Citrix, Intel to virtualize the desktop with new hypervisor
Thu, Jan 22nd, 2009
Though virtualization has become firmly entrenched in the server room, the technology has not had the same impact on the desktop. A joint initiative between Intel and Citrix Systems could change that, and herald a new era of virtualized desktops.
Citrix already has a virtualized platform for delivery of desktop applications in its XenDesktop product; however, XenDesktop is a hosted solution, using virtualized servers to run the software and present the desktop experience to the end-user with Citrix's ICA protocol. The new initiative, code-named Project Independence, uses virtualization software running directly on the desktop machine.
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