What if you could deliver online (published) apps through XenApp 6 times faster to your branch office workers? Or increase XenApp ICA print throughput by 38 times?

Well, now you can accelerate ICA with Branch Repeater and XenApp. Find out the benefits for yourselves by downloading Turbocharge applications to your branch offices CTX122321 whitepaper. 
Please share with us your experiences, results and thoughts.

Sai

Other relevant blogs: http://community.citrix.com/blogs/citrite/saia/

Are you a XenApp customer or partner wondering how to further accelerate the delivery of XenApp to branch office workers? And yet not upgrade your WAN bandwidth? And save a ton on OPEX for WAN services? Well, you can now check out the success story about how Neogen used Branch Repeater to:

• Accelerate XenApp ICA performance by 400 percent at branch offices
• Reduce IT help desk calls by 15 percent
• Raise throughput on existing bandwidth by six times
• Achieve 35 percent savings in operational expenses for WAN services

Happy accelerating!

Sai

Customers looking to take their first steps into virtualization or those looking to grow their existing application, desktop, or server virtualization environments can enjoy a 40% savings when adding Citrix Essentials for XenServer Platinum Edition.

Any order for 100 or more Citrix XenApp or Citrix XenDesktop licenses, including upgrade licenses, will be eligible to receive the discount on an unlimited number of Essentials for XenServer Platinum licenses. By adding Citrix Essentials for XenServer Platinum, organizations can add improved manageability, automation, and lifecycle management to transform their datacenters into delivery centers.

Testing by Tolly shows that Citrix XenServer, which includes specific optimizations for XenApp highlights the performance improvements that customers can obtain when choosing XenServer over a VMware Virtual Infrastructure in their XenApp Virtual Server farms. In these tests, Citrix XenServer 5 outperformed VMware ESX 3.5u3 by supporting 41% more concurrent users.

The pricing promotion for Citrix Essentials for XenServer is for a limited time. You can read about the promotion terms and download the FAQ and Rules from My Citrix. (Login required)

At the end of June we launched the new SMB partner portal to provide a one-stop shop with everything you need to successfully sell XenApp Fundamentals to small to mid-size customers. I am delighted to say that we have had a tremendous response...  

  More than 600 partners have logged in within the first six weeks, and 75% of those partners have downloaded the new XenApp Fundamentals 3.0 training. Hundreds have also downloaded brochures, whitepapers and demand generation materials.

For those of you who haven't visited the site yet and are looking for comprehensive training tools for XenApp Fundamentals, you will find the new training tools are just what you've been looking for. The two-hour comprehensive training video will walk you through the installation and configuration process step by step.  It can be a great tool for a group training session, which is precisely what Aleks Mednis of APM Systems is doing.  When he learned about this comprehensive training presentation, he was very excited about the opportunity to gather his sales and technical teams together for a lunch-n-learn training session with everyone together.  It's the perfect way to ensure everyone gets trained with a group Q&A afterwards.

If you're looking for training on something specific or you don't have the two hours needed to sit through the full training session then check out the new Tech Bites - four 5 - 15 minute XenApp Fundamentals technical training videos developed specifically to address the technical topics you ask about most, including licensing, security and printing.

You may also want to take the opportunity to attend one of the many live training sessions we'll be hosting with independent consultants on various topics, including how to install XenApp Fundamentals with Microsoft's Small Business Server.  Due to great response we'll be hosting this live webinar again on 10th September.  Also scheduled for 17th September, due to popular request ,  is ' The value of XenApp Fundamentals on Terminal Services', where you'll see examples of how partners have sold XenApp Fundamentals into existing Terminal Services customers to address issues with the remote access environment.

All of this and more is available at [citrix.com/partners/smb|www.citrix.com/partners/smb].  I hope you'll check it out! 

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Just back from vacation (sigh), and I'm updating some product content on My Citrix. Specifically, I'm putting up new information about NetScaler VPX. There's a great services opportunity with this product that I'd like to bring to your attention.

What is it?

Citrix® NetScaler® VPX provides the complete NetScaler web application load balancing, acceleration accelerator, web application firewall and offload feature-set in a simple, easy to install virtual appliance. IT organizations of any size can deploy NetScaler VPX on industry standard servers—on-demand—anywhere in the datacenter.

