As the only solution for publishing full-function applications into standard browsers, Citrix NFuse brings Windows and UNIX applications to the Web. On the client side, users benefit from the ease of using a familiar Web browser as their central interface to all published applications, as well as other portal content, tools and resources. On the server side, Citrix Software provides single-point control, including the ability to publish applications from multiple server farms to a single Web page. With this solution customers can : - Integrate and publish any Windows, UNIX or Java application into a standard browser instantly, eliminating time-consuming, costly application rewrites.

NFuse works with virtually any device or operating system, it is compatible with popular Web technologies such as XML and deploys the Citrix Independent Computing Architechure (ICA ) Client to the user device. NFuse enables the use of custom Web pages and also provides templates, that allows the user to embed applications within Web pages. The systems administrator or the EDP manager installs the NFuse component on to the Web server and creates individual user profiles. To activate the Citrix server and NFuse, the administrator has to go to the Citrix site and give the serial number of the product, the serial number of the hardware server and a randomly generated number from the Citrix site. The three numbers have to be keyed in a sequence to activate this software. This prevents an unauthorised person from re-installing the product as the Citrix site would reject the access. Once the formalities are completed the user will then be able to participate in a roaming computing model. Yahoo! The enterpriseportal has licensed Nfuse from Citrix Systems Inc last month. With this technology Yahoo! Will be able to transform their existing portal to deliver enterprise/corporate applications like MS-Office, ERP, supply chain management to name a few. Yahoo! Will be paying a royalty to Citrix.