable of effectively thwarting DoS attacks across all layers of the computing stack
• The inclusion of innovative techniques for dealing with the most insidious forms of DoS attacks without having to needlessly impact legitimate transactions
• The ability to leverage the same NetScaler footprint to also enable the transformation from the rigid, legacy data centres of the past to the scalable and adaptable enterprise cloud networks of today
Citrix XenApp CITRIX XENAPP
However, Nakilat is working with Citrix to provide a virtual desktop with the online / offline capability required to manage the frequent dead zones that ships encounter.
As Nakilat’ s operations continue to expand, Hamad sees the role of Citrix as a strategic partner continuing to expand.
“ Our cloud supplier will be Azure, our transactions will be with SAP and Citrix will provide secure virtualisation,” he said.
“ Together, they will provide the strongest backbone for Nakilat. We have many more joint ventures coming along, many with
“ We will continue with a hybrid cloud and on-premises model, and for us, Citrix is the right choice.”
Working together
Combining Citrix and Fujitsu expertise has helped streamline IT operations for Hamad’ s team. " Fujitsu has reduced the resources required to run our business, which has led in turn to dramatic cost savings,” he said.
“ We have halved our annual IT investment and when you add in the decreased manpower required to manage the SAP environment, further savings are made.” •
XenApp is an application virtualisation solution that helps optimise productivity with universal access to virtual apps, desktops and data from any device.
By centralising data systems using Citrix XenApp it’ s possible to eliminate redundant infrastructure and introduce cost savings, while also making it easier for employees to submit data at the project location in real time.
The result is employees have the freedom to work from anywhere while IT costs are cut.
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