When new Macintosh systems are purchased for classrooms, the old Mac systems are passed on to the staff and administrators. But the academy recently realized that its Appletalk network and FileMaker databases were woefully inadequate for administrators. And the business applications they needed weren't available for the Mac operating system. The academy can continue to pass systems from students to staff, and no expensive network upgrades are required. The systems we retire from the classroom would basically be paper weights if we didn't have Citrix.
Less downtime means more efficient administration.
Streamlining and automating these functions is critical to daily campus operations. Roughly 200 users depend on Kronos and Maximo to be constantly available as they log and track administrative services jobs at 15-minute intervals on a 24x7 basis. Before Citrix MetaFrame, application updates might take a day or more to complete, forcing users off the system during the update process. See a more in-depth customer story on UCLA and Citrix Solutions.