Citrix Announces XenApp and XenDesktop Features and Upcoming Tech Previews
January 13 2015 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Updates to Existing XenApp and XenDesktop
Deployments Include Security, Collaboration and Performance
Enhancements
Today, Citrix announced forthcoming features and technology
previews for its flagship XenApp® and XenDesktop® product lines planned for Q1 2015. The new
capabilities can be leveraged by customers as easy add-on updates
to their existing XenApp and XenDesktop deployments to provide
users with the latest enhancements that deliver an unsurpassed
experience, add new security features and provide increased
flexibility for application and desktop delivery. The feature
upgrades will ensure Citrix customers benefit from the latest
application and desktop virtualization advancements to gain
additional value from their existing environment.
Forthcoming XenApp and XenDesktop Features
Citrix will be releasing the following feature upgrades to
enhance collaboration, security and performance in the first
quarter of 2015:
- Optimization Pack for Lync –
Citrix will update the HDX™ Optimization Pack for Microsoft Lync to
expand delivery of Lync 2013 to Linux and Mac devices, and
introduce new telephony features to make it easier for those users
to take full advantage of unified communications.
- Director Session Recording –
This feature will provide IT and security directors and
administrators with more granular insights into user sessions to
improve auditing and to provide more proactive troubleshooting
capabilities.
- XenServer® 6.5 –
Customers running XenApp and XenDesktop on the XenServer hypervisor
will benefit from an upgrade to XenServer 6.5, particularly their
users who require high-quality graphics performance, such as
designers and engineers. Advantages of the new release of XenServer
include a 50 percent increase in server density for delivering
high-end 3D graphics applications in virtual desktops, increased
operational agility and a reduction in the total cost of ownership
of datacenter operations.
These forthcoming features will complement recent updates to
Citrix Receiver™ for Chrome and Citrix Receiver for HTML5 and
Citrix Receiver for Windows that increase flexibility and boost
performance.
Upcoming XenApp and XenDesktop Feature Technology
Previews
Citrix will also be providing technology previews of the
following features to existing customers who are active on Citrix
Subscription Advantage:
- Linux Virtual Desktop Agent –
While Citrix has been delivering Windows applications to Linux
devices, some organizations depend on Linux-based engineering and
research applications and want to deliver those to workers as
virtual apps. To meet this need, Citrix will introduce a Linux
Virtual Desktop Agent, so employees can run Linux applications on
non-Linux devices.
- HDX with Framehawk – Business
executives and other professionals must frequently use Wi-Fi or
cellular networks that can be slow and inconsistent. Citrix HDX
with Framehawk provides unique acceleration technologies that
overcome challenging network conditions to deliver a
better-than-native user experience, whether using work
applications, accessing web-based applications or watching
videos.
- DesktopPlayer® for Windows –
Some workers, including contractors and consultants, require access
to their workspaces even when no network connection is available.
Citrix DesktopPlayer for Windows will provide a secure offline
virtual desktop on corporate and BYO Windows laptops.
Quotes
Calvin Hsu, Vice President, Product Marketing, Desktop and
Apps at Citrix
“We are seeing tremendous advances from Citrix engineers that
promise to unleash a new wave of app and desktop delivery
innovation at Citrix. These feature updates and technology previews
continue to extend our lead in securely delivering the best user
experience with the highest degree of deployment flexibility in the
industry.”
Related Links
- Announcement: Citrix Introduces Next
Generation XenServer
- Announcement: Citrix Offers Technology
Preview of Linux Virtual Apps and Desktops Delivered from XenApp
and XenDesktop
- Blog: A video is the next best thing…
HDX with Framehawk
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Citrix (NASDAQ:CTXS) is a leader in mobile workspaces, providing
virtualization, mobility management, networking and cloud services
to enable new ways to work better. Citrix solutions power business
mobility through secure, personal workspaces that provide
people with instant access to apps, desktops, data and
communications on any device, over any network and cloud. With
annual revenue in 2013 of $2.9 billion, Citrix solutions are in use
at more than 330,000 organizations and by over 100 million users
globally. Learn more at www.citrix.com.
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