Citrix Virtualization Gains Spotlight
I thought it was interesting to read about the ‘future think’ behind Citrix’s new XenDesktop 4 virtualization software. Citrix this week unveiled software that will give users access to hi-def desktops from anywhere, and including from PCS, Macs, thin clients, laptops, netbooks and even smartphones..
The company is gambling that Windows 7 will feed more demand for desktop virtualization software, and it recognizes that a traditional PC linked to an office or laptop belongs to, well, the Lincoln administration.
“Today, the world is flat and small,” said Raj Dhingra, XenDesktop general manager at Citrix, in a recent story about virtualization software. “We need to work in entirely different ways than before. A traditional PC that is locked to an office or a laptop is too confining.”
Citrix’s all-devices strategy follows its moves bringing virtual apps to the iPhone earlier this year.
Apparently, the latest XenDesktop version comes with a range of server-and client-side virtualization options, including offline desktops hosted in local virtual machines; desktops hosted on blade PCs; hosted desktops based in virtualized servers; and hosted shared desktops.
But what I found equally interesting to read was that the desktop virtualization market has lots of room for growth. Did you know that fewer than 10% of data centers worldwide have virtualized desktops? That’s what analysts at ITIC say.
But nearly one-third of customers plan to virtualize in 2010, according to an ITIC poll of 400 corporations mentioned in the story.
Is your company virtualized – or on its way? Or have you chosen a different route?
