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Citrix Unveils Beta Of Application-Delivery Software

Wednesday, 05 July 2006 by Michel Roth

ComputerWeekly.com reports that Citrix has unveiled two new developments: project Tarpon and a first impression of the product that has evolved out of Citrix' aquisition of Reflectent. They even report that Citrix has announced a limited beta of Project Tarpon that will be available to users to try out:

Citrix Systems has unveiled two new developments in its continued drive to make it easier for companies to deliver applications to users. The Project Tarpon and EdgeSight products are Citrix's latest attempt to prove that it is more than simply a thin client or client/server software solutions company.

Tarpon makes it easier for companies to provide "software as a service" to users' desktops. Project Tarpon aims to reduce the time it takes to deliver applications and reduce the number of software licenses needed by companies to support their staff. The software allows companies to profile what applications are needed across an organisation, and then publicise them on the company network to allow users to manually select them. The required applications can then be streamed to groups of users' desktops on request, instead of the IT department simply sending large amounts of applications to all users in an organisation, where they may sit on machines unused.

In another development, Citrix has announced the availability of Citrix EdgeSight, an "application visibility" tool that allows IT departments to view the user experience when it comes to the performance of applications. EdgeSight has been made available following the acquisition of the technology through Citrix's recent purchase of Reflectent. Morgan Stanley is already a user of the EdgeSight product, which it uses for application usage metrics, data compliance, security auditing, and capacity planning.

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