Trying to explain to my friends and family what it is I do is always an interesting conversation, but every time I mention I work with companies like Citrix, they immediately reply “oh, the GoToMeeting company.” While that is true, it is an astute observation and an impression Citrix is out to change. Is Citrix the “online meeting and collaboration company,” the “application delivery company,” or the “cloud company?” Citrix would like us to associate them across all these categories, but the fact remains that most customers would say they are a XenApp, GoToMeeting, XenDesktop, etc, customer, but few are Citrix customers consuming across each of its portfolio of products.
Replacing traditional desktop and laptop PCs with virtual desktops at remote and branch offices (ROBOs) offers a number of benefits, ranging from improved application accessibility and reliability to better data protection and compliance. However, survey data reveals that network-related challenges may be a major inhibitor to more widespread adoption of desktop virtualization at remote sites as they impact performance and drive up WAN bandwidth costs. Solving these pressing issues will play a major role in helping virtual desktop technology deliver on its promise and fulfill its market potential.
Emulex has partnered with Myricom to deliver low latency Ethernet solutions for financial trading, network security, and video applications. The partnership is focused on combining the technology and expertise to enable organizations to deploy bundled solutions that provide repeatable, predictable, low latency Ethernet-based connectivity. Emulex will distribute these vertically-focused solutions through traditional and specialty channels.
Consumerization of IT and corporate adoption of various application- and desktop-delivery models create complexity and manageability issues for IT professionals. As a result, organizations seek a consolidated platform for mixed applications that aggregates hybrid delivery environments and centralizes services. Centrix WorkSpace offers unified delivery of applications, desktops, and content to end-users and provides analytics for improved provisioning and management of resources.
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