#1 most frequent
United States of America
62.2%658 installations of 1,058
What is Citrix Workspace (discontinued)?
Citrix Workspace is a workspace solution that delivers secure access to all apps and files from a single interface. Based on the former Scalextreme product, it will not receive future updates from Citrix.
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Who Buys & Uses Citrix Workspace (discontinued)
#2 most frequent
Canada
7.3%77 installations of 1,058
#3 most frequent
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
4.3%46 installations of 1,058
A Decentralized Workspace Must-Have
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Citrix Workspace is an essential program to ensure that we can implement a decentralized virtual desktop infrastructure to support our daily lab work. Citrix allows us to launch the VDI environment we currently utilize via Sharp Healthcare and ricoh-USA allowing us remote access to our LIS platforms. The flexibility makes it such that our employees can work from home effectively, our doctors are able to access their daily cases from various different locations, and within the lab itself our uses are able to jump to different workstations and continue work without disruption.
Pros
- Simple and straightforward ease of access
- Responsive and quick
- Adaptable in various work environments
Cons
- Additional functionality within the workspace environment
- Better documentation of existing features within full/lite versions
Most Important Features
- Accessibility
- Ease of Access
- Speed
Return on Investment
- Has allowed for greater productivity with WFH options
- Allowed us to deploy more versatile workflows with our doctors
Other Software Used
LigoLab LIS & RCM Operating Platform
Citrix Workkspaces is a secure and easy to use tool to access work environments remotely
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Citrix Workspace to access some of our customers' virtual machines where we do our daily work in a completely secure environment. Besides access to VMs, we also have access to a set of pre-configured software solutions without having to deal with installations/configuration steps. We use it either from company computers or sometimes from our own devices (when working from home or while traveling).
Pros
- Secure Remote Access to customers' VMs and computers.
- No installation, ready-to-use applications are available with a click.
Cons
- Uses more bandwidth than other remote access options.
- Few customization / personalization options.
Most Important Features
- Security (Multiple Factor Authentication, Encryption).
- Access to multiple VMs / Servers / Workstations within a single desktop.
- Access to pre-installed Applications.
Return on Investment
- Adding new people based around the globe to the team is simple and quick.
- I do not know about costs, but the product is simple to use and efficient.
Alternatives Considered
Amazon WorkSpaces (VDI) and TeamViewer
Other Software Used
Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle Database, SQL Server Integration Services
Usability
Indifferent about Citrix
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Citrix is used here as a dashboard that contains links to open a variety of software products we use to conduct our work. Given the nature of our work, secure access to confidential material is imperative, and Citrix is used as a gate to enter those domains. My role can access 18 different items in this way.
Pros
- Creates a dashboard to access software
- Allows users to securely login to applications
Cons
- Redundant features
- Extra, unnecessary clicks to access items
Most Important Features
- Secure logins
- Organizing applications
Return on Investment
- Unfortunately I can't speak to the invest made versus returns gained
Alternatives Considered
Google Drive
Other Software Used
Microsoft Teams, RingCentral Contact Center, PandaDoc
Citrix "THE PARTNER" Workspace
Pros
- It provides secure environment for the access of client's database.
- If we have verified account or having the login id password (credentials) we have the access of Workspace as long as we want.
- Connectivity is so simple that first time user also understand all the features.
Cons
- If the internet connectivity is low it might get disconnected or having the slowness in the system.
- Large file transfer takes a lot of time and make things little difficult.
- I guess it only works from Microsoft Windows OS.
Most Important Features
- Connect anytime and get start your work anywhere.
- Security is one of the best feature that I love the most.
- Easy to monitor and very user friendly.
Return on Investment
- Provide access to apps on any devices and roll out remote cloud desktop in record time, from anywhere.
- No matter from where you work - at office , at home, at field, it always works.
- Connectivity issue happens some time due to internet speed and it also slow the system to work.
Alternatives Considered
Remote Desktop Services, Red Hat Virtualization (RHV) (formerly RHEV), VMware Horizon (formerly VMware View) and Citrix Virtual Apps (formerly XenApp)
Other Software Used
Remote Desktop Services, VMware Horizon (formerly VMware View), Amazon WorkSpaces (VDI)
Citrix Workspace: One Place Solution for Software Services Management at Organization Level
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Citrix Workspace is used for providing general-purpose desktop virtual machines to employees in my organization. There are many day-to-day utilities like chrome, Putty, Word, etc being hosted on Citrix Workspace and provided to users to be used in a secure connection.
Pros
- Daily use application at on place like Chrome, Word, Explorer, Excel, putty, etc in company secured connection.
- Citrix Workspace can be used to provide general purpose virtual machines to users.
- A company can also host internal tools and applications to Citrix Workspace for easy access to everyone in the organization.
Cons
- Sometimes, it takes much time to spin up a virtual machine. I use a general-purpose windows system through it.
- UI for Citrix Store Front can be improved. It can be more engaging.
- User should be able to create collections and manage apps as per their preference.
Most Important Features
- Hassle free centralized fixes and patching mechanism
- Integration of general purpose virtual machines for all users
- Integration of internal tools and applications
Return on Investment
- Centralized updates makes it less time consuming for IT team to operate.
- Integration of internal tools and applications makes it less time to get started for new hires in the organization.
- Hassle-free and easy access to all daily needed applications in one place makes the overall development cycle much faster.
Alternatives Considered
Amazon WorkSpaces (VDI), Parallels Remote Application Server and Remote Desktop Services
Other Software Used
Zscaler Internet Access, Zscaler Digital Experience, Zscaler Private Access