IT organizations face ever-increasing demands from their business and users. Over the past several years, 53 percent of IT leaders have reported their environments growing even more complex. You invest a tremendous amount in solutions to secure and deliver enterprise …

Hybrid Multi-Cloud is not a new concept, but it is one that has seen ebbs and flows in vendor commitment over the last several years. For some time, the way forward was thought to be going fully cloud; through current …

This blog was co-authored by Wendy Gay, Director Global Product Specialist at Citrix, and Dave Brear,Sr Principal Architect

With 53 percent of IT decision-makers saying that their environments are more complex now than two years ago, more organizations are looking …

Over 76% of organizations support some form of hybrid work, which leads to complexity in the environment. 53% of IT decision makers say their environment is more complex than it was 2 years ago. Hybrid environments increase complexity and reduce …

In this current economic environment, it is crucial to get the most out of existing investments. IT is asked to do more with less, without impacting the end user experience. The good news is that Citrix can help: 41% of …

Citrix recently celebrated its first anniversary of becoming a business unit of Cloud Software Group, which enabled us to focus on our core goal: leading secure access and application delivery infrastructure for the enterprise with the best VDI and …

This is a guest blog post by Shashidhar Reddy M, Product Marketing Manager at eG Innovations.

Healthcare organizations have heterogeneous, multi-vendor IT infrastructures that must ensure that IT services are available at all times and perform as expected to …

Are you considering moving some of your on-premises workloads to the cloud? Many organizations are migrating to hybrid cloud environments. This allows them to enjoy the benefits of the cloud while continuing to leverage existing datacenter investments. Here are some …

Many organizations are considering the best infrastructure for deploying virtual apps and desktops. The choice is essentially between on-premises and cloud solutions, or a mix of both. Is on premises or cloud better than the other? On-premises virtual desktop infrastructure …

Users often get confused between virtualization and cloud computing. While virtualization and cloud computing both create useful environments, there are key differences between the two technologies. In short, virtualization creates simulated versions of a machine’s software or hardware components, while …

Stillstand ist Rückschritt – in diesem Sinne ruhen wir uns derzeit nicht aus, sondern bieten unseren Kunden auch vor dem Hintergrund der bevorstehenden Übernahme von Citrix durch Investoren weiterhin neue Lösungen und den exzellenten Service, den sie gewohnt sind und …

The hybrid-cloud model is an effective way to align IT priorities with business needs, which are constantly changing. Citrix supports this by providing customers with choice in how they deploy and manage applications, whether they keep workloads on premises or …

Last year had many of us wondering, what’s next? Will we be able to travel home for the holidays? Meet our friends for happy hour? Cheer on our favorite football team in person?

Here at Citrix, we’ve been focused on …

From new technologies to accelerate your cloud transition and support hybrid work to solutions that helped to power a championship F1 season, the Citrix blog gave readers insights into how we can help organizations thrive in the new world of …

If there is one positive thing that the technology industry can take from the global pandemic, it is that change is often not as impossible as it may seem.

Most businesses were already on some form of digital transformation journey …

Microsoft Ignite is November 2-4, 2021. Every year, this event delivers an exciting array of new insights and groundbreaking innovations that help organizations build technology solutions for the modern digital workspace. It’s also a great place to learn about …

This is a guest blog post by Kevin Jackson, of GC GlobalNet. The post was originally published here.

Global business can no longer delay information technology digitalization and modernization. Projects languishing on the shelf for years waiting for …

Citrix and Google are doubling down on our efforts to provide you with innovative, unique technologies that power IT modernization and remote work. Today we’re excited to share some of the ways Citrix is working with Google Cloud to provide …

One of my favorite things about being on the product marketing team is getting to tell the Citrix story, which is always evolving. With the steady stream of innovations, new features, and improved processes, it’s a pleasure to tell organizations …

With more and more organizations transitioning to hybrid cloud for scale and business agility, Citrix innovations continue to focus on improving the experience for both the remote worker and the IT admin — no matter which path you’re on in …

On the surface, virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) and desktop as a service (DaaS) seem incredibly similar. Both allow users access to virtual desktops, saving IT from installing and updating operating systems on all the machines within an organization.