NetScaler VPX makes functionality typically only available on specialized, high-end network devices available as a virtual appliance that can be easily and dynamically deployed on a single server, or across entire cloud datacenters. Used alone for individual applications or in conjunction with NetScaler appliances with nCore technology to optimize entire datacenters, the simplicity and flexibility of NetScaler VPX make it easy and cost effective to fully optimize every Web application.

Small and medium-size businesses can now cost effectively deploy full NetScaler functionality in front of Web-based applications like Microsoft SharePoint and Office Communication Server. NetScaler VPX makes it easy to deploy the same advanced load balancer, application security and application acceleration functionality enterprises rely on, but sized specifically for the needs of smaller organizations. The net result is faster response times and less application downtime.

Smaller XenApp and XenDesktop deployments can now benefit from the same integrated secure remote access, global server load balancing and load balancing for Web Interface and XML broker that NetScaler appliances provide, and run it using the same server infrastructure used to run XenApp itself.

Assessment services, Implementation services, Performance services.... (I know, you get it.)

Want to try it?

There is a Tech Preview available at: http://web.citrix.com/netscalervpxchallenge/

And, don't miss your chance to win $10,000 in The Great NetScaler VPX Challenge!

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If you are providing IT services to your customers in the form of hosted solutions, growing revenues depends on your ability to market your offering in a very focused way.  It's just not enough to put a data center together, hang a shingle on the street and wait.  That's a recipe for disaster and why should you fail with so much opportunity at hand.  Follow these simple steps and I promise your results will be much more predictable.

Step 1 - Know Thy Product and Value

The question most of your customers will ask is "What would I do if I didn't use this service?"  If there is an alternate solution then customers will usually seek the lowest cost, easiest implementation.  So you must clearly articulate the value of your product and services.  As an example, if you are offering a hosted desktop (using XenApp) with Microsoft Office as the key service offering, then your customer has a choice to load the applications locally and manage them locally or use a hosting service.  A great tag line for this type of implementation might be "Lower total cost of ownership for Microsoft Office by 50% using our hosted desktop solution!"  If your value is lowering cost, state it right up front.  If your value is flexibility, then state it.  Remember that the customer always has other options so you'll want to clearly articulate why your solution is better.

Step 2 - Know Thy Customer

Who is it that you're selling to?  Is it the Small Office Home Office (SOHO)?  Is it the CEO of a 100 employee firm?  Is it specific to a market segment such as Finance, Legal, Manufacturing.  Messaging to the decision maker who owns a manufacturing firm with task workers is much different than messaging to a Law firm.  If the problem you are solving in a manufacturing firm is product line efficiency then you'll want to hit hard on the "up time" of the factory floor because your service offers higher reliability than on-premise solutions.  If on the other hand you are allowing attorneys to better focus on their workloads (vs. focusing on constantly rebooting their local machines) then you should put the highlighter on higher revenues through increased billable hours.  Focus on just a few of these types of customers and then show case examples of how their business will grow as a result of using your service(s).

Step 3 - Know Thy Marketing Approach

The ability to pick the right Content, Collateral and Context will mean the difference between success and failure.  What do you want to say?  What format do you want to say it in and what is the context in which a customer will hear it?  The content should be succinct and to the point.  Don't color your message too much or it just sounds like marketing jargon.  Put it in a form that is most easily understood.  If your customers are more likely to read a trade publication than the Wall Street Journal then call the editor and see if they will do a feature story on your services.  Don't talk in generality if the context calls for specifics.  For instance if you are an ISV who has developed software for the insurance business, don't talk about IT infrastructure savings.  In that case, the context demands you explicitly point out the benefits of using your specific software features to complete tasks or simplify the work.  If you have $10,000 of marketing budget make sure you've got the right mix of message and messaging.  In other words, if you can't measure with certainty the return on your investment (qualified sales leads) from your marketing, DON'T DO IT!  Even awareness can be measured in terms of the Average Sales Price of your service.  If you command a higher price than your competition for similar service types, this can be a measurement of your brand. 

