Fortune(R) 1000 Companies Showcase Softricity SoftGrid Deployments at Citrix iForum(TM)
Fidelity National Financial and ABM Industries Demonstrate How SoftGrid Accelerates the Deployment of Applications to Citrix(R) MetaFrame(R) Presentation Servers
ORLANDO, FL -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 13-10-2003 --
iForum Booth # 3 -- Softricity announced today
at Citrix (NASDAQ: CTXS) iForum™ 2003 that Fidelity National Financial
and ABM Industries will showcase their use of Softricity's SoftGrid
application management platform to accelerate the deployment of
applications to Citrix® MetaFrame® Presentation Servers.
During breakout sessions on October 14th and 15th, executives from Fidelity
National Financial and ABM Industries will demonstrate how SoftGrid
virtualizes their applications and enables them to accelerate the
deployment of applications to their Citrix servers by running any
application on the same server -- at the same time. The demonstrations
will also illustrate how SoftGrid helps the companies reduce deployment
costs and increase IT responsiveness.
"Corporations derive tremendous benefits from utilizing the Citrix
MetaFrame Access Suite to create an on-demand enterprise, where information
is securely, easily and instantly accessible from anywhere using any
device," said Barry Davis, vice president, Corporate Development for
Citrix. "Softricity's SoftGrid enables customers to leverage and extend
the value of their Citrix MetaFrame environments in an easy, cost-effective
way."
SoftGrid is the industry's first application virtualization solution. It
helps IT overcomes key challenges by deploying applications via
Softricity's patented application virtualization technology -- a protective
virtual run-time "sandbox" environment within which programs execute
without altering the host computer. This eliminates many critical
deployment and management issues, including application conflicts and
lengthy regression testing, and compresses each phase of the application
management process, from deployments to upgrades to patches.
To see how SoftGrid works first-hand, visit Softricity at Citrix iForum
Booth # 3.
"Companies must find ways for IT to operate much more efficiently while
providing responsive, quality service," said Harry Ruda, CEO, Softricity.
"Softricity is proud to sponsor Citrix iForum and to help Citrix customers
get the greatest value possible from centralized, on-demand computing."
About Softricity:
Softricity® helps enterprises simplify and accelerate their entire
software management and deployment with SoftGrid® -- the industry's first
application virtualization infrastructure solution -- reliably and
cost-effectively for past, present and future applications. SoftGrid
transforms Windows applications from products that must be installed
locally into virtual services that are centrally configured, managed, and
deployed
on-demand to Citrix MetaFrame Presentation servers -- preventing
application conflicts, eliminating regression testing and increasing change
management responsiveness. By streamlining deployment, upgrades, patches
and terminations, SoftGrid saves companies tremendous time and money,
increases quality of service and provides the flexibility needed for
today's dynamic business environment. Softricity has a multiyear Strategic
Alliance with Microsoft Corp., is a Microsoft Terminal Services Industry
Partner and is a Citrix Business Alliance Premier Member. More information
can be found by visiting the Softricity Web site at
http://www.softricity.com
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and other countries. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the
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Janice Bedsole
Bedsole & Company
janice@bedsoleandcompany.com
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