The future workspace will look much different than it was a few months ago. The global pandemic has made both employees and companies rethink how and where things are done. More organizations will make remote work an integral part of cost and labor management strategies. They will also review the structure and role of office environments to keep employees safe and maintain their productivity and enable greater agility across the organization. In this context, Microsoft and Citrix decided to cooperate.
In order to ensure business continuity and growth, organizations will need to adopt more flexible working models with these new priorities. Citrix and Microsoftcame together to redesign this new and flexible workplace. Employees; In the office, on the road or at home, they need a consistent experience and uninterrupted access to applications that are crucial for the best way to get things done wherever they need to be done. To address this challenge, the two technology-leading companies have announced that they will work together to help organizations accelerate the transition to the cloud and the adoption of digital workspaces and virtual desktops.
This multiple-year agreement is based on one of the industry's longest-lasting strategic partnerships and broadens the scope of this partnership. According to the terms of the agreement, Citrix Workspace will be the digital workspace platform preferred by Microsoft customers, and Microsoft Azure will be the public cloud preferred by companies using Citrix solutions to enable people to work anywhere across devices.
Citrix and Microsoft will offer common tools and services to facilitate and speed up the transition of internal Citrix virtual application and desktop customers to Microsoft Azure. It is also a common product to offer a consistent and flexible working experience, including joint offers of Citrix Workspace, Citrix SD-WAN, Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365, which are sold with direct sales teams through a strong community of companies, Azure Marketplace and channel partners. draw a road map. Microsoft will make sales with Citrix Cloud to move existing in-house Citrix customers to Azure.
Both Citrix and Microsoft will continue their long-standing policies to support their customers' choices if customers demand alternatives to meet their business needs.
Creating Agile Organization
The global pandemic has increased the need to adopt a flexible approach to work that enables companies to manage all their resources from talent to offices and technology dynamically, to scale quickly to adapt to changing market conditions.
“The COVID-19 pandemic has forced businesses around the world to change the way employees work, while continuing to meet the speed and safety requirements required by today's uncertain business environment,” said Citrix President and CEO David Henshall. Looking ahead, hybrid working models will become the standard for many customers who need a flexible infrastructure to support, strengthen and secure their teams. By joining hands, Citrix and Microsoft can offer a powerful digital workspace in a reliable and secure public cloud where employees can access everything they need to interact and be productive, whether at home, in the office or on the road. ”
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says: “While organizations around the world are adapting to new ways of working, these organizations will need to redesign how and where things are done. As we overcome this with Citrix, we will help our customers connect to their employees' applications seamlessly and securely using Azure so they can be more agile and productive wherever they are. ”