VMware, Citrix on virtual desktop collision course
VMware is increasingly eyeing Citrix’s virtual desktop turf as it moves beyond being a one-trick data center pony. Citrix, however, is a very formidable foe. The duel for your increasingly skinny, cloud-enabled desktop should be interesting to watch.
In recent months, VMware has been buying up parts to focus on the virtual desktop. VMware bought Socialcast this week to add to its Sliderocket and Zimbra acquisitions. Combine those parts with the Horizon App Manager and it’s clear that VMware has some serious desktop ambitions.
The problem for VMware is that Citrix has been on the desktop as a virtualization play well before it was cool. Now Citrix is leveraging that experience in bringing the Windows environment to thin clients to expand into mobile. Citrix’s Receiver app is a popular vehicle to bringing desktops to any device—phone, tablet, Google Chromebook.
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