Citrix extends the value of the SAP ERP application, the SAP NetWeaver Portal component, and SAP's enterprise service-oriented architecture (enterprise SOA) through application delivery solutions that enable more people, in more locations, on any device or network, to enjoy convenient, easy, fast performance of SAP.

In addition, tests at SAP Labs' Palo Alto campus showed that Citrix Application Delivery solutions can reduce users' transaction response times by a staggering 50 to 99 percent – even with SAP's enterprise SOA. And while SAP NetWeaver Portal users enjoyed these reductions in WAN-induced end-user wait times, Citrix NetScaler also reduced SAP NetWeaver Portal server CPU utilization by up to 60%.

Citrix solutions also significantly lower the total cost of ownership of the overall application computing environment. Today, over 10,000 SAP customers, including SAP and Citrix themselves, leverage Citrix application delivery to improve their application environment and increase the time to value of their SAP investment. Together, Citrix and SAP create a flexible IT infrastructure that enables more agile and responsive business processes for customers.

Alliance Overview

• Citrix is an SAP global technology partner and member of the SAP NetWeaver Partner Initiative.
• Citrix is a member of the SAP Enterprise Services Community in the Network Optimization and Virtualization group.
• SAP is a strategic partner within the Citrix Global Alliance Partner Program
• Citrix has a global SAP Competence Center at SAP headquarters in Walldorf , Germany , with dedicated onsite support.
• SAP uses Citrix technology to manage and deliver over 40 applications – including SAP ERP – to employees, while Citrix runs its global business on SAP software.
• Approximately 1 in 3 of SAP's customers already use Citrix technology in their SAP IT environment.

Key Customer Benefits

A valued solution for more than 1 in 3 SAP deployments today, Citrix provides the following benefits to long-term partner SAP and customers:

• Staggeringly faster performance (2–20X), for various networks and transactions
• Expanded access to applications through the SAP NetWeaver Portal component
• Faster return on investment from SAP solutions
• Greater data security
• Improved compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley requirements
• Real-time visibility and tools to help meet service-level agreements (SLAs)

SAP Testimonials

"Using Citrix, SAP reduced costs by 40%. SAP has over 15,000 [concurrent] users in over 120 countries and increased productivity by 35%. Citrix has earned trusted advisor status."
Bill McDermott, CEO and president, SAP Americas

"Application delivery is an increasingly important business issue, and SAP is pleased to have worked with Citrix for years to support many mutual customers. The SAP Center of Excellence relies on Citrix Application Delivery Infrastructure products to help deliver SAP Solutions in Lab environments to customers and partners, ensuring them a reliable user experience with a high level of performance and security."
Ralf Lindenlaub, Director SAP NetWeaver Platforms, SAP

"The SAP Enterprise Services Community launched the Network Services Test Lab in an effort to prove and demonstrate the great benefits of modern network technologies. As business processes grow ever more advanced, application delivery and WAN optimization become areas for increasing focus. Citrix clearly delivers significant network performance and security benefits for SAP customers."
Joerg Nalik, Ph.D., Director, Partner Solution Management, SAP Labs

Alliance Focus Areas

• Development of new solutions
• Joint product testing
• Customer outreach
• Joint customer support

Citrix /SAP References

Dozens of references are available on the Citrix Website including:

• United Nations World Food Programme
• Ryerson
• Engen Petroleum
• BSH Continental
• Japan Molex
• Linklaters
• National Semiconductor Corporation
• Starbucks
• Parmalat Australia
• Kindred Healthcare
• Eicher Group
• DB Breweries New Zealand
• Dutch Land Registry
• LogicaCMG Netherlands
• Cardiff University
• Crompton Europe
• United Overseas Bank (Malaysia)

About Citrix

More than 200,000 organizations worldwide rely on Citrix to deliver any application to users anywhere with the best performance, highest security, and lowest cost. Customers include 100% of the Fortune 100 companies and 99% of the Fortune Global 500, as well as hundreds of thousands of small businesses and prosumers. Citrix has approximately 6,200 partners in more than 100 countries.

Contacts

Matt Lull, Director Global SAP Alliance
Christian Ambach, EMEA Business Development Manager
Gerd Kammerath, Technical Business Development Manager
Chris Heuer, North America Business Development Manager