CITRIX Project Independence

The face of desktop computing will change fundamentally over the next few years. Enterprises have long struggled to meet user demands for flexible computing while controlling costs, improving security and simplifying manageability. Achieving these goals requires the right technology as well as a shift in how IT and the user views desktop computing.

Project Independence is a strategic product initiative with partners like Intel, focused on local virtual desktops. We are working together to deliver on our combined vision for the future of desktop computing. Here are our predictions for how desktop computing will change:

• Prediction #1 – Your company will no longer own your laptop (go ahead, buy that cool new computer)
• Prediction #2 – Your company will spend more on coffee and office supplies than it does on desktop management
• Prediction #3 – You will access your corporate desktop from whatever device is most convenient at the time (just like you do with email today)
• Prediction #4 – You will switch back and forth between work and personal desktops on the same device, without thinking twice
• Prediction #5 – You will never complain about your PC being too slow again

Watch Sumit Dhawan, Vice President, Product Marketing introduce these five predictions and how they will impact the future of desktop computing.

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“We are seeing a fundamental shift happening in desktop computing. Issues such as the rising costs of desktop management, the increasing computing savvy of enterprise users are forcing IT organizations to consider a new service model for the desktop. The BYOC model goes a long way to solving these issues for the enterprise. What organizations need are the virtualization technologies to make this shift happen. With its core competency in application and desktop delivery, Citrix is in an ideal position to enable this transformation.”

Andi Mann  |  Research Director, Enterprise Management Associates
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The announcement of Project Independence strengthens Citrix’s vision for local desktop virtualization and is a complementary solution to Citrix’s hosted desktop virtualization solution (XenDesktop).  With the recent Intel announcement, Project Independence will be a Type I hypervisor technology and delivers key benefits to mobile/offline users including:

• High definition user experience (graphics, video, audio)with bare-metal performance
• Open architecture allowing for open collaboration on the hypervisor
• Dynamic desktop assembly
• Secure by design
• Service-level assurance

Visit the Project Independence page within the Citrix Community to view demos of the technology and join the discussion.