Citrix in the Cloud Today Leader in Software-as-a-Service –Citrix Online is top five SaaS provider –100 Million Online SaaS Sessions drives Citrix C3 innovation Xen and Citrix XenServer power clouds –Largest cloud implementations built on open source Xen –Free Citrix XenServer gaining traction in the cloud Citrix NetScaler delivers the Cloud –75% of Internet users goes through a NetScaler –Cloud/Web 2.0 : Google, eBay, Yahoo!, e*trade, amazon.com, AOL, etc
Taking Citrix Cloud Center to the Next Level Citrix Cloud Center (C3) is Citrix infrastructure for cloud providers Launched last year with focus on XenServer and NetScaler NEW: Enabling Windows apps and desktops as a service (XA/XD) NEW: Citrix Service Provider program (SPLA licensing) NEW: Adding flexibility and multi-tenancy with NetScaler VPX NEW: Adding new virtual switching capability to XenServer Citrix C3
Citrix Service Provider Program Citrix newest partner program Designed for service providers Monthly “active subscriber” pricing & licensing model Route-to-market for customers inclined to leverage hosted services
Citrix Service Provider Program Products ‘for Service Providers’ XenAppXenDesktopEssentials for XS & HV NS, AG & BR via standard programs Qualified Hosting Partner Qualified Business Plan Established Hosting Business Current Microsoft SPLA Partner Technical Certification Subscriber License Model Active Subscriber ‘Per User’ Model Usage based pricingMonthly POS Reporting Technical Support Available
New Citrix C3 Lab –Citrix C3 application delivery services –Amazon EC2 compute services –Amazon S3 storage services Low-cost, preconfigured Citrix C3 environment –Helps IT gain experience with cloud-to-datacenter dynamics –Helps partners create proofs-of-concept and test new business models Citrix C3
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