Citrix and Sapho are Aiding Enterprises to Create Superior Employee Experience


Citrix Systems, Inc (NASDAQ:CTXS) has currently acquired a micro app platform Sapho to boost the guided work capabilities within CitrixWorkspace. The platform not only enhance employee’s productivity but also facilitates them to work with greater speed & intelligence by federating access to tools, activities and tasks in a simple and unified work feed. Sapho and Citrix share a vision that technology can improve employee experience by helping people to be more productive. “Our technologies create an intelligent environment which solves productivity challenges faced by employees & companies while organizing work in a single place, guiding work by bringing micro-apps into the environment and automating tasks to increase time for employees to do value-added work. And together, we can deliver a truly intelligent workspace that redefines the way work gets done,” professed Fouad ElNaggar, Co-Founder & CEO, Sapho.

Sapho automatically separates personalized & relevant works from existing systems and transport them to any device, intranet or collaboration tool. This micro-app grants contextual action based on activities details and integrates with all leading enterprise applications such as Salesforce, Workday, Concur, ServiceNow, Outlook, Google Drive and more, thereby guiding employees throughout their common tasks and aiding them to complete task faster & make better decisions. “Broadcom was looking for a true SaaS app solution, and we found Sapho - a true cloud-hosted app platform that is easy and fast to configure. The library of ready-to-use connectors and APIs are impressive, which reduces development time.  From contract negotiations, to conceptual design, to development, testing and production, we were able to roll out in less than three months,” stated Stanley Toh, Head - Enterprise End-users Services, Broadcom Inc. Explaining further, Steve Comstock, CIO, CBS Interactive said, “Sapho enabled us to replace our complicated systems with micro apps and modern workflows that deliver the consumer-driven experience that our employees have come to expect. “With Sapho, our employees get things done faster, are more productive, and are happier with the experience we're delivering”.

On the other hand, Citrix supplies intelligent digital workspace solutions and useful insights to fuel superior employee experience and allows them to work in more organized, convenient, easy, automated and smarter manner. With Citrix, associates not only acquire a seamless & cutting edge work experience in their respective field but also get unified IT platform which secure, manage, and monitor diverse technologies in complex cloud environments. Today, more than 400,000 enterprises (99 percent Fortune 100 and 98 percent Fortune 500) utilize Citrix solutions. “Organizations are experiencing a need to securely aggregate and automate access to applications and data from an increasing number and variety of sources, both on-premises and in the cloud.  Citrix understands the need and is evolving its workspaces product to balance security with an improved end-user experience with the goal of elevating employee productivity, and reducing frustration with corporate IT systems among users,” added Chris Marsh, 451 Research.

By merging Citrix strengths in application delivery & security and Sapho concentration on work automation and productivity, these platforms are aiding enterprises in creating superior employee experience that redefines the future of work and deliver it today. “In today’s tight labor market, advantage goes to companies that can recruit, develop and engage employees better than the competition. Employee experience will ultimately determine winners and losers and Citrix is committed towards delivering intelligent digital workspaces that give companies an edge,” concluded Tim Minahan, Executive Vice-President, Business Strategy & Chief Marketing Officer, Citrix.

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