28 Apr 2008 01:10 PM EDT

Citrix Fast Launch is an application/extension that expedites the launching of applications virtualized with Citrix XenApp.
We will be releasing it soon as a freeware on the CDN site.


Stay tuned for more!
Gus Pinto

*Check out the latest video with the creators of Citrix Fast Launch!

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When will this be posted? 

Posted by Anonymous at Apr 28, 2008 13:48 | Reply To This

I don't have a set date for release, but I understand this is something every single XenApp user can benefit from, so we will do our best to get it our as soon as possible.

cheers,
Gus

Posted by Gus Pinto at Apr 28, 2008 13:50 | Reply To This

Are you guys releasing this anytime soon?

Posted by Anonymous at Apr 29, 2008 09:15 | Reply To This

Very soon young Jedi!

Posted by Gus Pinto at Apr 29, 2008 09:26 | Reply To This

Thanks Gus.  In the meantime can you give us some insight on how it works?  We average 3700 concurrent connections and our biggest performance complaint is our 15 second launch time.  This could be huge for us.

Posted by Anonymous at Apr 28, 2008 13:58 | Reply To This

We are working on the release details and documentation. Feel free to send me an email at gus.pinto@citrix.com we can talk more...

Posted by Gus Pinto at Apr 28, 2008 14:03 | Reply To This

WOW that looked pretty impressive. I can't wait to get my hands on it. Our login time avg. 40 secs.

Gus, just sent you an email.

Posted by Anonymous at Apr 28, 2008 14:14 | Reply To This

Slick video. I hope the tool works as shown, give us more info when possible.

Posted by Anonymous at Apr 28, 2008 15:08 | Reply To This

I will be posting more information on how the application works within the next few days.

We will have full FAQ to let people know where and how you can leverage Citrix Fast Launch within your XenApp farm.

cheers,
Gus

Posted by Gus Pinto at Apr 28, 2008 15:32 | Reply To This

Video looks very impressive.

Posted by Anonymous at Apr 29, 2008 15:17 | Reply To This

Interesting...I wrote something exactly like this for a client in 2001!

They were complaining about the time it took sessions to launch and the login script to run (Novell login scripts), and also wanted to avoid sessions logging out after the user closed their last application, so I wrote a bit of VB that sat in the system tray and kept the session open. A quick Web Interface tweak auto-launched this app when the user logged in.

Shame I no longer have the source code! I look forward to taking a look at this app.

Posted by Neil Spellings at May 02, 2008 16:52 | Reply To This

Suggestion for Fast Launch 2.0 (I know v1.0 isn't even released yet  )....build the functionality into PNAgent as a option/checkbox that can be managed centrally via the AMC or Group Policy. That would solve the need to deploy a script to the startup folder in the Start Menu. Given v1.0 is Freeware I can see why this wasn't done though but it would be a nice to have!

Posted by awong 505 (CCIA) at May 19, 2008 03:14 | Reply To This

Where is it?

Posted by Brian Thornton at May 27, 2008 03:39 | Reply To This

Fast Launch Preview looks great especially in XenApp environments, will it also be available on XenDesktop ?

Cheers,

Roel

Posted by Roel Gydé at May 28, 2008 14:34 | Reply To This

I thought this was supposed to be released soon not 3 months later?

Any updates on release time frame?

Posted by Anonymous at Jun 23, 2008 15:46 | Reply To This