Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS), wereldwijd marktleider op het gebied van application delivery infrastructure, introduceert een nieuwe versie van Citrix Password Manager™, zijn enterprise single sign-on-oplossing die speciaal is ontwikkeld voor gebruikers van de veelgebruikte Citrix Presentation Server™ productlijn. Nieuwe beveiligingsmogelijkheden zoals federated single sign-on, gestroomlijnd directory-beheer en remote user password reset zorgen ervoor dat de nieuwe versie veilige application delivery gemakkelijker maakt voor de ruim 180.000 klanten van Presentation Server wereldwijd.
De nieuwe Citrix Password Manager 4.5 voor Presentation Server biedt het best geïntegreerde product voor het beheer van single sign-on in Presentation Server-omgevingen. Beheerders kunnen de bestaande richtlijnen en infrastructuur inzetten om Password Manager snel uit te rollen, meestal in minder dan twee uur. Daarnaast is de Password Manager Administration console nu opgenomen in de Citrix Management Console, waardoor beheerders hun complete Citrix-omgeving op één plaats kunnen beheren.
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Citrix Enhances Single Sign-On Capabilities of Industry-Leading Application Delivery Solution
New Version of Citrix Password Manager for Presentation Server Adds Federated Single Sign-On, Enhanced Application Compatibility, Directory Administration Streamlining and Remote User Password Reset FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Dec. 4, 2006 — Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CTXS), the global leader in application delivery infrastructure, today announced a new version of Citrix Password Manager™, its enterprise single sign-on (ESSO) solution, designed specifically for customers of its popular Citrix Presentation Server™ product line. By adding advanced security capabilities such as federated single sign-on, directory administration streamlining and remote user password reset, the new Password Manager release makes secure application delivery even easier for the more than 180,000 Presentation Server customers worldwide. As a result, the new release further enhances Presentation Server’s position as the industry’s leading solution for delivering client-server applications with the fastest performance, best security and lowest cost.
The Citrix Password Manager, recognized as the industry’s most secure, efficient and easy-to-deploy solution for accessing password-protected Windows, Web and host-based applications, facilitates an integral element in the secure delivery of applications over the Internet. The new Citrix Password Manager 4.5 for Presentation Server offers the best integrated product for single sign-on management for Presentation Server environments by allowing administrators to leverage their existing Presentation Server policies and management infrastructure to quickly deploy Password Manager in under two hours in most cases. Further, the Password Manager Administration console is now a snap-in to the Citrix Management Console, allowing administrators to manage their full Citrix environment in one place.
Providing application access across business partners for a trusted and seamless relationship has long been a challenge due to the extensive list of existing enterprise applications in any given organization. With this latest release, organizations can now federate to any application deployed on Citrix Presentation Server for streamlined application access between trusted business partners for an entire inventory of new and existing applications. By leveraging federation products such as HP Select Federation or Microsoft ADFS, Password Manager 4.5 enables single sign-on access to the wide array of existing non-Web applications often omitted from federation solutions, and provides for a trusted relationship across domains to allow access without entering additional credentials.
As security, mobility and compliance needs rapidly evolve in today’s dynamic world, businesses are finding the need for more robust ESSO solutions with Enhanced Application Compatibility Tools, Directory Administration Streamlining and Self-Service Password Reset for remote users.
The latest version of Citrix Password Manager offers 24 new features, including nearly a dozen enhancements for application compatibility. Enterprises can expand the range of applications that can be quickly and easily SSO-enabled via a popular and user-friendly wizard. With the introduction of Self-Service Password Reset, remote Presentation Server users, including employees and contractors, can now reset their primary network password via a Web interface without calling the help desk. With its “sense and respond” technology, Password Manager 4.5 also provides an improved password change wizard to simplify password update events.
Other features include:
- Full single sign-on capability from all access scenarios, including over the LAN, a disconnected state, VPN connection, from a home PC, kiosk or any Internet connection
- Hot Desktop fast user switching enables users to effectively share workstations in public areas, such as a nursing station, and affords individual users with greater onsite mobility as they move between workstations
- Application Definition Extensibility Toolkit broadens the range of ESSO applications supported
- SAP GUI scripting for SAP Logon Pad, Internet Explorer 7, and Internet Explorer 64-bit provides greater security
- Standards-based SPML v2 interface
Additionally, Password Manager now supports Microsoft Active Directory group settings with streamlined Directory Administration to provide greater administration flexibility and easier deployment of Password Manager to targeted user populations.
“The new Citrix Password Manager 4.5 enhancements underscore our commitment to improving the user access experience while ensuring all applications within an organization remain secure,” said Michael Richtberg, product marketing manager, Citrix Systems. “As an integrated solution set for Citrix Presentation Server, Password Manager provides the security, compliance and cost savings that enterprises need by keeping application data secure, users productive and help desk calls declining for lost passwords.”
Pricing and Availability
Citrix Password Manager 4.5, Advanced Edition, Citrix Password Manager 4.5, Enterprise Edition, and Citrix Password Manager 4.5 for Presentation Server are all available immediately. Suggested retail pricing begins at $59 per named user with Citrix Subscription Advantage™ included for one year.
Training and Certification
Two new training courses, one sales and one technical, will be available to support the release of Citrix Password Manager 4.5. The sales course, offered in e-Learning mode, is available immediately. The technical course is instructor-led and will be available in early December 2006. In addition, for those interested in obtaining or updating a Citrix Certified Administrator™ (CCA) for Citrix Password Manager Certification, a new exam will be released for Citrix Password Manager 4.5 in the first quarter of 2007. For more information on the new courses and exam please visit www.CitrixEducation.com.
About Citrix Password Manager
Citrix Password Manager, the leader in single sign-on solutions, efficiently accesses all password-protected applications with one log-on. Users authenticate once with a single password, and Password Manager automatically does the rest: logs onto password-protected enterprise resources, enforces password policies, monitors password-related events, and automates end-user tasks—even password changes. Citrix application delivery infrastructure solutions include products and services that deliver applications on demand with the best performance, security and TCO.
About Citrix
Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS) is the global leader and the most trusted name in application delivery infrastructure. More than 180,000 organizations worldwide rely on Citrix to deliver any application to users anywhere with the best performance, highest security and lowest cost. Citrix customers include 100% of the Fortune 100 companies and 98% of the Fortune Global 500, as well as hundreds of thousands of small businesses and prosumers. Citrix has approximately 6,200 channel and alliance partners in more than 100 countries. Annual revenue in 2005 was $909M.
For Citrix Investors
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Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CTXS) is wereldwijd marktleider en de meest vertrouwde naam op het gebied van application delivery infrastructure. Meer dan 180.000 organisaties wereldwijd vertrouwen op Citrix om elke gebruiker optimaal toegang te bieden tot elke applicatie, met de beste prestaties, het hoogste beveiligingsniveau en de laagste kostprijs. De complete Fortune 100 en 98% van de Fortune Global 500 maakt gebruik van Citrix, alsmede honderdduizenden kleine bedrijven en particulieren. Citrix heeft ongeveer 6.200 verkoop- en alliantiepartners in meer dan 100 landen. In 2005 behaalde Citrix een omzet van $909 miljoen. Kijk voor meer informatie op
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