Palo Alto Networks partnered with Citrix to bring together leading network security and application delivery capabilities.
For more information on this announcement, please read the Palo Alto Networks blog post - http://researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/2012/10/perspective-on-the-citrix-and-palo-alto-networks-partnership/
2. Strategic Alliance for Next Gen Cloud Networks
• Shared Vision
• Unifying Best-in-Class Capabilities
• Integrated Product Roadmap
• Joint Go-to-Market
3. Bringing together Best-in-Class for Next Gen Cloud Networks
Industry’s leading application Industry’s leading next-
delivery solution generation firewall
• Application delivery with • Safely enables applications
advanced load balancing, regardless of ports, protocol,
acceleration and caching evasive technique or
encryption
• Application availability in the
event of failure, DC outage and • Protects against known and
traffic loads unknown data center threats
at scale
5. Palo Alto Networks Has Pioneered the Next Generation of Network Security
Next Generation:
Safely enable applications
Legacy:
Allow or block
applications
Allow
Block
Mid 1990’s - Today Today+
6. Secure, High-Performance XenApp/XenDesktop Deployments
• Validated deployment
guide: virtual desktop
applications HQ Office
XenDesktop XenServer Resource
• Safely enables Farm Pool
Virtual Desktop 1
Personalization: User A
applications Remote User
Deskto
p
Apps: Office
OS: Vista
malwar
e
Branch Office Deliver
• Secures access
y
Control Virtual Desktop 2
exploits
Deskto
ler
Firewall
p
Deliver Personalization: User B
y
Control Data Apps: Office
• App-and user-
Access Gateway ler Collect
Web or
OS: XP
Interfa
ce
Virtual Desktop 3 botnets
based policies Home Office
Tablet
Personalization:
Apps:
• Prevents threats
Active
OS:
Directo Data
ry Store
License DH
Infrastructure CP
Server
• Secured, optimized,
and highly available
Editor's Notes
Step-by-step deployment guide on securing and optimizing the delivery of Microsoft SharePoint applicationsApplication has multiple backend complex server componentsBenefits:Safely enable SharePoint and functions within SharePoint by user and contentScan SharePoint content for threatsOptimize SQL database accelerationReduce SharePoint costs by optimizing bandwidth and content compression/caching
Validated deployment guide: secured and optimized XenApp virtual desktop applicationsBenefits:Secure access to desktop applications with Citrix receiverPalo Alto Networks enables secure access to applications:Terminal Services agent enables user identificationSecure access to applications/Internet at backend by application, user and scans content for threatsNetScaler enables XA/XD high availability with the integration of Web Interface and Access Gateway