The Wow, How and Now of the Virtual Desktop Revolution
In October 2009, we brought the virtual desktop revolution to the market with the introduction of XenDesktop 4. A virtual desktop - for everyone.This week at Synergy 2010 in Berlin, we unveiled XenDesktop 5 and the "Desktop Transformation Model" - two key innovations to accelerate the virtual desktop revolution. These two announcements represent critical milestones of our journey to drive mainstream adoption in 2010. This ...
Citrix and Cisco Deliver Comprehensive Desktop Virtualization Solution
Today, Citrix and Cisco announced a new strategic partnership to deliver an exciting and innovative joint solution for comprehensive desktop virtualization. The new offering combines all the benefits of Citrix XenDesktop, with all the power of the Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) to accelerate the enterprise-wide adoption of virtual desktops and apps; by making them easy to deploy, easy to support and easy to scale. Earlier ...
Desktop Virtualization in 2010_Update1 – Citrix and Microsoft Join Forces To Simplify Virtual Desktops
At the beginning of the year, I blogged about how 2010 would be the defining year for the virtual desktop revolution - through huge advancements in simplicity, ROI, flexibility and manageability. Today, Microsoft and Citrix joined forces to make some groundbreaking announcements that will put virtual desktop adoption on the fast track!The announcements cover the deepening of our unique partnership with Microsoft, our integrated desktop ...
Desktop Virtualization – What To Expect in 2010
On February 4 2010, Citrix announced dramatic improvements to the economics of desktop virtualization(http://citrix.com/English/NE/news/news.asp?newsID=1862148). Our new test findings show that the capital cost and cost of ownership for virtual desktops continues to pull away from the costs of traditional PCs, making it easier to adopt virtual desktops for every user in the enterprise. In barely two years, the number of hosted virtual desktops you can ...
Dial ‘R’ for Revolution with XenDesktop 4
DIAL 'R' FOR REVOLUTION WITH XENDESKTOP 4When I joined Citrix as general manager of the XenDesktop team in January 2008, I had a core conviction that when we would look back in 3-4 years time, we would have fundamentally transformed how enterprise users work with their desktops - for the better!In June 2008, we launched XenDesktop 2 and transformed the desktop from a device to ...