Citrix

Channel Programs

Citrix finalizing channel plans for Citrix Workspace Cloud

May 14, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Citrix finalizing channel plans for Citrix Workspace Cloud
Citrix’s major announcement at Synergy this year provides huge new opportunities for both CSP and CSA partners, and the channel strategy being finalized is designed to ensure partners who move to the cloud with WorkSpace Cloud will be treated the same way as on-prem partners.

Virtualization

Unidesk continues solution extension with verification for XenApp

May 13, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Unidesk continues solution extension with verification for XenApp
Unidesk’s verification as Citrix Ready adds to the company’s strategy of broadening out beyond their original vSphere base to serve a broader range of customers, through a broader range of partners.

Cloud

Citrix delivers core cloud solution with Citrix Workspace Cloud

May 13, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Citrix delivers core cloud solution with Citrix Workspace Cloud
The highlight of the first day at Citrix Synergy was the announcement of Citrix Workspace Cloud, a platform of services for the creation of complete workspaces with a strong MSP play.

Mobility

Citrix enters hyperconverged infrastructure market with Citrix Melio

May 13, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Citrix enters hyperconverged infrastructure market with Citrix Melio
Other Day One announcements included XenServer 6.5 Service Pack 1, XenMobile 10.1, and enhancements to Citrix’s ShareFile secure file sharing and syncing tool.

Small Business

New Dell VDI appliance designed to bring Citrix to smaller customers

May 12, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on New Dell VDI appliance designed to bring Citrix to smaller customers
At Citrix Synergy, Dell also announced new versions of two related software solutions, Dell Wyse Device Manager 5.5 and Foglight for Virtualization 8.2.

Cloud

Panzura introduces SkyBridge cloud VDI optimization solution

May 11, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Panzura introduces SkyBridge cloud VDI optimization solution
SkyBridge adapts Panzura’s technology which enables cross-site collaboration between controllers in the cloud, to make cloud VDI much more effective.

Networking

Citrix CloudBridge Virtual WAN to provide ‘always-on’ branch availability

April 27, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Citrix CloudBridge Virtual WAN to provide ‘always-on’ branch availability
Available as a physical or virtual appliance, the new offering is designed to provide reliability at reasonable cost to server-less remote locations which are about as helpless as Chromebooks if network access is lost.

Mobility

Citrix is a security company: Citrix Canada’s Michael Murphy

February 25, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Citrix is a security company: Citrix Canada’s Michael Murphy
In a wide-ranging discussion of where Citrix is headed in the Canadian market, their country manager also identifies key issues with competition, mobility, storage, and the impact of recent announced changes to the partner program.

Cloud

IndependenceIt fully centralizes multi-data centre administration in CWS enhancement

February 24, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on IndependenceIt fully centralizes multi-data centre administration in CWS enhancement
The new Workflow Manager feature will particularly help larger partners and those whose business revolves around remote app and remote desktop delivery. The company also discussed a new upcoming relationship with Google.

Mobility

Danish authenticator vendor SMS PASSCODE expands in North America

January 21, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Danish authenticator vendor SMS PASSCODE expands in North America
The Danish multi-factor authentication vendor, which sells only through the channel, expanded into the U.S. last year, and is eyeing Canada for this year.