Press Release: Unidesk : Citrix Announces Significant Business Updates at Citrix Summit 2017

Acquisition of UniDesk, Roadmap to the Cloud, and Secure Mobility for Partners and Customers Among Highlights Dubai, UAE. - January 10, 2016: Citrix has announced at Citrix Summit 2017 its acquisition of UniDesk, the pioneering force behind developing the Windows application packaging and management technology known as layering. Also highlighted were solutions, tools and support services designed to enable customer progression to the cloud at various stages of the migration process. This comes as demand for an architecture that allows customers to manage workloads on their current infrastructure, while having the ability to migrate to one or more clouds grows considerably. UniDesk is a market leader in application layering, allowing for unique advantages that streamline secure app delivery and VDI deployments. Through incorporating UniDesk technology into XenApp and XenDesktop, Citrix can advance its industry standing by offering a best in-class solution for apps and desktops in the cloud, on-premises and in hybrid deployment environments. As UniDesk technology is already compatible with XenApp and XenDesktop, it will be available to customers who have active Citrix Success Services subscriptions. Citrix introduced new packages to transition from on-premises licenses to Citrix Cloud for existing customers and services that enable Citrix and Microsoft customers to deploy Windows 10 desktops on the Microsoft Azure cloud platform. Also, the provision of service ...