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City of Corona modernizes IT with Citrix to support remote work
The City of Corona , California , scraps traditional solutions in favor of cloud offerings from Citrix to fuel secure work from anywhere .
Corona City , Los Angeles , California , USA
Organizations around the world continue to struggle with whether and how to enable remote work , but the City of Corona isn ’ t among them .
The municipality embraced the concept long before the pandemic forced it to , and has built a powerful digital workspace that provides access to everything its employees need to engage and be productive , wherever they happen to be .
The journey began five years ago when the City of Corona , which sits in the heart of California earthquake and wildfire territory , implemented Citrix digital workspace solutions to ‘ disaster proof ’ its operations .
“ In the event of an emergency , we need to be agile ,” said Kyle Edgeworth , Deputy CIO , City of Corona . “ We need access to our systems and our data and we ’ d like our employees to be able to work from anywhere .”
Citrix enables both and following a successful pilot , Edgeworth and his team moved to modernize its IT infrastructure and cloud-first strategy to support a wider implementation .
It started by dissociating traditional hardware from the computing equation and replacing it with Citrix ’ s cloud-delivered digital workspace solutions , Microsoft Azure NVv6 series powered by NVIDIA GPUs , NVIDIA virtual GPU technology and Azure Virtual Desktop .
“ We made the decision to ultimately transition everything to the cloud ,” Edgeworth said . “ Citrix was the logical choice to pair with Microsoft , as it enhances the value of Azure Virtual Desktop , providing enterprise tools that improve user density and performance , allow us to provision workloads on-demand , and simplify how our team manages images and applications .”
There are benefits to using Citrix alongside NVIDIA as well . As a Citrix Ready Partner , NVIDIA virtual GPU technology is verified to work with Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops to power virtual workstations , desktops , and apps with an immersive user experience that keeps employees productive and engaged . p
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