Why the X1 Prototype Mouse from Citrix makes perfect sense!
At Summit 2015, Mark Templeton announced the prototype of a mouse named code named “X1”. The mouse is specifically designed for the iOS platform. As many of you probably know,…
The significance of the Sanbolic acquisition for existing Citrix customers
If you are reading this, you’ve probably already heard the announcement from Citrix today with regards to the Sanbolic acquistion. I wanted to share my thoughts on how this benefits…
Why Every Citrix Administrator running XenApp 6.5 Should Consider Upgrading to XenApp 7.6
In my current role as a Sales Engineer covering some of the largest enterprise accounts, I have been preaching about the XenApp and XenDesktop 7.x architecture and benefits for about…
ShareConnect – Another gem from Citrix to enhance your Mobile Workspace
Yesterday (May 20th, 2014) Citrix released ShareConnect for the iPad, which is another Citrix SaaS offering that allows users to access files and applications on their remote physical PCs. While…
The Future of XenApp and XenDesktop Image Management – A Utopian Viewpoint
Over the past year or so, I have witnessed a number of heated debates around the future of image management for XenApp and XenDesktop. On one side we have the…
Citrix Workspace Services and Microsoft Azure: A new chapter in the Microsoft-Citrix relationship!
At Citrix Synergy this year, Citrix announced what is called the Citrix Workspace Services (CWS), which is a hosted service that can be used for the creation, management and orchestration…
Desktop as a Service (DaaS) – Is it the Silver Bullet we’ve been waiting for?
With Amazon’s recent announcement of Workspaces offering and VMware’s Horizon DaaS offering, customers have started to inquire about to relevance and reality of such a solution.  As a Sales…
My Rebuttal to the latest VMware FUD: Citrix XenDesktop is for “Purely Virtual” use case
I recently got hold of a sales campaign email from VMware which focused around “taking out” existing XenApp customers by upselling them the VMware Horizon suite. The objective was to…
Synergy Recap Part 2 – XenMobile Announcements
Continuing on the topic on Synergy, changes to the XenMobile product suite was the other big announcement.. Lets take a step back.. Up until the beginning of this 2013, Citrix’s…
Synergy 2013 Recap: Part 1- XenDesktop 7
I was fortunate enough to attend Citrix Synergy this year at Anaheim, CA. The event was great as always with around 6500 attendees, 125+ unique sessions, the ever popular Geek…