
The companies also intend to integrate Cisco Nexus 1000V with Citrix XenServer to enable enterprise and service provider customers to build clouds based in part on key open source technology. Bringing these key technologies together into an integrated solution will help enterprise and service provider customers deliver true cloud service automation with deep network- and application-level intelligence to speed service deployments.Īs part of the strategy, Cisco and Citrix intend to jointly integrate the Citrix NetScaler application delivery controller (ADC) to seamlessly coexist with other Cisco network and security services, such as Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) and Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA). Cisco Cloud Network Services is an ecosystem-based approach that incorporates best-in-class Cisco and partner application and network services. The expanded partnership will include a significant investment in people and resources to drive market-leading technology innovation, solution integration and validation, customer support, and joint go-to-market investment on a global basis.Ĭisco is evolving its L4-L7 services in data centers and cloud infrastructure with an integrated, multi-services architecture. To help enterprise and service provider customers capture the market transition and transform their business models, Cisco and Citrix will collaborate to unify technologies into solutions for the mobile-cloud era.

Cisco and Citrix announced an expansion of their desktop virtualization partnership into three strategic areas: cloud networking, cloud orchestration, and mobile workstyles.Ĭisco and Citrix believe the IT industry is on the verge of the next major architectural transition: the mobile-cloud era.
