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"We are seeing a fundamental shift happening in desktop computing. Issues such as the rising costs of desktop management, the increasing computing savvy of enterprise users are forcing IT organizations to consider a new service model for the desktop. The BYOC model goes a long way to solving these issues for the enterprise. What organizations need are the virtualization technologies to make this shift happen. With its core competency in application and desktop delivery, Citrix is in an ideal position to enable this transformation." |
IntroductionXenClient (formerly known as Project Independence) is a strategic product initiative with partners like Intel , focused on local virtual desktops.
XenClient strengthens Citrix's vision of a local desktop virtualization solution and is a complementary solution to Citrix's hosted desktop virtualization solution (XenDesktop). With the recent Intel announcement, XenClient is a Type I hypervisor technology and delivers key benefits to mobile/offline users including:
For more information, view the Project Independence announcement
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Discuss in Forum Citrix & Intel Working Together
| Citrix Client Hypervisor Demo
| Demonstration with Intel vPro
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| Project Independence vs VDI | Type-1 vs Type-2 Hypervisors |
On January 21, 2009, Citrix announced an agreement to develop Xen-based client hypervisor technology in conjunction with Intel. The results of the joint collaboration will be the delivery of a desktop hypervisor providing new levels of security, management, and end-user flexibility for enterprise desktops.
As a result of Citrix's collaboration with Intel, Citrix customers will benefit from desktop virtualization solutions that take advantage of Intel's virtualization and management capabilities on Intel® Core™ 2 desktops and Centrino 2 laptops with Intel® vPro™ technology.
Citrix is to incorporate this client hypervisor into a set of product offerings which allow the hypervisor to serve as a foundation for centrally managed OS/user environments to be streamed, cached, and executed locally on desktop/laptop devices, including off-network mobility.
For more information, view the joint collaboration announcement .
Comments (14)
Jan 21, 2009
Simon Bramfitt says:
Well this should make for an interesting year.Well this should make for an interesting year.
Jan 30, 2009
Anonymous says:
How will this differ from using XMCP via X windows? I have been using Remote des...How will this differ from using XMCP via X windows? I have been using Remote desktop for years.
Feb 05, 2009
Anonymous says:
It's not a remote desktop or XWindows Desktop It is two isolated OS instances r...It's not a remote desktop or XWindows Desktop
It is two isolated OS instances running locally on 1 device at the same time.
Feb 13, 2009
RC Berger says:
What type of Intel Processors do you think this can run on? Intel Core 2 Duo, or...What type of Intel Processors do you think this can run on? Intel Core 2 Duo, or any processor which can run a hypervisor? or is it like the ESXi hypervisors?
thanks
Feb 24, 2009
Elizabeth Fuller says:
This will be designed to run on Intel Core 2 and Centrino processors with vPro t...This will be designed to run on Intel Core 2 and Centrino processors with vPro technology.
Feb 27, 2009
Anonymous says:
i have a question (it may sound stupid but im new in the world of hypervisors). ...i have a question (it may sound stupid but im new in the world of hypervisors). I only wanted to ask if smb knows if it will be posible that two user can work independently on one pc ?(it will have 2 mices, 2 keyboards a nd 2 monitors)
Mar 24, 2009
Elizabeth Fuller says:
We are not currently working towards supporting this specific setup with our cli...We are not currently working towards supporting this specific setup with our client hypervisor project. But you could do something like this with a virtual desktop solution like Citrix XenDesktop hosting 2 unique VMs on a system and then each user would have their own thin client or older PC which they would use to access the VMs with their own local monitor, keyboard, and mouse.
May 12, 2009
Anonymous says:
Will the new hypervisor also support AMD-V, or is this an exclusively Intel solu...Will the new hypervisor also support AMD-V, or is this an exclusively Intel solution?
May 15, 2009
Elizabeth Fuller says:
At this time, our primary focus will be Intel platforms with Intel VPro technolo...At this time, our primary focus will be Intel platforms with Intel VPro technology.
May 22
Anonymous says:
When will we be able to get our hands on XenClient?When will we be able to get our hands on XenClient?
May 28
Anonymous says:
So with this new client side Hypervisor will I need to learn a new application p...So with this new client side Hypervisor will I need to learn a new application packaging technology like I do with VMware' s Thinstall or can I just install a regular MSI based application on the new Hypervisor. I am getting sick of having to learn different proprietary packaging technologies to use application virtualization technology. Just one of the big reasons I will not be doing application virtualization.
Jun 18
Anonymous says:
I have some doubts.... Theses instances of OS are installed in the laptop? If ...I have some doubts....
Theses instances of OS are installed in the laptop?
If yes, dont understand this phrase " You Will Access Your Corporate Desktop from Whatever Device is Most Convenient at the Time " How can you access from any laptop to your request OS image if it is installed in other laptop?
Is there any web or document with more information about this solution?
Thanks and Regards.
Jun 19
Anonymous says:
When will it be available?When will it be available?
Sep 15
Anonymous says:
If I wanted users to run corporate desktop would you pick this over DDI ?If I wanted users to run corporate desktop would you pick this over DDI ?
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