Tag: graphics

  1. New NVIDIA VGX K2 card a great fit for HDX 3D

    Citrix and NVIDIA have been collaborating since 2008 on graphics hardware acceleration for virtualized 3D applications. The latest news from this collaboration is the release of the NVIDIA VGX K2 card, which can be used with XenDesktop 5.6 FP1 HDX 3D Pro for increased server scalability when delivering high-end design applications to the most demanding users. It also provides a new option for XenApp 6.5 ...

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  2. HDX seminar to reveal a lot more than Windows 8 support

    I hope to see you at Synergy Barcelona and would like to personally invite you to my seminar, SYN105 “Delivering Graphics, Video and Unified Communications with HDX”. No doubt you’re expecting to hear about how XenDesktop will support Windows 8 desktops and Windows 8 style apps, and you will. We are planning to unveil a Technology Preview that will let you get your hands on ...

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  3. Learn about HDX 3D Pro while I practice my Danish

    If you will be anywhere near Copenhagen on November 1st, you’ll have a great opportunity to learn all about XenDesktop HDX 3D Pro and XenServer GPU Passthrough, Citrix’s market leading solution for delivering high-end 3D professional graphics applications (CAD/CAM, PACS, GIS, etc.) over both LAN and WAN connections. This event is being hosted by Arrow ECS and will feature speakers from Citrix (yours truly), Arrow ...

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  4. Accelerate Google Earth with DirectX and the Google Earth Optimization Pack!

    Do your users need to run Google Earth from a virtual desktop? If so, then you need to download and test the new Google Earth Optimization Pack for XenDesktop 5.5.  The Google Earth Optimization Pack is available to all Enterprise and Platinum XenDesktop 5.5 users.  The best part about this Optimization Pack is that it has no server and no client side GPU requirements!  It ...

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  5. Who needs an Optimization Pack for Google Earth?

    If you’ve used Google Earth without a graphics card, you’ve probably noticed that its built-in software rasterizer isn’t the greatest. Without hardware acceleration, Google Earth generates artifacts that result in reduced image quality. And performance is a bit sluggish, too. That’s why we’ve introduced the XenDesktop HDX Optimization Pack for Google Earth. Now you can enjoy excellent image quality and responsiveness without the cost of ...

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  6. Get up-to-speed on HDX at Synergy Barcelona

    The pace of innovation on HDX -- our high definition user experience technologies -- is so fast that it can be a challenge to keep up with all of the newest enhancements, even if you live and breathe this stuff as I do! Happily, I will be joined on stage at Synergy in Barcelona by Juan Rivera, illustrious HDX guru and tweeter, who knows this ...

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  7. HDX 3D Pro takes another leap forward

    With the recent introduction of XenDesktop 5.5, our HDX 3D Pro technology for delivering professional graphics has taken another giant step forward. 3D Pro led the way in remoting high-end OpenGL and DirectX applications when it was released two years ago. We focused first on building an architecture capable of efficiently rendering very large and complex 3D models (hundreds of thousands or even millions of ...

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  8. HDX is even better in XenDesktop 5.5

    Citrix’s HDX technologies for delivering a high definition user experience have been a big factor in XenDesktop’s rise to first place in the desktop and application virtualization market. With today’s release of XenDesktop 5.5, including XenApp 6.5 and Citrix Receiver 3.0 for Windows, HDX is even better. We’ve worked hard to address more challenging network conditions such as limited bandwidth, high latency, jitter, congestion and ...

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  9. Better, faster virtual desktops with HDX Nitro

    Wow! The HDX global engineering team has sure been busy in the year since our CEO, Mark Templeton, announced the company's investment in HDX "Nitro" technologies at Synergy 2010. We all strongly believe that a high definition user experience is key to the success of desktop virtualization. Determined to not just maintain but further extend our leadership in this area, we've kept on aggressively innovating so that XenDesktop (including XenApp), ...

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