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IBM To Provide Citrix’s “Project Kent” As Integral Part Of New Virtual Workplace Recovery Service Pr

Tuesday, 24 October 2006 by Michel Roth

Today Citrix and IBM unveiled plans for a new offering code-named “Project Kent,” an end-to-end turnkey solution that provides dispersed workers the ability to connect to applications, data and people during a disruptive event. Citrix’s new workforce continuity solution will be offered as an integral part of IBM’s Virtual Workplace Continuity service product and is the only solution of its kind that integrates emergency notifications, employee updates, access to applications, and communications and collaboration within a single solution. Citrix’s solution will use USB sticks to simplify the access to business tools during a disruptive situation – a necessity during times of crisis. With Project Kent, medium to large enterprises will now have the ability to connect employees to the resources they need to remain productive during a disruption as well as provide them with the emergency information that they need to stay informed.

The IBM Virtual Workplace Continuity service product will be available from IBM’s Business Continuity and Resiliency Services unit and represents the latest step in IBM’s strategy to deliver traditional labor-based technology services in a manner more similar to the delivery of technology products.

IBM is already a leader in traditional workplace recovery services for front-office and back-office operations and this new solution is a logical progression that offers customers additional choice and flexibility as they look at all dimensions of their continuity program. The new workplace continuity solution jointly announced today also directly supports IBM’s Contingency Planning Assessment – a pandemic preparedness service – and is a logical next step to “operationalize” a continuity strategy to allow people to work, communicate and collaborate from anywhere they have access to a PC and an Internet connection.

Read the full press release here.