Step 4 - Know Thy Support Plan

If you market your product or services but don't adequately support your customer then your brand will turn on you.  Further, your marketing content will be diminished by your reputation or lack thereof.  A perfect example of this was the Ford Motor Company "Quality is Job One" campaign run in the 70's, 80's and early 90's.  Wildly popular and producing great results at first, over time, the slogan began to wane in street cred as Ford's light trucks began to flip over on the highway. While Consumer Reports was slamming Ford products (such as the Explorer) as being substandard and losing quality to Japanese manufacturers, Ford continued to run advertisements to the contrary. The savvy consumer was not only put off by the ads but began to show distain for the product every time they had to take their car in for repairs while their neighbors had no significant problems with their Japanese equivalents.  Your products/service need to be supported when launched, during use and when upgrades are needed.  Using support tools like GoToAssist will aid you.

Follow this formula, and you'll find that customers will not only understand your value and purchase your product/services, but will also provide word of mouth advertising that is priceless in this business.

Dedicated offsite hosting is now an approved use case for the CSP Program!

Initially only offsite multi-tenant hosting was an approved use case when we announced the program but we are now updating this to include dedicated offsite hosting. I have updated the Program FAQ,

Desktop Virtualization is about user experience and agility, Server Virtualization is about consolidation and cost savings. It's amazing to me how so many people still confuse and believe Desktop Virtualization is just a straight forward extension of Server Virtualization that will just naturally evolve from their existing Server Virtualization infrastructure, without realizing that these are two very different use cases requiring a different approach.

In my second month as CTO of our XenApp business at Citrix, I have been able to talk to a range of people about their desktop and application virtualization strategies. Some are brand new Citrix customers, some are not even aware that Citrix is so much more than thin client remote access and some are real thought leaders who challenge my thinking everyday. Having been a customer at numerous top tier Wall Street firms and implementing Citrix technologies for many use cases including Desktop Virtualization at scale. I've lived through the pain that this sort of thinking causes in the real world and feel it's time to share some experiences and to help my twitter followers decipher some of my cryptic Desktop Virtualization!=Server Virtualization tweets.

In the physical world, do your server administrators manage your desktop infrastructure?
Let's start with a basic question. If you are a very small shop, perhaps a single administrator does it all. However as you scale up, different teams start to form to address specialized use cases acquiring specialized skill sets along the way. Even at the smaller firms I've worked at, the backend operations folks very quickly separate themselves from the front office folks. The workflows and mindsets of these people are quite different. Let's diverge for a second and think about how security teams function in an enterprise vs. let's say the server team. Does the server team care about security? Sure. Would the server team let the security team design their server infrastructure? Of course not! Why? I'd hazard a guess that a super secure inflexible system would be developed by these folks that would be too slow to react to dynamic business needs. In other words overkill, despite the best intentions of a security focused person. This why desktop teams design desktop experiences........

The management workflow for desktops is different.
It has been my observation that even in large enterprises that have invested in server virtualization, they don't reboot thousands of servers at the same time. They usually schedule these events in small clusters during maintenance windows to avoid impacting many users who share servers. Desktops however are a different animal. After every patch Tuesday, I'd want to reboot all of my machines in large batches, just like I do today in the physical world as they impact only single/limited users. This type of reboot scale quickly puts a demand on the virtualization infrastructure that it is usually not designed for in a server world. In other words the Hypervisor workloads are very different and you have to worry more about many VM's performing the same operation at around the same time (e.g. OS/anti-virus updates).

Desktops require a different security model.
Taking the same example, desktops require a lot more flexibility with reboots. A lot more ad-hoc user driven reboots happen. This usually breaks the often rigid administrative and security permission model in the server virtualization world, which serves a different purpose. I recall many a debate as to why reboot permissions on the virtualization infrastructure needed to be allocated to the helpdesk to support Desktop Virtualization users. Something that was a struggle for Server Virtualization teams to accept as they were of a mind set that servers were highly controlled environments. Brut force did the trick in the end

Desktop scale means rethinking your virtualization infrastructure.
Think about the number of desktops you have in your organization vs. the number of servers. If you have 2000 server VMs one would most likely say that's a lot of servers, but would not say that for 2000 desktops. If you had 10,000 desktops that's a decent amount that is not uncommon at many customer sites. However 10,000 servers would be considered to be a very large server site. Therefore if you want to invest in Desktop Virtualization at scale, it's a totally different ball game when it comes to managing and scaling the virtual infrastructure. Regardless of Hypervisor choice, I found I had to split away from the core server team design and develop an infrastructure that would support a desktop experience at scale.

