Citrix takes step towards apps access management vision

Network Access Control This newsletter is sponsored by Nevis Networks Inside the industry's largest public NAC test Get an independent review of Cisco's CNAC and the Trusted Computing Group's TNC network access control frameworks via Network World's latest Editorial Briefing "Implementing NAC." Get the real scoop and go inside the industry's largest public test of available NAC products. Network World's Network Access Control Newsletter, 06/12/07 Citrix takes step towards apps access management vision By Tim Greene Citrix has bought the assets of NAC vendor Caymas Systems, giving Citrix yet another means for guarding networks and applications. The deal brings Citrix a combo SSL VPN/NAC gateway, but apparently that’s not what Citrix is interested in. The company says it won’t continue to develop Caymas gateways and won’t support those that are currently deployed in customer networks. Network World Security Buyer's Guide Find the right security products for your enterprise - fast. From anti-spam to wireless LAN security, our Buyer's Guides have detailed information on hundreds of products in more than 20 categories. With the side-by-side comparison tool you can evaluate product features to make the best decision for your enterprise. Click here to go to the Security Buyer's Guide now. Citrix already has its own SSL VPN technology, so it is unlikely that it will draw much from Caymas in that arena. But it can use Caymas’s team that developed its NAC capabilities to develop new products that fit into Citrix’s varied product lines. These include its thin-client Presentation Server, application acceleration devices, WAN optimization gear, a Web application firewall, the SSL VPN gateway and end-user application-performance monitoring platforms. Some of these products require client software on individual PCs, and these clients could be upgraded to include endpoint scans as well as behavioral scans to provide NAC for the hosts. Caymas has also developed a downloadable agent that can perform NAC duties and then dissolve when it is done, so NAC could be extended to machines that don’t have permanent clients. It would be a sound addition to Citrix’s current remote-access and site-to-site gear to have a means for making sure machines and the people using them are authenticated and authorized to access resources according to policy. If these NAC capabilities can be extended to local connections, the company will have taken another step toward its vision of providing application access management. Stay tuned for more on this as Citrix comes forward with more details about its plans.   What do you think? Post a comment on this newsletter

TODAY'S MOST-READ STORIES: 1. Wireless networks: The burning questions 2. Marriott's converged network 'horror story' 3. Beware of fake Microsoft security alerts 4. Vista not playing well with IPv6 5. Word author banned for being lucky 6. Cisco finally releases Linksys One 7. Top 15 USB geek gadgets 8. 10 free virtualization tools worth noting 9. Bill Gates' Harvard commencement speech 10. Pre-vacation checklist for IT professionals MOST-READ REVIEW: Clear Choice Test: Blades vs. Racks

Contact the author: Tim Greene is a senior editor at Network World, covering network access control, virtual private networking gear, remote access, WAN acceleration and aspects of VoIP technology. You can reach him at tgreene@nww.com. This newsletter is sponsored by Nevis Networks Inside the industry's largest public NAC test Get an independent review of Cisco's CNAC and the Trusted Computing Group's TNC network access control frameworks via Network World's latest Editorial Briefing "Implementing NAC." Get the real scoop and go inside the industry's largest public test of available NAC products. ARCHIVE Archive of the Network Access Control Newsletter. BONUS FEATURE IT PRODUCT RESEARCH AT YOUR FINGERTIPS Get detailed information on thousands of products, conduct side-by-side comparisons and read product test and review results with Network World’s IT Buyer’s Guides. Find the best solution faster than ever with over 100 distinct categories across the security, storage, management, wireless, infrastructure and convergence markets. Click here for details. PRINT SUBSCRIPTIONS AVAILABLE You've got the technology snapshot of your choice delivered to your inbox each day. Extend your knowledge with a print subscription to the Network World newsweekly, Apply here today. International subscribers, click here. SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES To subscribe or unsubscribe to any Network World newsletter, change your e-mail address or contact us, click here. This message was sent to: networking.world@gmail.com. Please use this address when modifying your subscription. Advertising information: Write to Associate Publisher Online Susan Cardoza Network World, Inc., 118 Turnpike Road, Southborough, MA 01772 Copyright Network World, Inc., 2007