Looking deeper …

Citrix ADC offers companies the opportunity to make better use of their cloud infrastructure and prepare for complex cloud environments.

As the rate of digital transformation increases and more organisations move to multi-cloud and hybrid-cloud environments, the application delivery controller …

July 2021 marks the one year anniversary of Citrix’s impactful multi-year agreement with Microsoft. In these 12 months, Citrix users have launched over 250 million apps and desktops hosted on Microsoft Azure. As we work together to modernize IT, …

End of life is planned for XenApp & XenDesktop 7.15 LTSR in just over a year, on Aug 15, 2022. If your organization hasn’t started planning an upgrade to the next version of Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops, …

This is a guest blog post by Archana Venkatraman, Associate Research Director, Cloud Data Management, IDC Europe.

2020 was a defining year for remote working. As a result of extraordinary social measures taken globally to contain and manage the …

This blog post was co-authored by John Williamson, Content Marketing Manager at Nutanix.

The modern workplace has changed dramatically with the COVID-19 pandemic, and organizations everywhere are adopting digital workspace solutions to ensure business productivity, continuity, agility, and security, all …

The pandemic has helped speed digital transformation for many organizations, resulting in growth in public cloud adoption. Organizations that aren’t yet in the cloud are quickly moving toward a hybrid-cloud solution, enabling secure remote access for their global workforce …

With each passing month we see an increasing number of Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops customers transition to Citrix Workspace. Why? The new features and capabilities we’re adding to Citrix Workspace are generating more and more value for our …

The agility and flexibility cloud provides are critical to helping customers meet their business needs, and most adopt a hybrid-cloud or multi-cloud approach. That said, cloud is not free, and the increase in cloud adoption has put more focus on …

We’re rolling into the new year right where we left off, continuing to release new features that help our customers adapt to business challenges and securely deploy a digital workspace with confidence, regardless of where they are on their cloud …

At Citrix, we’re dedicated to supporting the hybrid-cloud world. With the Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service managing your on-premises workloads alongside cloud hosted apps and desktops, you can achieve IT flexibility and scaling that dramatically expands on traditional IT …

As we promised back in September, Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service is now even more flexible to address your ever-changing business needs. We are pleased to announce that all Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service customers now have …

The hybrid-cloud model is an effective way to align IT priorities with business needs. Many businesses can benefit from using a hybrid-cloud model instead of other approaches. Citrix provides customers with choice in how they deploy and manage applications. Whether …

This blog post was co-authored by Jason Poole, Principal Product Marketing Manager.

Hybrid-cloud deployments are not a new concept. Organizations have adopted hybrid-cloud strategies to reap the benefits of both cloud worlds. Private clouds give organizations full control and visibility …

It has been a tough year for UK police forces. Faced with some of the worst-ever budget cuts due to the COVID-19 crisis, they have had to do more with less, continuing to protect citizens, while also needing to spend …

They say that in order to look to the future, you need to look at where you came from. And that is exactly what I’ve been doing as I reflect on the incredible journey we’ve had with our partners at …

This post is a bit overdue to be a real “hello world” blog, but I’m going to roll with it. I initially wanted to post something on my first day, but, to be honest, I was so busy adapting to …

This blog post was co-authored by Valerie DiMartino, Sr. Product Marketing Manager at Citrix.