Optimize virtual infrastructure for user experience.
Delivering a desktop user experience requires you to focus on minimizing response time instead of maximizing throughput like server virtualization. There is also a greater burden to support virtual peripherals, and VM Management is far more critical. In my experience this was like talking alien to the server guys, and they just couldn't get their head around it or just couldn't be bothered accommodating this desktop thing in their server virtualization design, I still haven't figured that part out...........

Desktops management is different and does not require the high end features of Server Virtualization that add to cost.
As I was writing this I came across Brian Madden's blog today that touches upon this point. Based on what I have seen I agree most of the bells and whistles that people get excited about with server virtualization, just don't apply to Desktop Virtualization and add to costs and complexity. For example live migration on a desktop is such an edge case that I just don't buy the investment justifies the gain. To me this is a desktop use case. I remember many debates arguing how best to implement Desktop Virtualization. The best piece of advise I got from one of my mentors was to think of this as 'it's a desktop'. Be very clear this is a desktop, and understand that is what you are trying to implement. Don't overcomplicate things that you wouldn't normally do for a desktop. If you get your organization to understand this and behave accordingly I believe it will resolve many debates about how best to implement. Simply put your questions and actions in the context of it's a desktop.

So I hope many of you will now begin to develop an appreciation for why Desktop Virtualization is not Server Virtualization. You can't force a round peg into a square hole. They have different drivers. Desktop Virtualization is about user experience and agility. Server Virtualization is about consolidation and cost savings. With these very different goals in mind it will be no surprise to me that trying to implement Desktop Virtualization with a Server Virtualization mindset is highly likely to result in frustration. Desktop teams know what it takes to deliver a desktop experience. While it's true that there is overlap with traditional server roles, this is just an organizational evolution that will happen over time IMO. Desktops guys after so many years playing PC jockey are relevant again and will need to become empowered to create successful Desktop Virtualization implementations that are designed from the ground up to deliver a desktop experience. Don't forget it's a desktop!

Hooray! There's a now a feed especially for partners. This means you can receive partner related information as soon as it's published. Sure you'll still have Citrix Partner News, our monthly e-newsletter, but in addition to it, the latest news will come to you automatically. It's "Really Simple Syndication," or in other words RSS that makes staying current with Citrix happenings a snap.

You can subscribe to Citrix feeds wherever you see the RSS icon on citrix.com. There are three other types of feeds besides 'Partner Network' that you can subscribe to, but only one of them (you know the one) is all you.

Citrix RSS feed subscriptions

• Partner Network
• News
• Events
• Communities

If you'd like more details about RSS, there's a great RSS video on YouTube or you can read ProBlogger's thorough RSS explanation as well as Paul Stamatio's blog that covers how to get started with RSS. For the ladies, I came across a great description in a blog entitled, "How to Explain RSS the Oprah Way." 

Citrix partners can also download a PPT that contains screenshots of the subscription process and Google reader. The PPT is available on My Citrix within the 'Communications' section along with the resoures mentioned in this blog.

I'm sure you'll soon see why RSS is the way to go and hopefully you'll jump right in and subscribe to the Citrix Partner Network today.

 
I was out on PTO (vacation) last week and have to admit I did a little work while away.  It dawned on me how awesome it was to take advantage of our implementation of SaaS and Application Delivery through the Cloud. 

I take this stuff for granted sometimes but with the market exploding around off-premise services and using the Internet as a means to access everything from applications to support I wanted to share my experience from a users perspective.  After all, it's the user who ultimately will determine whether or not Cloud Computing actually works.

Citrix uses Single Sign On (SSO) as a feature of XenApp so I first logged into our corporate portal with one click and then accessed my profile using two factor authentication.  Immediately I was configured with secure access through our Access Gateway product.  I was presented with a portal of applications I could access for the user profile preset from our IT group.  I also had access to all of the data files and Sharepoint files under my user name and password.  I wanted to check my blog for comments so I used the internally controlled corporate web site to get to my landing page (didn't have to sign in again because of SSO).  I then opened up an Excel spread sheet where I log some Search Engine Optimization (SEO) metrics.  The spread sheet was part of my personal directory structure loaded on the corporate XenServer farm so I can access it from anywhere even though I created it from a local PC in Florida.

