Certificate installation has been simplifed with a new wizard and suppot for Citrix’s Universal Print Driver has been included. Currently Citrix VDI-in-a-Box is on release 5.3 which now includes support for HDX connections to Windows 8 desktops, better 3D application support with the new H.264 SuperCodec and reduced bandwidth consumption. As capacity scales, you add more servers with a few caveats. This solution is built on a grid architecture utilizing storage local to the server only. Citrix VDI-in-a-Box, formerly known as Kaviza, is Citrix’s entry level VDI solution. This includes a collection of additional features like VMware Thinapp, VMware vShield Endpoint, and Horizon View Persona Management.Ĭitrix had two VDI options available for sale. VMware has a VDI offering which is named VMware Horizon View now on version 5.2.

“ Desktop virtualization is software technology that separates the desktop environment and associated application software from the physical client device that is used to access it.” Wikipedia has a different way of saying the same thing.

Citrix and VMware are the two largest companies licensing VDI desktop technology. VDI is the generic name for Virtual Desktops, or more specifically Virtual Desktop Infrastructure.Īt a high level, suffice to say that a VDI desktop is a discrete desktop instance running on servers in the data center that an end user can access from anywhere they have access to the servers hosting the virtual desktops. Citrix does, however, have a handful of VDI Workspace offerings. Q: What is the difference between Citrix and VDI?Ī: Citrix historically has been know as an application virtualization vendor, focusing on delivering applications to a multitude of edge devices from PCs to smart phones. The answers to those questions end up here on our blog for others to find that might have the same question. Here at Whitehat Technologies we occasionally get questions related to virtualization and the technologies we work with.

Vmware thinapp vs workspace vs view