Some workloads are not moving to cloud due to low latency or local data processing. Now, you can host AWS Outposts in your datacenter and extend …

Work today is happening everywhere on everything from corporate issued laptops and mobile devices to personal tablets and even smartwatches. While this new-found freedom has given a major boost to productivity and innovation, it has also raised a new set …

If you already rely on Citrix Workspace Suite or Citrix Workspace Bundle to enable user productivity, you know how much value it delivers for both employees and IT. Now, as new ways of working transform the enterprise for the long …

At Citrix, we believe in choice and flexibility when it comes to public clouds and virtual app and desktop workloads. Some customers may prefer Azure, others AWS, and still others Google Cloud Platform. Increasingly though, we are seeing many customers …

Back in June, Microsoft’s Jeff Mitchell and I highlighted the benefits of using the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) to deliver new use cases using Citrix Cloud and Microsoft Azure. You can watch the video here. Since this update …

If you’re using Kubernetes services from cloud providers, you probably manage traffic into the clusters using cloud-provided load-balancing services. After all, it’s the most common approach.

But if you want to run an application on multiple cloud providers, it can …

This blog post was co-authored by Calvin Hsu, VP of Product Management at Citrix.

Migrate. Automate. Optimize. Citrix’s investments in new innovations and partnerships in these three areas are empowering you to pursue your unique cloud strategy with confidence. Start …

Like many of you with children (or if you’re just bored), the time spent playing video games in your household has probably increased quite a bit over the last few months. I’ll be the first to raise my hand and …

Organizations’ ability to manage and master the unexpected has been put to the test in the last few months. Companies have moved mountains to keep their businesses running, and employees have answered the challenge, balancing work and life like never …

Citrix and Microsoft announced in July 2020 a new multi-year agreement showcasing how we partner to accelerate the future of work, focused on the joint benefits of combining our Citrix Workspace solution with the power of Microsoft Azure.

We are …

Let’s say you had to explain the latest advances in internet security to someone who had been living under a rock for the past few years. What would you say?

When a friend asked me recently, I told him that …

Citrix is proud to be highlighted in eWEEK’s top SD-WAN providers in 2020. Businesses choose Citrix SD-WAN for the application performance it delivers alongside an integrated edge security stack, cloud automation, and intelligent routing capabilities. If you’re moving …

Now more than ever the ability to easily scale up or spin down virtual applications and desktops to enable your distributed workforce is mission critical for organizations of all sizes.

It’s an imperative that you have the ability to quickly …

Paul Herbert is CIO of Northcott, one of Australia’s largest not-for-profit disability service organisations, with more than 2,500 employees across New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. Herbert is responsible for the IT infrastructure to support the delivery …

Recently Google Cloud announced the general availability of Google Cloud VMware Engine. It’s a service that delivers a fully managed VMware Cloud Foundation stack — VMware vSphere, vCenter, vSAN, NSX-T, and HCX for cloud migration — in a dedicated …

It’s no secret that change has been the theme of 2020. How businesses are running, how remote workers are supported, and how IT departments handle tasks have all changed since the beginning of the year. We know that adapting to …

This Wednesday, join our host SeanDo on the Go along with a panel of Citrix and Microsoft experts for an interactive ask me anything webinar focused on Citrix integration with the Azure Virtual Desktop (formerly Windows Virtual Desktop) platform.…

Having a background in sales, I always knew that the function of a marketer was much more than just coming up with visually appealing content that captures a reader’s attention. In fact, being in a sales role enabled me to …

Today, we’re announcing a new podcast — Tech Fusion by Citrix Ready — that looks at important customer and industry challenges and how our partner community is working with us to respond and to solve them.

Tech Fusion is all …

These days, change is something we’ve all had to work to grow accustomed to. Whether it’s changing your routine, your work location, or your ways of doing things, we’ve all had to adapt to a new normal. Citrix Virtual Apps …

Technology continues to transform the world around us at an ever-increasing pace. We use it to accomplish business outcomes faster and more efficiently than ever before. Work is no longer a place. It’s what we do, from anywhere, at any …

As we discussed previously, almost every activity a business undertakes involves risk. Organizations can only avoid, transfer, minimize, mitigate, or attenuate the risk. Residual risk is what’s left after you’ve managed risk appropriately and applied countermeasures and controls. The security …

August 18 Update: Great news for Citrix Virtual Apps customers. The Citrix Virtual Apps Premium service is now available with concurrent licensing! Talk to your Citrix sales rep today for details on this new offering and how we can help …

This blog post was coauthored by Jason Poole, Principal Product Marketing Manager, Citrix Networking.

