The survey results are in and the numbers continue to demonstrate high interest that both individuals and business have for using the iPad as a business tool. Aside from the surprising high support from IT allowing personal iPads in the workplace ( BYOC ) this survey indicates that businesses are also planning to buy iPads as well to put them to work. As with other business tools this may be relegated... (more...)
This is the most striking statistic that has come out of a current survey that Citrix is conducting. The 494 respondents so far have indicated a high adoption rate and anticipation of the iPad as a business tool. To be clear this is not cross section of all businesses, rather it is mostly comprised of Citrix customers and those that have come to our website and have interest enough in the iPad to... (more...)
Today I had the pleasure to meet and have lunch with Astronaut Steve Swanson along with a few Professors and students at FAU where he is an Alum. Steve was a great inspiration for the students and told some great Apollo 13 type stories as well as his thoughts on innovation in the Space program. I also got speak to Steve 1:1 about Astronauts using Virtual Desktops ( from Citrix XenDesktop ) in space... (more...)
Citrix Receiver for iPad is now top of the charts number 1 ranked free app in the App Store business category ! And GoToMeeting is number 4 ! So even though the initial flurry is over the downloads for Citrix Receiver continue to grow. More and more people are downloading the top rated app and putting it to work. Sometimes from home and sometimes from work. That’s... (more...)
Citrix Receiver for iPad is off to a great start with over 15,000 downloads in the first 5 days since the iPad release. This has earned Receiver the # 3 top spot in the free business apps category in the App Store right along side # 4 GoToMeeting. Early feedback has been extremely positive from both users and IT Pro’s gearing up to support the onslaught of iPads showing... (more...)
Just got back from CTIA in Vegas and saw some great technology and devices. These are some of the things I can talk about … Sprint / HTC EVO 4G – The First Nirvana Phone to Market ? Sprint and HTC announced the EVO 4G with HDMI ! Stay tuned for a demo of the Citrix Receiver for Android 1.0 on an EVO connecting to a 24″ 720P HD Display accessing XenDesktop in the Cloud... (more...)
No doubt you have heard about the iPad by now and you may be already pondering whether or not you will be buying one. Chances are you have a Laptop or PC and a Smartphone already so you need to rationalize how you will use it beyond e-books and browsing. Well if your company has XenDesktop or XenApp you will be happy to know you will be able to use your iPad for real work as well. It turns out the... (more...)
Regardless of what it was designed for and despite all it’s limitations, I expect the iPad to be the best thing to happen for Desktop Virtualization in 2010. No it’s not always the best Thin Client but as a sales, marketing and awareness enabler it won’t be beat, here’s why: Purple Cow effect - Seth Godin, the new media marketing guru defined the Purple Cow as something... (more...)
For some IT readers this question may get your defenses up, for others it may be an acknowledgment of users perception due to the many business, policy and current PC deployment practices. No doubt many users ( and most IT Pros ) do in fact have a better PC at home than at work which only leads to higher expectations for how a PC could or should perform. How can Desktop Virtualization help the situation... (more...)
Most desktop apps are designed with multiple Window Pane’s to organize data and make it consumable without forcing a users eyes to scan from one side of a monitor to another. In many cases these Pane sizes are discretionary for the developer or already user adjustable. Given that, why not make the Window Pane sizes easy to consume on a mobile device ? It turns out that the 320×480 Pixel... (more...)
