Citrix Creates Killer App to Support HP WebOS Tablet, Outlines 2011 Expectations
Citrix’s cloud services and products will back up webOS devices. Just in time for the HP launch of its new line of products that hope to do well against the iPad and other tablets in the market, Citrix will be the backbone supporting its webOS. The Citrix Receiver comes into picture, supporting the HP TouchPad tablet utilization at work.
Around 500,000 corporate apps are committed by the company to deliver to HP Pre 3 and TouchPad Tablet. As long as these apps are hosted on XenDesktop or XenApp, they can be carried to any TouchPad tablet equipped with Citrix Receiver. It is currently in progress and will be available when shipping these new gadgets.
Benjamin Baer’s report on how Citrix gears up for the production of webOS devices enterprise for the HP launch also noted the benefits that developers will draw out of this app: “With the introduction of webOS into the tablet fray the battle for developer mindshare will only get that much more difficult. As an ISV which mobile platforms will you prioritize? iOS, Android, Blackberry, Symbian, webOS; so many to choose from? The benefit of the Citrix Receiver architecture is that Enterprise IT doesn’t need to make that decision. Deploy your Windows applications and let Citrix worry about the client!”
And for the first time in Citrix’s corporate history, it will allow employees to access their enterprise apps using any device in line of productivity. This is one of the changes that the organization is implementing as they lay out their 2011 plans, upgrades and revisions for the cloud. They are striving for immense growth this year, and this goal prompted them to fund GlassHouse Technologies, a story that was detailed by Maria Deustcher of SiliconAngle.
This development comes at the perfect time for Citrix, following the news of its involvement in the upcoming IPV6 switch– a web upgrade that’s been triggered by the explosion of today’s internet world. Three quarters of websites accessed by end-users could collapse, should Citrix fail to deliver. This challenge pressed them to look to the cloud, the hybrid cloud for that matter, as a solution to this issue.
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