Citrix ADC is now listed as a key AWS Networking partner solution for load balancers, and Citrix is now officially an AWS Networking Competency Partner. The …

The beginning of this year has been unprecedented in terms of change and the need for technology to play an even more major role in our lives. The Citrix virtualization team is always working to deliver the best to our …

Once again, as with the previous iterations of IDC Client Computing reports, Citrix is positioned as a Leader in the 2019-2020 IDC MarketScape for Virtual Client Computing. We’re proud of this recognition, as it highlights how we’re transforming the future …

This is a guest blog post by Leeza Malachevsky, Global Event Marketing Manager, ControlUp.

ControlUp was created by a team of Citrix consultants who knew there had to be a better way to universally manage a Citrix environment. With …

The healthcare army never sleeps. It’s 3:00 a.m., and a quiet sentry stands guard behind a glass window. He waits patiently for the passcode and the necessary identification. This time, he unlocks the sliding door for a family member filled …

At Citrix, we embrace the power of partnerships and understand the need to not only enhance our own products but to go a step further. Through the Citrix Ready program, we empower our customers by enabling all the moving …

As the busy travel season kicks off for 2020, I’m reflecting on Citrix Summit 2020. My eighth Summit here at Citrix, it was the busiest and winningest Summit ever!

First, I was honored to play again in the annual …

The last year has seen digital transformation accelerate dramatically. The Citrix Ready Hybrid Multi-Cloud Program has been a big part of transforming workspace delivery, as infrastructure increasingly moves to the cloud. The public cloud has rapidly become ubiquitous, with …

As we roll into 2020, it’s a great opportunity to reflect on the progress of the Citrix Ready Workspace Security Program. Introduced just over a year ago, the program now has more than 400 partners delivering a truly …

This is a guest post by Barry Flanagan, Senior Director of Sales, ControlUp.

At Citrix Summit 2020, Citrix and its partners will come together around a common vision of providing customers the space they need to think, create, …

In part one of this blog series, we focused on scalability and performance improvements with the introduction of offload compositing. In this post, we’ll focus on our new User Personalization Layers — a new, integrated technology that captures user …

Earlier this year I published a blog post about the debate over whether the Long-Term Service Release or the Current Release track was the way to go. In it, I provided eight post-LTSR 7.15 “killer features” that might tempt you …

This is a guest blog post by Mark Wayt, Worldwide Client Platforms Architect at HPE. A version of this post was originally published on the HPE website.

SaaS tools have evolved into disparate systems that don’t interface well. Now,

’Tis the season for holiday markets, snow days, family gatherings, and, one of my favorite things — gifts. I love getting gifts as much as the next person, but I love giving gifts even more. That’s why I am happy …

Citrix Workspace is redefining the employee experience and last week, we announced the general availability of new features including an intelligent feed and personalized workflows designed to simplify work so employees can focus on their core jobs and be their …

Last month, I joined Microsoft Sr. Cloud Solution Architect Jeff Mitchell to present on the capabilities and integrations of Citrix Workspace and Microsoft’s Windows Virtual Desktop. If you were unable to attend, the on-demand recording is available at the …

Citrix has worked with Amazon Web Services (AWS) for nearly a decade, and we constantly see customers unlocking additional value from hybrid-cloud flexibility. Together, our focus is to help our joint customers on their hybrid-cloud journey, and today Citrix is …

One of Citrix’s central tenets is to provide customers with choice in how they deploy and manage their applications. Whether customers want to keep workloads on premises or shift business-critical applications to the cloud, Citrix is here to help. That’s …

Citrix and Google have been working closely together to enable Citrix Machine Creation Services on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Earlier this year, at Citrix Synergy, Google and Citrix had already announced a private preview.