Next I checked my Citrix Online Webinar metrics page to view participants who were accessing the recorded webinars I had done a couple of weeks ago.  I was having some problems viewing them so I called our IT Hotline and they immediately had me start a GoToAssist session.  It took about 30 seconds for them to see that I didn't have the Windows Media Player loaded so we accomplished that while on the call and it solved my problem.  I decided to set up a meeting for when I returned from vacation with some sales folks in Europe so I opened a GoToMeeting session, added participants and it automatically saved the meeting (date/time/participants) to my Outlook Calendar.

Just for grins I wanted to show my family one of my blogs so I disconnected the laptop I was on from the cabled connection and it switched over to the wireless router at my son's apartment.  I never lost the connection and everything (Outlook, IE, Excel) continued to work seamlessly... and STILL connected to my corporate server.  I passed the laptop around to get comments... family can be brutal sometimes .

I answered a couple of emails and then logged off so I could get back to my vacation.  I was 2,500 miles from my office, connected via wireless router/cable modem from a PC I didn't own, accessing files and applications in my corporate environment.  The cool thing was you couldn't tell I was out of the office!  All of this possible because I was using Citrix Online, Citrix XenApp and Citrix XenServer to get to my information.  And all of it over the open Internet.

It would take another couple of pages to go through all of the technology wizardry that allowed me to "work" through Citrix Cloud Center technology... but at the end of the day that doesn't matter to the user, does it?  I'm just glad we have the technology to do what I need to do, whenever I need to do it .  The other cool thing is I get to sell the stuff I use and it works... flawlessly.  This IS the next big thing for Cloud providers who want to use state of the art technology and get it at a decent price.  That's why we created the Citrix Service Provider Program and I'm proud to be a part of the team!

Please take a minute and complete the poll below so that we can continue to evolve our program... 

I've recently began blogging on Citrix Blog and I thought that rather than write this time about where something just got posted in My Citrix as I generally do, I'd instead share some info related to blogging that I found interesting and hopefully, you will too.

Here are four articles, all by different authors posted online this year. I think you will get a solid look at what is being said about blogging from this range of topics and in turn, will become inspired to blog on your own or simply comment on the blogs you're reading - (after you've read mine of course) and let the authors know what you think. We're writing to you, for you, and would really like to hear from you.

Hew! Okay, now here's my blog or rather my blog about other people's blogs to show you why you should be blogging:

Who's Blogging - According to this blog, 61(12.2%) of the Fortune 500 are blogging as of 04/17/09. Read samplings of their blogs and check out links to Fortune 500 business blog reviews. (April 17, 2009)

10 Great Strategic Benefits of Blogging - Gary Bourgeault describes the overall business benefits that include search engine marketing, competitive differentiation, reputation management, and low cost. Read about all 10 reasons. (April 28, 2009)

Why Blogs Matter - Shannon Paul notes that journalists use blogs as a key source for their reports but that they are not the only ones searching for company information - everyone else is too and blogs are picked up by search engines. (January 24, 2009)

How to Find Your Blogging Mojo - Darren Rowseprovides insight into how to improve your writing and offers links to additional resource material (July 30, 2009)

In early April of this year, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, confirmed a reach of over 200 million active users. That's a pretty staggering stat. Not knowing the range of Citrix partners on Facebook, I'm gambling that most of you have an account - actually this isn't much of a gamble considering the renowned popularity.

Anyway, whether you're on it or thinking about it, I came across some tips on Hongkiat.com, a blog site for tech users, designers, and bloggers that offers 20 Facebook tips and tricks you might not know about.

Oh, one more thing, did you know that Citrix Systems is on Facebook? Yup. Check it out.
 

