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Shared services solution from IBM

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Highlights

	Improve application availability and security of your desktop environment with IBM and Citrix®
	Save valuable time and costs related to on-going IT maintenance
	Easily deploy and re-deploy capacity on demand, as business needs change

Enhance availability, reduce costs and increase data security of your desktop environment with powerful IBM servers and Citrix XenApp.
With industry-leading technology from IBM and Citrix, the shared services solution from IBM can help improve information access, enhance security and simplify management of your desktop environment by centralizing applications on highly reliable, fault-tolerant System x™ servers or BladeCenter® blade servers back in the data center. Designed to deliver application capabilities on a wide range of client devices with high levels of security and reliability, the shared services solution helps protect your valuable assets and business-critical information while enhancing employee productivity with outstanding performance and rock-solid reliability.

Solution summary

Servers
IBM offers a range of affordable, high-performance,
easy-to-manage System x servers and IBM BladeCenter x86 blade servers ideal for your shared services. Equipped with flexible configurations, enhanced memory and industry-leading availability and reliability features, these servers are designed to help reduce costs and keep your business up and running.

Software
Citrix XenApp (previously known as Citrix Presentation Server™) is an application delivery system that offers client-side and server-side application virtualization, for optimal application performance and flexible delivery options.

Thin client devices
IBM Business Partners such as Devon IT® and Wyse Technology® offer powerful thin client devices so users can access Web, Windows®, UNIX® and Linux® applications directly from the servers in the data center with high-speed communications.

For more information on the shared services solution from IBM, please contact your local IBM System x and BladeCenter Sales Representatives or nearest IBM Business Partner.

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