Citrix Enhances SD-WAN Platform

PRESS RELEASE — SANTA CLARA, Calif. – October 11, 2016 – As organizations embrace digital transformation, IT departments are increasingly modernizing and streamlining their internal networks. Software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) is an important technology that IT is deploying to achieve this transformation ensuring local and remote office locations have the most secure, reliable access to mission critical data and applications. SD-WAN represents a $6 billion market opportunity for networking vendors and service providers by 2020 according to IDC, as this technology drives increased flexibility, reliability, and security that enterprise applications now require, while also lowering both capital costs and simplifying operations. Citrix, a leader in the SD-WAN market, today announced enhancements to its NetScaler SD-WAN platform offering features to enhance reliable and secure application delivery combined with intelligent branch routing technology. 

With NetScaler SD-WAN, Citrix offers enterprises a simple yet sophisticated solution to quickly and cost-effectively begin wide-scale deployments of SD-WAN, reduce network complexity and set up their branch to consume applications from the cloud in a seamless and more secure manner. NetScaler SD-WAN is a comprehensive software-defined WAN solution that is easy to deploy and use in a single affordable appliance with integrated visibility and control. The turnkey solution incorporates application-aware virtualized WAN connectivity, dynamic routing, separate routing domains, WAN optimization, end-to-end visibility, support for the newest Citrix HDX protocols and secure internet breakout. To simplify and reduce cost of deployments, Citrix is introducing a new level of affordability for enterprise branches through new appliance options and its new cloud-based, secure Zero Touch Deployment services. Zero Touch Deployment eliminates the need for local technical staff by automating the deployment process and offers a tool to prevent rogue devices from accessing the network- a risk present in many existing solutions in the market.{ad}

The new features of NetScaler SD-WAN 9.1 address the many challenges enterprises currently face as they modernize their corporate networks with SD-WAN, including:

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Boris Kotevski, National IT Manager at Rehab Management

“Citrix delivered on its promise of a more reliable WAN and higher application quality with the NetScaler SD-WAN solution. The additional enhancements in the latest release of the NetScaler SD-WAN platform are compelling and the zero touch service with the new lower cost appliance will allow us to expand quickly as we add additional locations within our network.”{ad}

Chalan Aras, Vice President and General Manager, NetScaler SD-WAN at Citrix

“Today’s market includes solutions that are simply ‘a collection of technologies’ that require multiple appliances, complex integrations and assorted management systems. NetScaler SD-WAN is a simple, yet sophisticated solution that helps customers implement SD-WAN in a quick, cost-effective manner, reduce network complexity, and enable employees to seamlessly consume applications from the datacenter or cloud.”

Availability

NetScaler SD-WAN 9.1 is available today. The NetScaler SD-WAN 410 appliance will be available in November 2016, and the NetScaler SD-WAN Zero Touch Deployment service will be available as a Tech Preview in November 2016. 

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