Citrix today announced the immediate availability of the Palo
Alto Networks VM-Series, a next-generation virtualized firewall and
threat prevention offering, on the Citrix®
NetScaler® SDX™ service delivery networking platform. This
industry-first integration allows customers to use a single,
multi-tenant platform to spin up dedicated advanced delivery controller
(ADC) and next-generation firewall instances tailored to the specific
needs of individual applications to safely enable applications, protect
against known and unknown threats, and maximize application availability
and performance.
As the workforce evolves to adapt to the needs of increasingly mobile
users, businesses are looking for ways to transform their networks into
an end-to-end cloud delivery platform, making it simple for employees to
safely access any application from any device. It is this shared vision
of the future that led Citrix and Palo Alto Networks to work together to
create this security offering that delivers on the promise made in the
initial partnership announced
in 2012.
The Citrix NetScaler SDX ADC cloud service platform — the popular choice
for many of the world's largest public and private clouds — is a
multi-tenant appliance providing application availability, application
acceleration and application security needed in the mobile and cloud
world. Palo Alto Networks VM-Series runs the same PAN-OSTM
software as Palo Alto Networks physical enterprise security platforms,
bringing next-generation firewall and threat prevention capabilities to
virtual datacenters. The application-specific protections provided by
NetScaler AppFirewall™ complement the next-generation firewall
protections provided by the Palo Alto Networks VM-Series.
The VM-Series integrated with NetScaler SDX can provide instances of
security and ADC for per “tenant” application load balancing with
dedicated firewalling. With the combined solution, organizations can
achieve substantial infrastructure consolidation and reduce costs and
complexity without compromising on functionality. Mutual support for
open Rest and XML APIs further facilitates the transformation to a cloud
delivery model by enabling real-time orchestration of individual
technologies and capabilities in response to changing conditions.
Citrix and Palo Alto Networks also have continued to build on the
validated joint solutions for Citrix XenApp® and Citrix XenDesktop®
virtual application and desktop virtualization solutions. The
combination of VM-Series and NetScaler ADC on Citrix NetScaler SDX
delivers secure access for virtual desktop users operating remotely as
well as “Zero Trust” segmentation, - always
validating the user has the required privilege - of the virtual
desktop infrastructure and resources in the datacenter. Safe application
enablement for virtual desktop users on an individual or user-group
basis to appropriate applications on the backend provides an added level
of security. Additionally, distributed denial of service protections and
protections against both known and unknown application and network level
attacks round out a complete security solution.
Quotes
Ian Rae, CEO, CloudOps
“As we deploy next-generation cloud data centers, the ability to
leverage SDX multi-tenancy for both NetScaler and Palo Alto Networks
next-generation security allows us to tailor application delivery and
security to the specific needs of specific application services.”
Rohit Mehra, Vice President, Network Infrastructure, IDC
“As the industry moves rapidly to deal with ongoing security threats
across enterprise datacenters and cloud providers, it is imperative that
security applications see increased integration without significantly
altering performance and application delivery. With the increased
rollouts of Citrix NetScaler for cloud application delivery, its native
integration with Palo Alto next-generation firewall will enable
customers to deploy both these platforms in an integrated and consistent
multi-tenant architecture.”
Chad Kinzelberg, Senior Vice President of Business and Corporate
Development at Palo Alto Networks
“Many IT organizations are transforming their networks into end-to-end
cloud delivery platforms; we are pleased to be working closely with
Citrix to deliver essential application delivery controller and
enterprise security capabilities so organizations can easily realize
their cloud goals without compromising performance or security and
employees can safely access any application from any device or location.”
Lieuwe Jan Koning, CTO, ON2IT
“Enterprise customers look to us to offer the integrated
solutions of best-in-class products that address their biggest dilemmas
in the datacenter. Citrix and Palo Alto Networks are doing just this by
delivering on their promise to offer a solution that provides the best
in performance, availability, and security.”
Sunil Potti, Vice President and General Manager, NetScaler Product
Group, Citrix
“Palo Alto Networks and Citrix NetScaler have already established
industry leading positions in public and private clouds in their
respective products. By integrating the VM-Series on the Citrix
NetScaler SDX platform, organizations can now leverage best-in-class ADC
and security capabilities on a unified, purpose-built platform.”
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About Citrix
Citrix (NASDAQ:CTXS) is a leader in virtualization, networking and cloud
infrastructure to enable new ways for people to work better. Citrix
solutions help IT and service providers to build, manage and secure,
virtual and mobile workspaces that seamlessly deliver apps, desktops,
data and services to anyone, on any device, over any network or cloud.
This year Citrix is celebrating 25 years of innovation, making IT
simpler and people more productive with mobile workstyles. With annual
revenue in 2013 of $2.9 billion, Citrix solutions are in use at more
than 330,000 organizations and by over 100 million people globally.
Learn more at www.citrix.com.
About Palo Alto Networks
Palo Alto Networks is leading a new era in cyber security by protecting
thousands of enterprise, government, and service provider networks from
cyber threats. Unlike fragmented legacy products, our security platform
safely enables business operations and delivers protection based on what
matters most in today's dynamic computing environments: applications,
users, and content. Find out more at www.paloaltonetworks.com.
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