[November 19, 2009] Citrix Unveils NetScaler Pay-as-You-Grow Pricing Tweet Nov 20, 2009 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- Citrix Systems announced the new "Pay-as-You-Grow" pricing for its Citrix NetScaler line of application acceleration, load balancing and web security appliances. The company stated that most networking systems require expensive hardware replacements to expand capacity and functionality, which often forces customers to over provision and pay for more than they need at any given time. Citrix said that the new Pay-as-You-Grow pricing breaks this dependency, enabling customers to buy only what they need today, knowing they can easily scale up their network as demand grows with a simple software license upgrade. The flexible pricing applies to both high-performance NetScaler MPX hardware appliances as well as the new software-based NetScaler VPX virtual appliances. Instead of making purchase decisions based on unreliable traffic growth projections, NetScaler customers can now purchase a networking solution that meets near-term performance and capacity requirements, with the confidence that they can scale in the future without costly hardware replacements. The new licensing flexibility makes NetScaler an ideal complement to server virtualization, enabling customers to scale overall datacenter capacity in the most efficient way possible. "Forecasting datacenter capacity requirements is a tricky proposition for any large company, especially as enterprise networking needs become more dynamic," said Zeeshan Sabir, director of information technology at Qualcomm. "Citrix NetScaler Pay-as-You-Grow pricing offers some compelling new cost efficiencies that can help simplify the hardware provisioning process." "With IT budget growth remaining constrained in the face of macroeconomic uncertainty, any development that will provide greater investment protection is welcomed by customers," said Cindy Borovick, IDC. "Unlocking networking performance with a license upgrade takes a benefit once reserved for software products, and applies it to a strategic portion of the networking market." "The benefits of the NetScaler Pay-as-You-Grow pricing model are especially resonant in today's challenging economic environment where investment protection is essential in managing tight IT budgets," said Klaus Oestermann, group vice president and general manager of the NetScaler Product Group at Citrix. "The flexibility and seamless scalability with this adaptable licensing fundamentally changes how companies plan for network capacity and purchase application networking solutions." ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]