Yesterday, Elliott Management, a 7.1% owner in Citrix Systems, advised Citrix in writing that drastic changes are needed in order to refocus the company and return it to profit. Elliott not only voiced concerns about the current modus operandi, but it aggressively proposed ways that it could return Citrix to a positive trajectory by making …
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Citrix Workspace Hub – A potentially game changing new product that does for the real world what until now only Tony Stark could do for the Marvel universe.
At Citrix Synergy 2015, MaximumBit announced the release of Desktop 365, a hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) solution based on ViewSonic (yes, ViewSonic!) Intel-based hardware. Desktop 365 is aimed at addressing the hardware and software requirements associated with virtualized apps and desktops, as well as facilitating fast and easy administration. Like most of the new HCI solutions …
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When Mark Templeton announced that XenApp 6.5 was being given a new lease of life, the news was met with universal applause. This may be good news for the customer today, but the long term position is nothing but bad news for Citrix.
Amazon has taken a big step forward in its application delivery strategy, taking to the stage at the April AWS Summit in San Francisco to announce the introduction of AWS Marketplace for Desktop Apps, a dedicated storefront for Amazon’s Desktop as a Service platform, Amazon WorkSpaces, through which customers can purchase off-the-shelf applications to run …
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On March 11 on the VMware end-user computing blog, Sumit Dhawan casually announced VMware’s next big thing: Project Enzo. A former Citrix exec, Sumit Dhawan is now VMware’s senior vice president and general manager, desktop products, End-User Computing.
