Citrix Application Delivery Solutions Achieve Integration Validation With Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise Customer Relationship Management and PeopleSoft Tools

Business Wire, Oct 24, 2006

Citrix NetScaler and Access Suite Products Deliver "Best Access Experience" for PeopleSoft Enterprise Customers

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Citrix Systems, Inc., the global leader in application delivery infrastructure, today announced it has achieved integration validation for the Citrix[R] NetScaler[R] System and Citrix Access Suite[TM] with Oracle's PeopleSoft Customer Relationship Management (CRM) 9 and PeopleSoft Tools 8.48, via the Oracle[R] PartnerNetwork Application Integration Initiative. This milestone demonstrates Citrix's commitment to meet Oracle customer needs with the industry's most comprehensive application delivery and access solutions.

Citrix Application Delivery Solutions for Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise Applications

Citrix NetScaler System, the market-leading Web application delivery system, helps optimize the delivery of the PeopleSoft Enterprise suite, speeding application response times over the web and helping to improve end-user performance -- an excellent option for delivering Web applications. Deployed in front of PeopleSoft Enterprise application servers, the system significantly reduces processing overhead on application and database servers, reducing hardware and bandwidth costs. Citrix NetScaler is a comprehensive network system that combines high-speed load balancing and content switching with state-of-the-art application acceleration, layer 4-7 traffic management, data compression, static and dynamic content caching, SSL acceleration, numerous network optimizations, and robust application security into a single, tightly integrated system.

Citrix Presentation Server[TM], the #1 application virtualization solution and part of the Citrix Access Suite, offers additional options for delivering the PeopleSoft Enterprise suite, providing central management of browser plug-ins. Citrix Presentation Server allows organizations to access the Oracle applications from any device or location over any network. By hosting the browser, Citrix Presentation Server eliminates concerns over locally-installed browser versions or security settings as well as reducing the overall burden on IT resources. Citrix Presentation Server also enables enhanced data security and user mobility for users of the Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise suite through its proven application virtualization technology.

Citrix Access Security & Control Solutions for PeopleSoft Enterprise Applications

Oracle customers can now also leverage the value of Citrix market-leading Access Security and Control solutions, Citrix Access Gateway[TM] and Citrix Password Manager[TM], included in the Citrix Access Suite integration validation from Oracle. Citrix Access Gateway is a line of universal SSL VPN appliances, including Citrix SmartAccess technology that gives administrators fine granular control over what actions users can take when accessing the Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise suite based on who they are, where they are located, and what kind of device they are using. This unique capability is accomplished without any code modification or custom integration. Citrix Password Manager efficiently accesses the password-protected PeopleSoft Enterprise suite with one logon. Users authenticate once with a single password, and Password Manager automatically does the rest: logs onto password-protected enterprise resources, enforces password policies, monitors password-related events, and automates end-user tasks Co even password changes.

"We are pleased to validate the integration of Citrix's solutions with our PeopleSoft software," said Tom Herrmann, vice president, ISV Management and Programs, Oracle. "PeopleSoft CRM customers can be confident that Citrix satisfies the standards for the Application Integration Initiative."

"As a Certified Partner in Oracle PartnerNetwork, we are pleased to provide important value to the approximately 25,000 joint customers deploying Oracle applications with Citrix solutions," said David Jones, corporate vice president, business development, Citrix. "In today's distributed work environments, companies need to increase employee productivity and reduce overall IT costs by providing secure, efficient and optimized access to business-critical applications like the PeopleSoft Enterprise suite from any location, device and platform."

Citrix received integration validation for PeopleSoft CRM 9 and PeopleSoft Tools8.48 by undergoing tests that demonstrate integration compatibility between the Citrix and Oracle products. The test plan was developed and executed by Oracle's Application Integration Initiative team. Citrix and Oracle have previously validated the Citrix Access Suite and Citrix NetScaler System with Oracle E-Business Suite, and validated Citrix Access Suite with Oracle's JD Edwards EnterpriseOne and JD Edwards OneWorld XE SP23. Citrix has received a total of 10 Oracle validations.

The Oracle PartnerNetwork Application Integration Initiative gives customers confidence that integrations between Oracle Applications and complementary ISV solutions have been validated and the products work together as designed. This can reduce risk, improve system implementation cycles, and provide for smoother upgrades and simpler maintenance. This initiative is available to qualifying partners in the Oracle PartnerNetwork, and applies a rigorous technical process to validate the integrations of third-party software to Oracle Applications products. Oracle (NasdaqGS: ORCL) provides tools, resources and training to assist partners in the integration. Partners who have successfully validated their integrations are authorized to use the "Integrated with Oracle" logo. For more information, please visit Oracle.com at http://www.oracle.com/partnerships/isv/integration/search.html/.>