Earlier this year, Citrix has acquired Virtual Computer to complete our Client virtualization product and to launch the new version of XenClient Enterprise. XenClient Enterprise is now part of our mobile solution Workstyles FlexCast technology and virtual office administration. It is a proven solution with real clients large-scale deployments, offering local virtual desktops that are managed centrally. In this series of blog should read, we'll look at client virtualization space, how XenClient came to be, why the acquisition of Virtual Computer was a logical thing to do, and how XenClient provides value.
The creation of XenClient was motivated by the need for virtual desktops offline. Citrix XenServer took type 1 hypervisor and put it on desktops and laptops, creating a virtualized PC client environment. In doing so, companies can now virtualize either client or server, allowing end users to run multiple virtual machines according to their specific needs better
XenClient has been developed with two attributes key to mind -. performance and security . From the standpoint of performance, the goal was to provide a user experience that was as good as native. To do this, the Citrix engineering benefited from specific hardware capabilities of PCs such as Intel Virtualization Technology for Directed I / O, or VT-d.
Like a true type 1 hypervisor, XenClient Enterprise inherently provides multiple, securely- isolated IT environments on a single device. To further harden this environment, XenClient has been enhanced to take advantage of the Intel Trusted Execution Technology (TXT) and the Trusted Platform Module (TPM). This result leads to XenClient XT, published in the second half of 2011. Intel TXT provides a client hypervisor trusted launch at boot time of the machine by validating that the hypervisor has not been altered. Intel TPM provides more tamper proofing sealing configuration of the hypervisor encryption keys.
The performance and safety attributes have attracted the attention of IT professionals and government agencies. Each saw how XenClient Enterprise (or XenClient XT) could be a useful tool for solving a client-side problem of calculation. However, it became clear that another scenario, the scenario management of PC images, presented the largest market opportunity.
In version 2.0, Citrix grew up the list of compatible hardware. However, there was a great opportunity to capitalize on that success by broadening the range for hardware management tools and back-end. This resulted in the acquisition of Virtual Computer. This strategy proves to be successful Citrix has recently signed an agreement of 1800 seats of XenDesktop Platinum, driven by XenClient Enterprise.
The following table summarizes these use cases for virtualization key customers.
Table 1 :. scenarios client hypervisor user
in the next part of the series of blog we will discuss the problem of managing the computer image in more detail. Meanwhile, join the conversation by connecting with Citrix XenClient team online!
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