Solution Background

As a leading manufacturer of telecom solutions for the mainstream industry as well as specialty markets, our customer had presence across multiple countries, including R&D and manufacturing centers. Given the nature of their industry, security was of paramount concern, and protecting their IP as they worked with manufacturing partners across the world was vital to their survival. Supplying to OEMs across the globe, they needed to communicate and collaborate across their offices and with suppliers and vendors. Conventional access methods and traditional tools did not provide the flexibility that they were looking for.

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A detailed discussion and study of their infrastructure and business needs provided us some critical insights. Data leakage was a major concern, and they had experienced instances in the past where they had business critical information appropriated by external users. Another key business requirement was optimal utilization of their software investments, especially niche engineering tools that were extremely expensive. With users across multiple countries, it made sense to leverage differences in time zones and provide secure, stable access to these tools to users regardless of location.

In order to provide secure, scalable and reliable access, we recommended and implemented Citrix XenApp and Citrix Branch Repeater. While XenApp provided application access across multiple devices, Branch Repeater was deployed at their various locations to accelerate application delivery and optimize bandwidth utilization across multiple networks.  With a virtual application delivery solution in place, the customer could now provide the freedom of mobility to their business users, while at the same time increasing security and reducing costs. The superior end user experience in a highly scalable package provided the best of both worlds for our customer.