"We are excited to collaborate with Akamai to meet the needs of today's global enterprise. Akamai's IP Application Accelerator for VDI is a perfect complement to Citrix desktop virtualization solution and HDX technology. Together with Akamai, Citrix virtual desktop and application customers can provide the best possible user experience using the public Internet instead of building their own proprietary networks," said Sumit Dhawan, vice president of product marketing at Citrix Systems. "Through the combination of Citrix and Akamai, optimization of the user experience will happen in the datacenter, in the Internet cloud, and the end point, allowing IT to deliver a rich user experience with virtual desktops to any user anywhere."
The Tolly Group, a leading, global provider of independent testing and third-party validation services for the IT industry, has issued a report validating the Akamai solution for virtualization. The report (www.akamai.com/tolly) indicates that, by enabling Asia Pacific users to have the same performance as those in the U.S., Akamai demonstrated throughput improvements for a Citrix XenDesktop and NetScaler environment by up to 700 percent, advancing adoption and improving ROI associated with virtual application and desktop deployments.
"Enterprises around the world can leverage virtual desktop solutions to improve user productivity and reduce IT costs," said Kevin Tolly, founder of The Tolly Group. "Such a solution is only viable, however, if the wide-area network over which the services are delivered can provide adequate performance and availability. Implementing the Akamai IP Application Accelerator service in conjunction with the Citrix XenDesktop virtual desktop solution provides widely-distributed end users with a very consistent performance."
Entisys Solutions, integrator of virtualization solutions from the data center to the desktop, is a leading value-added reseller of the new Akamai solution as part of broader Citrix reference architecture for virtualization. Entisys has worked closely with Akamai to test the impact of the Akamai solution on Citrix Virtual Application and Desktop Infrastructures and the results have been significant.
"We see the combination of Akamai and Citrix Delivery Center Infrastructures as a way to extend enterprise virtual desktop and application deployments to a global user base, insuring a consistent, strong performing user experience. We are thrilled to be one of Akamai's first resellers of this technology, and see this as a standard part of our global infrastructure offering around virtual desktop and application infrastructures," said Mike Strohl, CEO of Entisys Solutions, Inc. and Agile360, a Citrix Platinum Partner and Partner of the Year for North America in 2007, as well as the State and Local Partner of the Year in 2008.
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