Citrix Offers Technology Preview of Linux Virtual Apps and Desktops Delivered from XenApp and XenDesktop
August 21 2014 - 12:42PM
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Exclusive Early Access to Test and Provide Feedback on the Citrix
Linux VDA Project
Citrix today announced a limited technology preview of
virtualized Linux apps and desktops that integrates with XenApp and
XenDesktop and extends the FlexCast Management Architecture (FMA)
to enable additional use cases in industries such as automotive,
manufacturing, oil and gas and financial services. When used with
Citrix HDX, the company’s market-leading user experience
technology, customers will get unmatched performance and bandwidth
efficiency for people accessing Linux desktops from any device,
over any network. In the future, the HDX technology for hosted
Linux apps will continue to evolve to enable even the most
demanding GPU-based graphics applications. People interested in
participating in the Citrix Linux Virtual Delivery Agent (VDA) Tech
Preview to test and provide feedback on this project may submit an
application at http://now.citrix.com/LinuxPreview.
With this new Linux support, customers can simply deploy the
Citrix VDA on each server or desktop hosted in the data center.
Administrators can use a single configuration and monitoring
console for their Linux apps and their Windows apps to have a
single view to deliver virtual apps to people such as engineers,
designers, scientists and developers.
Many of the requirements around Linux applications relate to
mission-critical research and development work that includes chip
design, high-performance computing projects, and numerical
computation done in financial and scientific modeling, big data
analysis, and engineering tools. In addition, Citrix customers are
asking for virtual desktop support for specialized 3D applications
built exclusively for Linux, particularly in the oil and gas
industry, manufacturing, and digital media and entertainment
industries. These customers need to offer secure, global access to
employees using a wide variety of mobile and desktop devices, while
maintaining centralized control of business-critical intellectual
property.
Availability
Citrix is currently taking applications to participate in the
Linux VDA Tech Preview at http://now.citrix.com/LinuxPreview. The
Tech Preview program offers a unique look into the development and
innovation process at Citrix, and does not in any way represent a
commitment to release, support or productize this technology.
Quotes:
Andrew Cresci, General Manager, GRID, NVIDIA
“For customers spanning manufacturing simulation to energy
exploration to media and entertainment, there is no substitute for
a Linux desktop environment for their 3D modeling and
high-performance graphics. We look forward to working with Citrix
to deliver an HDX solution to support these critical applications
on our GPUs.”
Dan Neault, Senior Vice President, Datacenter Solutions
Group, NetApp
“Oil and gas companies are continuing to move to virtual desktop
environments to reap the benefits of centralization, mobility,
security and operational efficiency. NetApp is looking forward to
testing and validating Citrix’s new Linux VDA technology on its
portfolio of integrated infrastructure solutions, which provide an
ideal environment for high performance desktop virtualization
deployments.”
Rakesh Narasimhan, Group VP & GM, Desktops and Apps,
Citrix
“Citrix has a long history of listening to customers and
developing specific products to meet their needs. Our engineering
teams have made tremendous progress in creating a Linux VDA to meet
the strategic needs of our customers in these critical
industries.”
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