Citrix Unveils Free Cloud-based Service to Migrate VMware Horizon View Customers to Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop
August 31 2015 - 12:00PM
Business Wire
Enables Easy, Automated Migration to Leading
Citrix Virtualization Solutions for Better Performance, Security
and Flexibility
For VMware customers under pressure to improve their app and
desktop experience, gain greater infrastructure flexibility and
simplify end user computing management, Citrix is introducing a
free cloud-based service to migrate VMware Horizon View virtual app
and desktop deployments to XenApp and XenDesktop. Powered by the
new Citrix Lifecycle Management Service – now
available from Citrix Workspace Cloud – the new service
enables administrators to do an in-place migration in less than 15
minutes by easily exporting application and desktop settings from
Horizon View into the Citrix app and desktop delivery solution. The
creation of the migration service addresses numerous requests
Citrix has received to salvage failed, stalled and small VMware VDI
deployments.
The free migration service dramatically simplifies and
accelerates the migration process, providing employees and
executives with a superior user experience while maintaining their
existing desktop, files and settings. The service allows
administrators to choose to manage all components in their own
datacenter or use Citrix Workspace Cloud to move virtual desktop
infrastructure (VDI) and virtual app management to the cloud.
“Citrix leads the market in secure app and data delivery
solutions providing people with the applications, desktops and data
they need to be productive,” said Calvin Hsu, vice president,
product marketing, Windows App Delivery, Citrix. “Migrating to
XenApp or XenDesktop provides the user community with the best
experience, security and flexibility whether they are manipulating
graphics in PowerPoint, collaborating using Microsoft Skype for
Business or simply printing a document. Simple tasks stay simple,
and IT adapts to people, instead of people adapting to
technology.”
Side-by-side tests have confirmed that Citrix app and desktop
delivery solutions outperform competing solutions, performing
everyday tasks like printing, opening documents and saving files in
a fraction of the time needed with VMware Horizon or Horizon View.
In addition, only Citrix provides comprehensive support for
Microsoft Skype for Business, including the full range of business
telephone features. For organizations with strict security
requirements, Citrix is the only app and desktop virtualization
solution that offers both Common Criteria Certification and native
FIPS 140-2 Compliance.
Effective immediately, the free Citrix migration service can be
downloaded for on-premise use or accessed as a service through
Citrix Workspace Cloud. For a limited time, VMware customers can
save 50 percent off licenses when they switch to Citrix Workspace
Suite. They will get not only XenDesktop, but also award-winning
XenApp, XenMobile ShareFile and NetScaler, for the most complete
mobile workspace solution.
Related Links
- Citrix Blog: No Pain, Just Gain: A
Risk-Free Switch to XenApp & XenDesktop
- Citrix Blog: Now Available: Workspace
Cloud Changes Everything
- Citrix Blog: Radically Simplify
Management of Citrix Workloads and Enterprise Application
Lifecycles
- Video: See How Easy It Is to Switch to
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