Introduction to Citrix Solutions for Web Application Delivery Citrix NetScaler
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Global Market Forces Driving Change User Experience Declining IT Responsiveness Declining 3
Application Delivery Success Citrix NetScaler Deliver Web Applications Users Citrix EdgeSight Monitor End User Experience Citrix WANScaler Accelerate Apps to Branch Users Citrix Access Gateway Enable Secure Application Access Citrix Presentation Server Deliver Windows Applications Citrix Desktop Server Deliver Desktops Apps 4
Web Application Delivery Challenges Web Protocols Extremely Chatty Remote Users Further Away from Apps Apps Moved into Fewer Centralized Datacenters Increased Security Requirements 5
Solutions Must Span Two Worlds XML...SOAP...HTTP...WSDL...JSON...REST...RSS...AJAX...end-user experience... Mashup...RelTag...SOA...Application Availability...Data theft...ria...wiki...enterprise 2.0 Application Traffic Users Network Traffic Apps Router Switch Firewall MAC address...source IP...Destination IP...Source port...destination port...ping... OSPF...RIP...BGP...ACL...DNS...Subnet...802.XX...ARP...ICMP...RTT...SYN...ACK... Keepalive...SNMP...SSH...SSL...MTBF...Latency... 6
XML...SOAP...HTTP...WSDL...JSON...REST...RSS...AJAX...end-user experience... Mashup...RelTag...SOA...Application Availability...Data theft...ria...wiki...enterprise 2.0 Users AppExpert Policy Framework Apps Router Switch Firewall MAC address...source IP...Destination IP...Source port...destination port...ping... OSPF...RIP...BGP...ACL...DNS...Subnet...802.XX...ARP...ICMP...RTT...SYN...ACK... Keepalive...SNMP...SSH...SSL...MTBF...Latency... SSH SSL MTBF Latency 7
Full Line-of-Sight Integration to End User Integrated Web App Firewall Integrated Performance Monitoring Integrated t SSL VPN Citrix NetScaler 8.0 Us sers Citrix EdgeSight Monitor End User Experience Citrix WANScaler Accelerate Apps To Branch Offices Citrix Access Gateway Enable Secure App Access Ap pps 8
Accelerate End-User Performance LAN Branch Mobile User Advanced TCP Optimization Far more efficient connections TCP Multiplexing and Buffering Frees up servers from connection management AppCache Static and Dynamic caching AppCompress Data compression across all TCP protocols SSL Offload Frees up servers from encryption processing Application Infrastructure Accelerates application delivery by up to 5x or more 9
Improving po gserver e Efficiency ce cy Application Users TCP Multiplexing and Buffering Frees up servers from connection management AppCache Frees servers from repeatedly serving the same content t AppCompress Reduces bandwidth requirements SSL Offload Frees up servers from encryption processing Consolidated web logging Offloads logging from individual web servers Application Infrastructure Supports more users and more applications with minimal infrastructure investment 10
Ensure Maximum Application Availability LAN Branch Mobile User Load Balancing Robust L4 load balancing Application Infrastructure Content Switching Direct requests based upon application and user context Rewriting and Redirection Modify content t and redirect incoming i requests Surge Protection Unexpected peak traffic poses no problem Guarantees maximum application availability 11
Enhance Application Security LAN Branch Mobile User Application layer protections Protect against data theft and leakage DoS Mitigations No slowdown under heavy DoS attack Content filtering and redirection Granularly filter incoming requests Application Infrastructure Protect valuable corporate and customer information from theft and leakage 12
The Application-layer Threat DATA Financial Records Credit Card #s Social Security #s Customer Records Web App Users Internet Network Firewalls Web Apps Employee Data Healthcare Records Web threat is growing 82% of web vulnerabilities ranked easy to exploit 90% increase in reported web attacks last year Regulatory compliance drives increasingly data security 13
NetScaler Application Firewall Application Attacks Blocked Legitimate traffic allowed through Web App Users Internet Network Firewalls Citrix NetScaler Application Infrastructure Blocks attacks automatically with no signatures or updates Can be up and running in 30 minutes 14
Citrix EdgeSight for NetScaler Visibility of end-user performance experience Proactive management of web application performance Provides real-time and historical reporting Transparent, agentless architecture 15
EdgeSight g Performance Metrics End-user web application performance monitoring Page Load is the length of time for the browser to load the base page Client Render is the length of time for the browser to load the base page plus all dependent content on the page User Interaction is the length of time the user spent on the page Web application delivery infrastructure monitoring Site Processing is the length of time measured by the NetScaler for NetScaler and origin server processing Site Delay is the delay measured by the NetScaler associated with the users request 16
Citrix EdgeSight g for NetScaler e Granular visibility into end-user experience Transaction Request Users Page Render Time Page Load Time Page becomes interactive Page completely downloaded Proxy Request Apps Web applica ation response e Proxy Response Transaction Response se 17
Intuitive Graphical Administration Common interface for all functionality AppExpert provides graphical definition of policies No programming required Fully supported by Citrix 18
Enterprise Reporting & Management Real-time performance monitoring Centralized Configuration and Management 19
Application Proven IBM Domino Web Access - Open Attachement t Hyperion - Medium Form Query SAP - File Download (768Kbps) SAP - File Download (T3) Microsoft SharePoint - Open TeamSite Microsoft SharePoint - Open MySite X 5X 10X Acceleration Factor http:hqfastapps.com h t for more information 20
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