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Federal Mobility conversations
It’s amazing how commonplace the mobility conversation has become this past year within the Federal government. Everyone is abuzz with the term, and it looks like “mobility” is going the way of “cloud” in regard to disparate and varied usage. Several telework initiatives have even been folded under the Mobility umbrella -- see the recent re-branding of the Federal Telework Exchange as the “Mobile Work ...
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Citrix featured in Federal BYOD Guidance
The Federal CIO Council working group recently released a BYOD Toolkit for Federal Agencies. The guidance urges agencies to embrace consumerization and observes that flexibility is key to employee productivity. Several Federal Citrix customers have already realized that this is part of Citrix's core vision - the ability to work and play from anywhere, on any device. The guidance recommends three solution types for implementing a BYOD Program: Virtualization ...
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Smartcard Authentication for Federal Customers
The majority of Federal customers have already moved or are planning a move towards a Smartcard based authentication as their primary authentication method for domain network access. Several customers ask about whether their CAC or PIV card will work for authentication with Citrix products (Yes, they do!), and if so how? Although, the majority of this information already exists on our support KB site, this blog ...
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“Why Citrix?” Federal Edition
Federal Customers tend to have unique requirements when it comes deploying IT as a service. Why do these customers choose Citrix time and time again? Because we believe that our mantra of “being able to work and play from anywhere” is something that even the Federal Government can attain with the caveats of security and compliance. Common Criteria Certification Common Criteria Certification is an international standard with ...
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Virtualizing DCO – Adobe Connect Pro
Virtualizing Defense Connect Online/Adobe Connect Pro Customers in the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) consistently ask about the compatibility of Defense Connect Online (Adobe Connect Pro) with our virtualization products XenApp and XenDesktop. In order to provide a higher level of confidence on what this compatibility boils down to, I have conducted a series of tests to determine the optimal configurations with Citrix products. XenApp 6 and ...