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Citrix Synergy 2016 conference coverage
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Five Synergy 2016 news stories that flew under the radar
There was plenty of Citrix news to go around at Synergy 2016. Beyond XenDesktop support for Windows 10 desktops as a service, Citrix also announced product updates and strategic alliances with hardware vendors. Read Now
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Citrix Synergy 2016 Awards results
The Best of Citrix Synergy 2016 Awards highlight the top products on display at Synergy. Learn who the judges picked in the four categories and who won Best of Show. View Now
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Citrix makes its new focus clear at Synergy 2016
Under new CEO Kirill Tatarinov Citrix is focusing on its partnership with Microsoft and its core products, including XenMobile, XenApp and XenDesktop. Read Now
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Windows 10 DaaS comes to fruition
XenDesktop 7.9 includes support for Windows 10 desktops as a service, enhancing the Citrix-Microsoft alliance. Learn about other new features announced at Synergy 2016. Read Now
Editor's note
Synergy 2016 gives Citrix a chance to show that after one of its most tumultuous years, the company still understands the end-user computing, data center and networking needs of its customers.
With a new CEO and a renewed focus on its core products, Citrix is a different company than it was at last year's Synergy conference. Perhaps the most visible change is the absence of charismatic, longtime CEO Mark Templeton, who stepped aside in October 2015.
But conference attendees will likely care even more about the new developments announced at Synergy, and the content covered in nearly 200 sessions. Since Synergy 2015, Citrix has eliminated many of its non-core products and is in the process of splitting off its GoTo product line into a separate company. The company is now refocusing on what it does best: desktop, application and server virtualization, as well as enterprise mobility management (EMM).
The conference takes place May 24-26 in Las Vegas, and we'll deliver all the news from the show with expert analysis, as well as the winners of the Best of Citrix Synergy 2016 Awards.
1See Synergy for yourself
Watch some of the notable moments and interviews from this year's Synergy conference.
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Windows 10 in the works for many
Some IT customers at Citrix Synergy 2016 are pushing for Windows 10 adoption this year. Watch this video to find out why and discover what is holding other companies back. Watch Now
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What are the top challenges of VDI?
Virtualization shops deal with several common issues, including calculating the ROI for a VDI deployment, sizing an implementation and getting legacy applications to work. Watch Now
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Are there too many EMM options?
Many companies are starting to use enterprise mobility management products, but most IT departments only use a handful of the many features in EMM platforms. Watch Now
2Lessons learned
Take a look at the latest tips, columns and analysis of the technologies on display at Synergy 2016, and get up to speed with session recaps and answers to frequently asked questions.
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Pick the right Citrix provisioning tool
XenDesktop shops can choose between Citrix Provisioning Services and Machine Creation Services to manage a virtual app and desktop deployment. Learn the differences between PVS and MCS. Read Now
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New features in XenApp/XenDesktop 7.7 and 7.8
Citrix announced a feature-rich update to its XenApp and XenDesktop virtualization products at Citrix Summit in January. Updates include an app layering product that is available in all editions of both products, as well as several integrations to improve or add support for Microsoft products. Read Now
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Why it's finally a good time to migrate from XenApp 6.5 to 7.x
Citrix dropped a lot of the features IT pros liked when it switched to FlexCast Management Architecture in XenApp 7, which caused many organizations to stand pat. Citrix is now adding back several of those features, such as zone management, which allows IT to upgrade without making compromises. Read Now
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XenMobile Mail Manager focuses on ActiveSync devices
Many companies are looking for a way to ensure the security of employees' remote access to corporate email. IT can use XenMobile Mail Manager to monitor devices running Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync or BlackBerry Enterprise Service. Read Now
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Citrix USB redirection now supports input devices
The Citrix USB Redirection to Cloud feature adds stylus support for peripheral devices in XenApp and XenDesktop, which lets designers use drawing tablets and allows other workers to either sign documents or collect signatures remotely. Read Now
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How does HDX 3D Pro support resource-intensive apps?
One of the last big hurdles in desktop and app virtualization is the ability to support remote 3D applications, but Citrix HDX 3D Pro optimizes GPU virtualization and allows workers to use computer-aided design apps, geographical information system software and more. Read Now
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How can IT use StoreFront with XenApp and XenDesktop?
Users can access their virtual desktops and applications through XenDesktop and XenApp, but Citrix's StoreFront enterprise app store provides workers with central access to the corporate resources they need. Read Now
3Need-to-know pre-show info
Before Synergy 2016 kicks off, see what our contributors expect to see at the show and get caught up on all the latest Citrix news.
