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So why exactly did Citrix invest in Virtual Computer?

On Monday, I wrote about startup company Virtual Computer receiving $15m in venture funding from several companies, including Citrix . Virtual Computer is developing a Xen-based bare-metal client hypervisor. While this is very cool, it seemed that Virtual...

Published Jan 30 2009 by Brian Madden , 5,280 views, 4 comments

Citrix plans to lay off 10% of global workforce. Microsoft is planning 5%. VMware? No layoffs planned.

There's a little surprise hidden in the depths of Citrix's 4Q08 and FY08 earnings results . The company announced the "implementation of a restructuring program and steps to reduce its headcount by approximately 10 percent of the company’s...

Published Jan 28 2009 by Brian Madden , 6,607 views, 7 comments

Will Project Independence and vClient kill Virtual Computer? Hardly. They just got $15m funding.

When VMware announced their bare-metal hypervisor and vClient initiative , I wrote that I hoped Citrix would buy a company like Virtual Computer or Neocleus to compete in the space. Instead Citrix built a bare metal solution themselves, announcing "Project...

Published Jan 26 2009 by Brian Madden , 5,161 views, 12 comments

Yes, we will have BriForum this year. Chicago, July 21-23, 2009.

Several people have asked whether we're doing BriForum this year since we're part of TechTarget now. The answer is YES! Same independent content. Same call for presentations. Same Geek Out! (Biggest change for 2009: Gabe and I will not be running...

Published Jan 22 2009 by Brian Madden , 2,672 views, 5 comments

Cisco, VMware, & Brian Madden webcast about VDI & the WAN, today @11:00am Eastern

If anyone has a spare hour today, I'll be giving a webcast with Cisco and VMware at 11:00 Eastern time (16:00 GMT). Registration is required, which may be done here . The general flow of the webcast is that I'll do a quick 15 minute intro about...

Published Jan 22 2009 by Brian Madden , 3,739 views, 1 comment

Look out VMware! Citrix partners with Intel for "Project Independence," a bare-metal hypervisor they hope to make ubiquitous.

Citrix made several announcements today around desktop computing. First, they're announcing, with Intel, that they're working on a Xen-based bare-metal client hypervisor . Second, they're announcing something called " Project Independence...

Published Jan 21 2009 by Brian Madden , 7,722 views, 16 comments

Not to be outdone by VMware, Citrix also dabbles in the mobile device hypervisor space

Two months ago, VMware bought a company called Trango and launched the VMware Mobile Virtualization Platform. Back then I wrote that the Trango acquisition was not about running VDI or Windows on a mobile phone, but instead about allowing multiple phone...

Published Jan 16 2009 by Brian Madden , 3,323 views, 4 comments

Our "state of the industry" survey closes tomorrow. Please take 5 minutes and fill it out.

We're going to keep our industry survey open until Friday, so if you haven't taken it or you haven't finished yours, please take a minute to do so now . We'll share the results publicly, so the more people who participate, the more complete...

Published Jan 08 2009 by Brian Madden , 2,300 views, 0 comments

The desktop and application virtualization 2008 year in review

Another year has ended. We did a "year in review" article in 2005 and 2006 (not sure what happened last year), and we thought it would be fun to take a look back at the significant events in the desktop and application virtualization space from...

Published Jan 07 2009 by Brian Madden , 6,384 views, 1 comment

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