At the Google Cloud …

Citrix is excited to announce five new ways we’re helping customers on their journey to microservices:

• Google Anthos integration extended to on-prem
• A holistic observability stack to tame the observability challenge
• mTLS support for securing Istio service mesh environments
• Improved

Imagine getting something extra every time you engage with a Citrix partner, like the unique expertise, experience, methodologies, tools, and leading practices of Citrix Consulting.

Now you can, with our Partner Services Cooperative Offering. Through this newly …

This blog post was co-authored by Steve Caldwell, Sr. Director of Strategic Alliances at Citrix.

Microsoft Ignite gives you the chance to learn innovative ways to build technology solutions and to migrate and manage your infrastructure. We’ll be there, at …

Access control is fundamental to your organization’s security strategy. It enables you to:

• Dictate which users can access applications and data through policies
• Determine whether they are who they claim to be (authentication)
• Permit the appropriate level of access, including

About 10 years ago, Google pioneered a security model called BeyondCorp to separate application access from network access, with a heavy emphasis on user authentication and device validation. This model replaced their corporate VPN, and the design was based on …

With the release of Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop (formerly Windows Virtual Desktop) and the availability of Day 1 support from Citrix, we’re excited to talk about all of the great work Citrix and Microsoft have done together to bring this …

January 2021 Update: Learn how to achieve more with Citrix and Azure Virtual Desktop.

Citrix Workspace, including Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service, is now available worldwide with support for Azure Virtual Desktop (formerly Windows Virtual Desktop). …

I want to start this post with a big thanks to Juergen Mueller, Jan Schaffner, and the rest of the SAP team for giving me the opportunity earlier this week to introduce Citrix Workspace at SAP TechEd as a co-innovation …

Earlier this morning at SAP TechEd in Las Vegas, Juergen Mueller, Chief Technology Officer at SAP, announced a restricted beta version of SAP Graph, which will help developers to quickly build extensions across the application suite of SAP’s Intelligent …

Citrix ADC enables flexibility and control, helping businesses deploy applications on premises and on public clouds such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP), whether they’re using a traditional, container-based, or microservices architecture. Citrix ADC …

As enterprises move toward a multi-cloud strategy that encompass a mix of public, private, and hybrid clouds, securing these environments is essential. The cloud security market is expected to reach $18 billion by 2022, growth largely driven …

Update: Microsoft’s Azure Virtual Desktop is now available worldwide. Check out our Day 1 Support blog post for details!

As Partner Director for Citrix in Northern Europe, I’ve had a few queries from our partner community about the relationship between …

Cloud services give businesses the ability to quickly scale and deliver a multitude of services via the Internet.  As cloud utilization increases, so does the amount of data stored in the cloud. Consumers of cloud services, regardless of the cloud …

As cyber threats grow increasingly sophisticated and ubiquitous, multi-factor authentication has become a critical element in safeguarding access to Citrix Cloud services. It adds an extra layer of protection on top of standard, on-premises Active Directory — the default …

I’m an ardent fan of DC comics, and just the names of characters bring back memories of when I was younger and thoroughly enjoyed reading comic books. Did you know that many of the most popular comic book characters today …

Speaking of the Big Apple, I’ll be in New York City for the AWS Summit New York on July 11, where Citrix, of course, will be a sponsor.

But we have to answer some questions before we dive right in, …

This blog post was co-authored by Jeff Carlat, Sr. Director of Global Strategic Alliances at Hewlett Packard Enterprise.

As the weather heats up, so are the marquee customer events for the Citrix/HPE alliance. We are just off the …

If you work in a healthcare environment, you know that performance and reliability are table stakes when designing a technical platform to support your organization. That’s why health care IT professionals have relied on Citrix solutions for decades.

Whether it’s …

Is your organization moving to the cloud or taking a hybrid-cloud approach? Or perhaps you’re building out a cloud strategy to address scenarios such as disaster-recovery planning, bursts scenarios, or seasonality. Or are you looking at reducing capex to …