INTRODUCTION

Over the next five years, Russell will likely realize more than $5 million in savings from implementing Citrix software and an additional $4 million in future cost avoidance from outsourcing IT operations.

—Tom Hanly, Chief Financial Officer, Frank Russell Company

Ever since Citrix unveiled the first widespread version of a PC-based multiuser operating system almost two decades ago, the architecture of corporate-based personal computing has continued to evolve. Thin-client computing transitioned into server-based computing, which then morphed into access infrastructure and next into on-demand computing. With XenApp application delivery, Citrix has gone beyond the PC box and enabled a comprehensive architecture for fulfilling the ...

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