Citrix Acquires Cedexis and CloudJumper Acquires IndependenceIT On February 12, Citrix announced that it has acquired Cedexis, a Portland-based leader in the Internet traffic management space. On February 13, CloudJumper, a Workspace as a Service (WaaS) provider, announced that it has purchased IndependenceIT, a purpose-built virtualization platform for service providers. The specific details of each …
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Are You Part of The Inside Track?
Have you heard about The Inside Track? I first heard about The Inside Track back in July 2017, when I received an email invitation to join a new LinkedIn group called “The Inside Track – End User Computing” from my friends and colleagues over at Liquidware Labs—or just Liquidware, as they like to be referred to now. Curiosity ended up getting the better of me, and I started to do a little research to see what I could discover about The Inside Track
Just Two Weeks before VMworld: Citrix vs. VMware
With VMworld just two weeks away, some of the key differences between Citrix and VMware are coming to the fore. XenApp/XenDesktop and Horizon are clearly the market leaders in the end user computing space, and Citrix and VMware compete fiercely for superiority. While VMware may have the upper hand with regard to the hypervisor and analytics, …
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Citrix Has a New President and CEO: David Henshall
In an unexpected move yesterday, Citrix announced that David Henshall has been appointed as its new president and CEO, effective immediately. The former president and CEO, Kirill Tatarinov, reportedly left the company as part of a “mutual separation decision.” During his fourteen-year tenure at Citrix, David has held various executive positions, including those of chief …
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Microsoft Acquires Cloudyn
On Friday, Microsoft announced its intention to acquire Cloudyn, an Israeli company that focuses on the business aspects of cloud-based operations. How does this impact cloud strategy overall, and what are the downstream benefits to virtualization partner Citrix?
Citrix/VMware Acquisitions: After the Announcement Buzz
Like many companies in the high-tech sector, Citrix and VMware have slowed down the rate of acquisitions considerably and have focused on adding a limited number of targeted, key technologies to their offerings.