Day: February 6, 2009

Citrix Announces XenDesktop V 3.0

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The new version improves scalability, hosting twice as many virtual desktops per server as previous versions, and enhanced graphics capability!

Citrix XenDesktop 3 Enhances Multimedia Experience, Doubles Scalability and Adds Streamed Desktop Support

“Citrix Systems, Inc., the global leader in application delivery infrastructure, today announced Citrix® XenDesktopâ„¢ 3, the newest release of its market-leading desktop virtualization solution. XenDesktop 3, a key component of the Citrix Delivery Centerâ„¢ product family, incorporates several of the company’s new Citrix® HDXâ„¢ technologies (see separate announcement today), giving virtual desktop users a richer “high-definition” experience with enhanced support for multimedia, audio and video. XenDesktop 3 also dramatically improves scalability, hosting twice as many virtual desktops per server as previous versions. And with version 3, XenDesktop becomes the first product on the market to deliver Microsoft® Windows® desktops from a common set of centrally managed images that can be run either in the datacenter (hosted), or directly on a PC or thin client device (local). This new capability gives IT organizations far more flexibility, reducing desktop management costs by making efficient use of distributed processing power across both servers and end point devices.”

VMware Release Open Source Desktop Client – View

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VMware’s commitment to Open Source is taking a step up!

VMware goes open source with desktop virtualization

“VMware Inc. has released open-source desktop virtualization software designed to let its business partners optimize thin clients for the delivery of personalized virtual desktops. VMware View Open Client, available for download on the Google Code site since Monday night, helps further VMware’s strategy both for desktop virtualization and open source. VMware CEO Paul Maritz said last September that the company had considered open-sourcing ESX, its server hypervisor and flagship product. This week’s news doesn’t go that far, but it does introduce an open-source component into what is expected to be a fast-growing market for virtual desktops. VMware cited Gartner Inc. research predicting that 50 million user licenses for hosted virtual desktops will be purchased by 2013. ‘We are sharing our source code in VMware View Open Client so vendors can easily optimize devices to create the best virtual desktop solutions,’ VMware desktop vice president Jocelyn Goldfein said in a news release. ‘This … brings us closer to our Universal Client vision, where users can securely and efficiently access rich personalized desktop environments, from any device at any time.’ The open-source software is complementary to the commercial product VMware View, and it will let partners optimize thin clients and other devices for that product, the company said.”