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Standalone MAM gains popularity
The release of Citrix XenMobile 10.3.5 indicates a trend that IT professionals are moving toward standalone mobile app management for controlling their BYOD environments. Read Now
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XenMobile 10.3 adds management for Windows, Mac
Citrix kept pace with several other top enterprise mobility management vendors by adding support for Windows and Mac PCs in XenMobile 10.3. Now administrators can manage most of their company's devices using Citrix EMM Read Now
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A look at AppDisk for app layering
With Citrix AppDisk, which is available in all editions of XenApp and XenDesktop, IT can deliver applications separately from base images. Read Now
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Citrix CEO makes company's mission clear
Citrix's new CEO wants everyone to know the company is not competing with the likes of Microsoft, IBM and Salesforce. Instead Citrix's goal is to make using those company's tools and platforms easier. Read Now
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Two more major players join the AppConfig Community
Sources say BlackBerry and Citrix are poised to team up with VMware AirWatch, IBM, MobileIron and JAMF in the AppConfig Community for mobile application management standards. Read Now
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Explore the future of Citrix
Citrix CEO Kirill Tatarinov explains the challenges facing the company and shares his vision of the future including, XenMobile's focus on mobile application management. Read Now
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Windows 10 migration spurs XenApp adoption
Many companies have legacy apps that simply won't work when they migrate to Windows 10. As a result, Citrix XenApp will continue to grow its user base. Read Now
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Citrix weathers the storm, heads in right direction
Citrix discontinued some nonessential products, changed its CEO and went through a series of layoffs since early 2015, but the future, which includes staples such as XenDesktop and XenApp, is coming into focus. Read Now
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Five hot mobility and remote computing topics at Citrix Synergy
Synergy 2016 has plenty in store for IT pros who support mobility or desktop and application virtualization. Citrix will host sessions on topics such as unified management, improved Microsoft integrations in XenApp and XenDesktop, and new capabilities in HDX remoting. View Now
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New Citrix CEO talks vision
Kirill Tatarinov, the new Citrix president and CEO, discusses his plans to balance the company's profit motive with the interests of the countless IT pros who depend on Citrix technologies in this podcast. Listen Now
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Citrix CEO's software background bodes well for company's future
Tatarinov joins Citrix after a long career as an engineer and executive at Microsoft. The new CEO's software background indicates that Citrix is more interested in getting the company back in IT's good graces than selling itself off in parts. Read Now
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Synergy 2016 to focus on unified IT management
Citrix's big new product offering in 2015 was Workspace Cloud, which allows IT to manage users' resources from a unified, cloud-based console. The company also added unified endpoint management to XenMobile in January 2016, so attendees should anticipate that centralized control will be a common topic at Synergy 2016. Read Now
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Citrix abandons Dynamic Containerization
One of the most exciting developments from Synergy 2015 was a potential feature in XenMobile that would have made it easy to containerize any mobile application. Much to IT's chagrin, Citrix abandoned its Dynamic Containerization concept last December. Read Now
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VMware Workspace One rivals Citrix Workspace Cloud
Workspace Cloud was the talk of Synergy 2015, but VMware has since released its own superficially similar cloud-based management product -- at a lower price tag. Read Now
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VMware Workspace One undercuts Citrix Workspace Cloud
Citrix could afford to see what the market would bear when it had the only cloud-based workspace management product in town. But when VMware entered the same market, it pushed Citrix to make Workspace Cloud more affordable. Read Now
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Citrix Secure Browser improves app access
Web browsers can provide users with access to applications from any device, so Citrix repurposed a few of its existing technologies to better support Web apps either hosted through Workspace Cloud or on premises using XenApp. Read Now
4Top terms
Brush up on the definitions of some of the most common terms you'll hear at Synergy.
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Citrix XenApp
Citrix XenApp is an application virtualization product that extends Microsoft Remote Desktop Session Host desktop sessions and apps to users via the Citrix HDX protocol. It can run on Citrix XenServer or other server virtualization platforms. Read Now
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Citrix XenDesktop
Citrix XenDesktop is a desktop virtualization product from software vendor Citrix Systems. Read Now
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Citrix XenMobile
Citrix XenMobile is mobile management software that provides mobile device management (MDM), mobile application management (MAM) and cloud file-sharing capabilities. Read Now
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Citrix Cloud
Citrix Cloud is a workspace management tool IT can use to deliver resources, including virtual desktops and apps, to users from a public or private cloud, on-premises deployment, or all three. Read Now
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Citrix Workspace Suite
Citrix Workspace Suite combines Citrix products including XenApp, XenDesktop, XenMobile, ShareFile Enterprise and NetScaler Gateway into a single platform IT administrators can use to deliver desktops, data, applications and services to users. Read Now
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HDX
Citrix HDX technology is a set of capabilities that work together to deliver a high-definition user experience of virtual desktops and applications to any device over any network from the data center. The goal of Citrix HDX technology is to ensure that XenDesktop and XenApp users receive a high definition desktop virtualization user experience similar to that achieved with traditional desktop computers. Read Now
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Citrix Receiver
Citrix Receiver is a suite of products that allows client devices to connect to various desktop virtualization services offered by Citrix. Read Now
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Citrix XenServer
Citrix XenServer is an open source server virtualization platform based on the Xen hypervisor. Read Now
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Citrix X1 Mouse
The Citrix X1 Mouse is a small Bluetooth device that allows users to navigate Windows virtual desktops and applications on mobile devices. Read Now
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Citrix StoreFront
Citrix StoreFront is an enterprise application store that acts as a central location for users to access XenDesktop and XenApp virtual desktops and applications from their mobile devices, laptops, Windows PCs or Macs. Read Now
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Citrix AppDNA
Citrix AppDNA is an application testing and management technology for XenApp and XenDesktop that analyzes virtual applications' compatibility with specific operating systems and configurations. AppDNA either automatically repairs or offers instructions for IT administrators to manually repair compatibility problems. Read Now
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Citrix HDX 3D Pro
Citrix HDX 3D Pro is a group of remote display and graphics acceleration technologies designed to optimize the user experience of resource-intensive virtual applications on the XenDesktop and XenApp platforms. Read Now
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Citrix Worx
Citrix Worx is a line of certified mobile applications for the enterprise. Security, policy and provisioning for Worx apps are controlled by Citrix XenMobile. Read Now
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Citrix Machine Creation Services
Citrix Machine Creation Services is a desktop image delivery feature in XenDesktop used to configure and distribute virtual desktops to end users. It uses hypervisor application programming interfaces, or APIs, to make, start, stop and delete virtual machines. Read Now
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Citrix Provisioning Services
Citrix Provisioning Services (Citrix PVS) is a software-streaming technology that allows administrators to patch or reconfigure an entire deployment of virtual desktops from one shared master image. The goal of PVS is to simplify virtual desktop management and maintenance and reduce operational costs. Read Now