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Jordan Kuwait Bank Adapts to New Normal With Citrix

Financial institution to extend use of remote work solutions across 1,300 employees to maintain operations FORT LAUDERDALE, FL (STL.News) COVID-19 continues to change the way companies do business in the Middle East. And one of the largest banks in Jordan is using solutions from Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CTXS) to adapt. Jordan Kuwait Bank (JKB) has implemented Citrix® Virtual Apps and Desktops across its 64 branches throughout Jordan and Cyprus, which has allowed it to remain operational and offer financial services to its SME and corporate customers to manage critical imports and continue trading seamlessly while the country is in lockdown. Seeing global events unfold, and recognizing that a majority of its employees would need to work from home, JKB moved quickly to implement Citr...

Citrix Expands Remote PC Access Offerings

Company extends capability to Citrix Desktops service and Citrix Desktops Essentials, providing simple, secure and reliable alternative to VPN in enabling work from home FORT LAUDERDALE, FL (STL.News) Providing employees with access to their desktops from remote locations used to be a nice thing to do. Today, it’s a requirement to keep employees productive and businesses operating during the COVID-19 crisis. Faced with shelter in place and work from home mandates, many organizations rushed to arm employees with Virtual Private Network solutions (VPN) that allow them to connect to corporate systems. But such offerings have their limitations. A recent Citrix-OnePoll survey of more than 2,000 US employees who work remote found that VPN-based remote work approaches resulted in “slow perfor...

Positive Steps Rises to Remote Work Challenge With Citrix

Non-profit goes virtual to continue delivering critical services to families and children in face of COVID-19 FORT LAUDERDALE, FL (STL.News) These are anxious times – particularly for families struggling with housing, money, parenting, work and health-related issues. And the services that Positive Steps provides to support them across Greater Manchester, United Kingdom are critical. When COVID-19 struck and remote work became a mandate, the non-profit organization had to figure out a way to continue operating without missing a beat. And it found one in Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTXS). Leveraging the company’s digital workspace solutions, Positive Steps was able to quickly provide access to all of the tools and applications its employees need to work from home and deliver the usual su...