Citrix Systems is shipping NetScaler 9 which it says radically improves the efficiency and TCO of web-based applications in corporate datacenters.

It says most companies waste an estimated 50 percent of the cost of running these applications due to highly inefficient use of server and network resources.
Eliminating this unnecessary overhead has been largely impractical in the past because the inefficiencies of each unique web application are simply too complex and dynamic for network and server teams to understand without deep application-level knowledge.
In a statement the company said: "NetScaler 9 eliminates this tradeoff by combining the industry's most advanced optimization technology with powerful new application intelligence that automatically recommends the optimal configuration for each unique web application. As a result, NetScaler 9 can reduce the cost of delivering enterprise web applications by up to 50 percent - running applications like Office, SharePoint Server 2007, Oracle E-Business Suite and SAP solutions, without requiring any of their existing networking or server infrastructure teams to become application experts.
Joerg Nalik, Ph.D., Director, Infrastructure Technologies, SAP Labs said: "Citrix recently tested NetScaler 9 at the SAP Co-Innovation Lab in Palo Alto. NetScaler AppExpert Templates and the AppExpert Visualizer demonstrably simplified configuration and provided the built-in intelligence needed to fully realize the acceleration, security and server offload benefits Citrix NetScaler delivers.
"Previous testing of Citrix NetScaler and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 has proved that NetScaler, by accelerating WAN traffic and almost eliminating delivery overhead, can accelerate SharePoint performance by up to 500 percent, most notably for users accessing SharePoint over WAN links or across the Internet, said Owen Allen, Sr. Product Manager, Microsoft Corporation.
"As web applications become ever more complex, IT managers struggle to get the most out of their network and server infrastructure, said Cindy Borovick, Research Vice President for IDC's datacenter networks service.
"The new NetScaler 9 enables IT teams to quickly and easily tap powerful server offload, acceleration and security capabilities. This is an important features set that saves time while bridging the knowledge of the application for network managers. "SAP solutions and SharePoint will be significant components of our technology infrastructure in the future, said Martin Gibbins, Director, IT Technical Services, AmeriGas Propane, Inc.
"Customers are extremely excited about the ease-of-use features NetScaler 9 offers, which cuts implementation of web app optimization from days to minutes, saving budget dollars and lowering the bar for whomever can implement these advanced solutions. NetScaler AppExpert Templates can be deployed in 30 minutes or less, making it simpler to realize the 50 percent reduction in data center costs that NetScaler brings. said Klaus Oestermann, Vice President and General Manager, Application Networking Group at Citrix Systems.