Microsoft, Citrix push 'branch office in a box'
InformationWeek | at | by Mike
Citrix and Microsoft are joining forces with the co-developed Citrix Branch Repeater, an all-in-one device for delivering applications to branch offices, the companies announced Tuesday.
The Branch Repeater is just the latest in a recent push by vendors to try to simplify the increasingly complex IT infrastructure at many companies' branch offices with a do-it-all piece of hardware. The problem? An ever-expanding array of devices at branch offices includes routers, domain controllers, WAN optimization devices, security devices, some sort of VoIP infrastructure, print servers, and more, but few or no IT staff on site.