Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 32 | Page 64

Case study ////////////////// Gas company securely connects locations, partners and ships with Citrix With the world’s largest fleet of vessels for transporting liquid natural gas demanding secure and reliable data communications, Nakilat turned to Citrix to provide secure virtualisation and streamline IT operations through Citrix NetScaler. The enterprise, which is also known as the Qatar Gas Transport Company and operates what has been described as a ‘floating pipeline’ carrying Qatari gas around the world, adopted the company’s solutions to establish secure access to information from anywhere around the globe. In addition, Citrix XenApp establishes reliable access over satellite links for vessels at sea, helping save time and money by sharing access to information and applications with users from partner organisations. t ( kila a of N Hamad Suwaid, CIO 64 INTELLIGENTCIO ta Qa www.intelligentcio.com