20 Facebook Tips
 

1. How to place Facebook chat on Firefox sidebar
2. How to download Facebook photo albums
3. How to share Flickr photos to Facebook
4. How to update Facebook without using Facebook
5. How to schedule Facebook messages
6. How to "friend' someone on Facebook and hide it from your status updates
7. How to create a photo collage using pictures of your facebook friends
8. How to know when Facebook friends secretly delete or block you
9. How to display selected pictures only on your Facebook profile page
10.  How to remove Facebook advertisements
11. How to Sync photos of Facebook friends with contacts in Microsoft Outlook
12. How to display Facebook statuses on Wordpress blog
13. How to post your blog posts to your Facebook wall automatically
14. How to Access Facebook chat on Desktop
15. How to create quiz on Facebook easily
16. How to hide your online status on Facebook chat from select contacts
17.  How to get Facebook updates on email
18. How to update Facebook status from Firefox
19. Ho to get Facebook on your Desktop
20. How to delete, cancel, and terminate Facebook account and profile

Americas' partners now can host Citrix training classes* for customers through the Citrix Roaming Program. Through this program, partners will team up with a Citrix Authorized Learning Center (CALC) in their area who will provide everything needed to offer Citrix training courses and increase partners' revenue stream. Plus, partners can collect 60% of the SRP on Citrix Training Pass (CTP) vouchers, which are actively sold by Citrix and other resellers to students interested in a class.

Remember, Citrix training increases customers' product satisfaction, which leads to future sales. Offering Citrix classes will ensure customers get the training they need, while allowing partners to earn more revenue.

*Please note, a My Citrix login is required to view this page.

Resources for the Citrix Licensing Programs are available on My Citrix for partners and customers who have a My Citrix account.  Links to the Commercial Licensing Resources are on this page.  Links to the Public Sector Licensing Resources are on this page.

These guides are available to partners:
How to: Manage Your Customer's Enterprise License Program Registration
How to: Register Your Customer for the Enterprise License Program
 

These guides are abailable to both partners and customers:
Instructional Guide Step 1: Registering for the Enterprise Licensing Program
Instructional Guide Step 2: Publishing Your ELA Registration Information to a Citrix Partner 
Instructional Guide Step 3: Adding an Affiliate to Your Enterprise Licensing Registration 
Instructional Guide Step 4: Registering as an Affiliate for the Enterprise License Program
Instructional Guide Step 5: Accessing Your Company’s ELA Profile
Instructional Guide Step 6: Adding a New Contact to Your ELA Profile
Instructional Guide Step 7: Registering for the Easy License Program
Instructional Guide Step 8: Registering for the Education License Program

Do you have questions about the best way to rapidly and efficiently deploy virtual desktops; how to handle VDI boot storms; or how to meet demanding recovery requirements necessary to make desktops continuously available? Get answers in real time and watch a brief VDI demo.
 

Join us for a live online Q&A/chat session with a panel of NetApp and Citrix experts who can answer basic and expert-level questions. You'll have the opportunity to ask specific questions, as well as see the answers to questions asked by your peers.  REGISTER: http://communicate.netapp.com/forms/verify?seminarID=20090806CL&REF_SOURCE=citrix

Date: Thursday, August 6, 2009
Time: 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Pacific

Ever got frustrated with how long it takes to email a large report or presentation after incorporating your manager's feedback? Or found yourself in a plane wishing the email downloaded faster when the flight attendant asks you to turn off your 3G-equipped laptop? Or wished for a solution that could deliver email 50 times faster?

Did you know our WAN optimization solution, Citrix Branch Repeater, delivers superior user experience and application performance not only for branch office users but also for remote and teleworkers?

No one feels the need for speed more than a remote user or a teleworker with a low-bandwidth or a high- latency network connection. These users typically use an SSL VPN, such as Citrix Access Gateway, to connect to their corporate network and access email, intranet portals, other applications and data. When your IT augments secure remote access (Access Gateway) infrastructure with Branch Repeater, you can benefit from both secure and accelerated remote access.

Well, now we have two reports that demonstrate ways to use Branch Repeater to augment your Access Gateway infrastructure and the resulting benefits of accelerating secure remote access.

You can download the Turbocharge Access Gateway Performance Report - CTX121034 from the Citrix Knowledge Center. The report explores the benefits of using Access Gateway and Repeater plug-ins for Citrix Receiver together:
• 50x faster Microsoft Outlook and Exchange (MAPI) workflows
• 50x faster Microsoft SharePoint (HTTP) workflows
• 30x faster Windows File Shares (CIFS) workflows

I think you will want to try out the benefits of turbocharged remote access. Check out the Turbocharge Access Gateway Deployment Guide and Reference Architecture - CTX121035 if you want to conduct a POC (proof of concept) or a demo to convince your IT or other decision makers. You will be your end-users hero for providing them with an accelerated yet secure remote access.