Opinion

Opinion

• Four key components that make Citrix HDX tick

  Citrix HDX is a group of remote display technologies, rather than a single protocol, and IT can get a better handle on its XenApp and XenDesktop deployments by taking a look under the hood.  Continue Reading

• Virtual GPU is nearly ready for the enterprise masses

  GPU virtualization is traditionally only for virtual desktop users that need to run resource-intensive applications, but more competition among vendors could change that paradigm.  Continue Reading

• Raspberry Pi thin client devices are finally viable for the enterprise

  Citrix partnered with Raspberry Pi to create minimal-cost thin clients optimized for the HDX remote display protocol, providing a new way to lower the price of XenApp and XenDesktop deployments.  Continue Reading

• NComputing vSpace in focus after company ditches DaaS

  NComputing has been a solid, budget VDI and app virtualization vendor for a while, but it nearly wandered off a cliff while pursuing desktop as a service. Now the company is back to concentrating on what it does best.  Continue Reading

• Future of Citrix looks clearer after turmoil

  Heading into Citrix Synergy 2016, the company is in much better shape than it was last year. Citrix pared down its product portfolio, but it didn't make any moves that will affect its end-user computing customers.  Continue Reading

• Which VDI vendors will fill the Dell vWorkspace void?

  Dell is no longer selling licenses to new vWorkspace customers. Other midmarket desktop and app virtualization vendors will be scrambling to earn a piece of vWorkspace's market share.  Continue Reading

• Citrix Secure Browser is a new way to deploy Web apps

  Citrix's Secure Browser tool is a smart way for the company to repurpose existing technology to provide IT with full-service, hosted XenApp environments, available as Web applications.  Continue Reading

• AppSense-LANDesk marriage leads to a honeymoon for IT

  LANDesk has a product portfolio that includes nearly everything but the type of user environment management AppSense specializes in. The AppSense-LANDesk deal is too good a fit to not go well.  Continue Reading

• VMware Horizon Air Hybrid-Mode bets big on cloud-based desktops

  VMware finally introduced its competitor to Citrix Workspace Cloud, but the company's new management offering is also a wager that Horizon Air cloud-based desktops will catch on.  Continue Reading

• VMware Horizon 7 Blast protocol provides a rival for PCoIP

  VMware made a pair of noteworthy changes in Horizon 7, adding its proprietary remote display protocol and the VM cloning feature it developed in Project Fargo.  Continue Reading

• Windows usage isn't coming to an end -- it's just changing

  Windows isn't in full decline, but a lot of devices now run other operating systems. That's part of the reason IT administrators should concentrate less on virtual desktops and more on Windows apps.  Continue Reading

• New remote desktop client offers a shortcut for mobile users

  There's a new remote desktop client on the block, and it integrates with Citrix XenApp. HopTo's Mobile App eXperience uses simple keyboard shortcuts to make Windows apps mobile friendly.  Continue Reading

• Pricing adjustments position Citrix Workspace Cloud for success

  Citrix aimed high -- too high -- with its initial Workspace Cloud pricing. The company wisely announced it will lower CWC costs before VMware comes out with its competitor product Project Enzo.  Continue Reading

• Predictions revisited: Microsoft DaaS, app refactoring and HPE Moonshot

  Citrix and VMware both ignored application refactoring in 2015, and Microsoft focused on Windows 10 instead of developing a DaaS platform. Learn why things could change on those fronts this year.  Continue Reading

• Citrix news dominated busy year in desktop virtualization

  Citrix news stole the spotlight in 2015 with an internal struggle that included an activist investor, a revolving door at CEO and several notable product announcements.  Continue Reading