New datacenter in Singapore at the heart of Citrix continued expansion in Asia Pacific

Kuala Lumpur, February 28, 2013 — Citrix today officially opened a new US$8.7 million corporate datacenter in Singapore, making it the company’s second largest internal facility in the world for the virtualization and networks leader. Operational since November 2012, the new datacenter houses the production infrastructure for all internal IT operations in Asia Pacific, and has a dedicated desktop capacity of 1,400 virtualized desktops. The move to consolidate the Citrix datacenters in Australia and Bangalore into this new facility is a key milestone in its on-going plans to expand its presence in Singapore and Asia Pacific as a whole.

Asia Pacific continues to play a key role in Citrix business, contributing significantly to the company’s growth globally. According to the company’s FY2012 financial results, Asia Pacific registered a 52 percent revenue increase as compared to America at 14 percent and EMEA at 19 percent, based on a quarter-on-quarter comparison. Key wins in Asia Pacific, such as Carlson Wagonlit Travel in Singapore and the Korean Intellectual Property Office, further underline the continued growth potential of the region.

Stuart Driver, Senior Director, Worldwide IT Operations, Citrix.

“We are very excited at the tremendous opportunity and growth potential of enterprise IT in Asia Pacific. The opening of a new datacenter in Singapore puts Citrix in a prime position to tap into this growth. Because of its strategic location in the middle of the company’s growth markets, the new datacenter in Singapore allows Citrix to provide our employees in Asia Pacific with the business productivity, efficiency and continuity they require to work and play better. Singapore’s world-class business climate, a stable socio-political environment and a ready pool of educated and skilled talent made our decision an easy one,” said Stuart Driver, Senior Director, Worldwide IT Operations, Citrix.

Planning for this migration began in January 2012, and the migration of all internal users was conducted from 9-11 November, in approximately 36 hours. With leading desktop virtualization solution Citrix XenDesktop® and server virtualization platform Citrix XenServer® at the heart of the move, the deployment of applications, data and desktops was effectively optimized and efficiently managed, resulting in a quick and seamless migration. Additionally, the centralized delivery, management and control of the applications, data and desktops help streamline security and compliance. Citrix employees across Asia Pacific logged out of their office profiles at the end of Friday, 9 November 2012, and were able to get back online at the start of the new work week on 12 November 2012.

“In a world of consumerization and choice, our employees, just like the rest of today’s mobile workforce, are looking for easier ways to work the way they want,” said Paul Martine, CIO and Corporate Vice President, Operations, Citrix. “From an IT perspective, this results in a greater need for a flexible yet robust support and security platform. With this new datacenter in place, we are leading by example to show our customers how they too can enable their employees’ mobile workstyles, allowing them to easily work with anyone, from any location, on any device.”

This new datacenter is the start of a three-year plan to consolidate and improve Citrix internal IT operations globally, with future datacenters expected to mirror the current infrastructure in Singapore.
It has a dedicated desktop capacity of 1,400 virtualized desktops representing a 100 percent increase from the combined capacities of the previous datacenters in Australia and Bangalore. By the end of this quarter, Citrix plans to increase this number to 2,500.

位于新加坡的全新数据中心是Citrix持续在亚太扩充的重点努力

（吉隆坡2013年2月28日讯）Citrix今日正式在新加坡设立一间价值870万美元的全新企业数据中心，成为这家首屈一指的虚拟与网络服务公司在全球第二大的内部设施。这间全新数据中心在2012年11月开始运作，容纳亚太地区所有内部资讯工艺业务的生产设施，有能力处理1400个虚拟桌面。Citrix将澳洲和班加罗尔的Citrix数据中心整合纳入这个全新设施，是该公司目前积极扩充新加坡与亚太地区业务计划的重要里程碑。

亚太地区继续对Citrix的业务扮演关键角色，为该公司的全球成长作出显著贡献。根据该公司的2012财政年业绩，亚太地区业务成长高达52％，相对于美国的14％，以及欧洲、中东与非洲的19％，与去年同季比较。此外，亚太地区的主要客户，例如新加坡的Carlson Wagonlit Travel和韩国知识产权局（Korean Intellectual Property Office），进一步证明这个区域的长远成长潜能。

Citrix全球资讯工艺营运高级主任特莱维尔（Stuart Driver）表示，“我对亚太地区资讯工艺企业所带来的巨大商机与成长潜能感到非常兴奋。在新加坡设立的全新数据中心，让Citrix占据有利位置，跟上这股成长趋势。这个新的数据中心位于该公司高成长市场中心点的策略位置，让Citrix为我们在亚太地区的职员提供业务生产力、效率以及持续性，促使他们发挥更大的实力。新加坡的世界级商业环境、稳定的社会与政治局势，以及大量的现成技术专业人才，让我们很容易就做出决定。”

迁移工作的规划早在2012年1月开始，所有内部用户的迁移在11月9日至11日的约36小时内进行。有了首屈一指的虚拟桌面方案Citrix XenDesktop®以及虚拟伺服机平台Citrix XenServer®作为这次行动的核心，应用程式、数据和桌面的分配能获得有效的优化与高效的管理，让整个迁移快速顺畅。此外，应用程式、数据和桌面的中央式传递、管理与控制，有助于简化安全性和遵从性。遍布亚太各地的Citrix职员在2012年11月9日星期五结束时退出他们的办公室档案，在2012年11月12日开始的新工作周就能重新上线。

Citrix营运部首席信息官与企业副主席保罗马丁（Paul Martine）表示，“在一个充满选择的消费世界，我们的职员就象今天其余的流动工作一族一样，都在寻找更简单的方式，根据他们所希望的方式工作。”“从资讯工艺的角度来看，这导致市场对灵活而强大的支援与保安平台，拥有更高的需求。随着这个新数据中心的设立，我们要以身作则向我们的客户示范，他们也可以让职员采用流动工作文化，轻易地从任何地点使用任何器材与任何人工作。”

这个新的数据中心是Citrix一项三年计划的开始，计划的目的是整合与提升Citrix的全球内部资讯工艺营运，未来的数据中心将根据新加坡的设施来运作。

它能容纳1400个虚拟桌面，比之前位于澳洲和班加罗尔的总能力高出100%。Citrix计划在本季杪提升这个数量至2500。