May 06

Citrix Dazzle; on-demand applications to the iPhone

Dazzle is one of the Citrix XenApp add-on that mimics iTunes application and store and provide a repository for users to choose and install business applications on-demand.

Citrix also released Version 5.5 of the XenServer hypervisor and Essentials, a software platform that manages both XenServer and Microsoft’s Hyper-V. The upgrades, including native support for integration with Windows Active Directory, bring Citrix closer to VMware in functionality, says Burton Group analyst Chris Wolf.
“It brings them to the point where they are part of the conversation now, where an enterprise can look at the platform and consider it,” Wolf says. Role-based access control, a feature still lacking in Version 5.5 but which is expected to be added later this year, will also help Citrix make the case that its server virtualization product is enterprise-ready, he says. But he says Citrix is still lacking key features including memory overcommit, which increases the memory allocated to virtual machines (VM), letting IT shops place more VMs on a physical server.

On the Apple front, Citrix has achieved something unique by virtualizing the presentation of desktop applications on the iPhone with Citrix Receiver, Wolf says. Read the full article on networkworld.com