Novell ADMINSTUDIO 9.5 User Manual page 660

Chapter 9: Converting Windows Installer Packages to Virtual Applications
About Citrix Virtual Packages
• Enables you to quickly install and update software throughout your
manage the delivery of all of your Windows-based applications from one centralized location, there is no need
to go from desktop to desktop, travel from office to office, or wait for laptops to return to headquarters in order
to install or update software. With Citrix XenApp, you can deliver applications and updates instantly anywhere,
any time—to offshore employees, outsourcers, new branch offices, new mergers and acquisitions, and mobile
workforces.
Enables Automatic Software Updates
When an upgrade or patch needs to be deployed, you would only need to update the Citrix profile on Citrix
XenApp, which will then automatically update all of the instances of that Citrix profile throughout the enterprise.
This means that users always have the latest application updates and patches, automatically.
Centralized Application Management Provides Controlled Access and Security
With Citrix XenApp, you can centralize applications and data in secure data centers, which increases data security
and ensures fast, reliable performance. Centralized application management using Citrix XenApp provides the
following benefits:
• Enhances
chance for data loss and theft. Citrix XenApp helps you prevent data from leaving the data center without your
explicit permission, which supports regulatory compliance and security objectives. You can provide authorized
access to appropriate users—such as employees, customers, and partners—while verifying the ongoing
security of the environment.
• Can provide managed access to applications to users outside of your
standardize the use of applications, without having to standardize the machines that the applications use. This
enables you to provide managed access to applications from computers that are not your own corporate
assets, such as from contractor or consultant computers.
• Monitors application usage and
application usage and performance. It gives IT administrators the power to understand who is using what, how
often, and to what extent. They can observe, monitor, measure, audit, report and archive all the dimensions of
information flow throughout the computing environment. This enables informed decisions regarding
application consolidation and retirement, capacity planning, service level agreements and departmental
charge-back.
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Enables identity-driven
any user environment. It automatically analyzes the user's permissions and then delivers the appropriate level
of access to applications without compromising security. Depending on who and where users are and what
device and network they're using, they may be granted different levels of access. You can also easily
"decommission" applications by simply turning off a user's permission to it.
Enables User-Based Application Access Rather Than Machine-Based Access
Users can access their applications anywhere on the network, regardless of where they are or what device they are
using.
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security—Enables you to control, protect, and retain intellectual property centrally to reduce the
access—Citrix XenApp enables you to provide identity-driven access tailored to
performance—Citrix XenApp gives you end-to-end visibility into
enterprise—Because you can
organization—You can
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