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Citrix Endpoint Management

Score7 out of 10

36 Reviews and Ratings

What is Citrix Endpoint Management?

Citrix Endpoint Management (formerly XenMobile), is a UEM and enterprise mobility management application for securing mobile applications and devices.

Citrix Endpoint Management Review

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Citrix Endpoint Management as our virtual access to our practice management connection to access our applications for both on site desktops as well as our remote workers and our remote locations.

Pros

  • Mobile device management/email/apps
  • Allows for mobile application management
  • Keeps the company protected with strict security

Cons

  • User Interface
  • Sometimes it runs slower than other times causing delays in our business
  • Uses a large amount of resources to function properly. May be the cause of the above mentioned comment

Return on Investment

  • It is costly to the bottom line
  • postive ROI in that we have seen improvements in compliance management.
  • Another intangible is that it is stable.

Usability

Citrix Endpoint Management: your choice to securely manage your mobile devices

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Citrix Endpoint Management in our organization to provide secure access to an internal application that needs to be used using only one specific device from each user. We need to control the location of each device and only allow connections from secure locations. We provide this service to about 200 users.

Pros

  • secure management for mobile devices
  • easy management use for help desk team
  • easy license management

Cons

  • the main dashboard may provide more meaningful information
  • some applications could be better integrated
  • mobile apps could all be integrated into only one app

Return on Investment

  • Security is hard to measure in a tangible way. The best measure is the lack of attacks on this vector
  • Our management efforts are minimum, allowing us to focused more hours on relevant tasks

Alternatives Considered

Workspace ONE Unified Endpoint Management (UEM)

Other Software Used

VMware vCenter, Azure Virtual Desktop, AIMS

From good to great with Citrix

Pros

  • Security
  • Mobility
  • Low TCO

Cons

  • Android Solutions
  • MAC OS issues with file transfers
  • Sound enablement

Most Important Features

  • Security
  • Authentication
  • Single interface

Return on Investment

  • Financial Efficiency
  • Licensing Rationalization
  • Simplification generating productivity

Other Software Used

Avast Business Antivirus, Azure Bot Service (Microsoft Bot Framework), Cisco Secure Malware Analytics (Threat Grid)

A secured tool for corporate access

Pros

  • It has efficient security control system. Easy to use and administer.
  • It is very easy to install, it connects well with with other apps.
  • SecureWeb Xenmobile provides secured access to the websites and eliminates the need of VPN.
  • It connects very well with other apps.

Cons

  • It takes time to understand which features can be used to ensure compliance with the organizational access policies.
  • Logs are hard to troubleshoot, they stay for longtime. There is no documented module available to lead to troubleshooting.
  • It is hard to deploy on all mobile devices.

Return on Investment

  • It provided more safer environment to access corporate emails on personal device. This reduced costs for VPN and access control measures.
  • Most features are compliant with organizational security features, this reduced costs in third party vendor softwares.
  • Web based admin control portal is very efficient, there is no need to install desktop client for admin control. This saved a lot of time during initial deployment.

Alternatives Considered

ViZix and Microsoft Enterprise Mobility + Security

Other Software Used

Microsoft Enterprise Mobility + Security

Game changer in our organization!

Pros

  • Mobile access is an excellent plus!
  • Password and data synchronization makes the job easier.
  • Secure data.

Cons

  • Sometimes the sign in times out.

Return on Investment

  • Ability to access data anywhere.
  • Cut down on time.

Alternatives Considered

Imprivata OneSign

Usability

Other Software Used

SAP Business Warehouse, SAP Ariba Procurement, GoToMeeting