Citrix to Provide Windows Virtualization on iPhone?

Linked by Adam S on Wed 18th Jun 2008 22:50 UTC

Application virtualization veteran Citrix, who last year purchased Xensource, today announced their intention to deliver XenDesktop, based on their thin client technology, for the iPhone. While similar applications exist in the form of VNSea, Citrix is a major player in virtualization and this certainly bodes well for those who want to connect to remote devices via their iPhone. Citrix demo'ed their wifi-only application at the Citrix Application Delivery Conference in Australia this week.

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Virtualization?

by umccullough on Wed 18th Jun 2008 23:00 UTC

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2006-01-26

I guess virtualization is a lot stronger word than I would use for such technology...

In any case, it's definitely misleading.

Edit: Oh, it's worse than I thought: "demonstrate an Apple iPhone running Windows XP" - WTF? these people are cracked if they think Windows is "running" on the iPhone.

Edited 2008-06-18 23:05 UTC

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It's Not Virtualization

by tomcat on Wed 18th Jun 2008 23:42 UTC in reply to "Virtualization?"

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2006-01-06

I guess virtualization is a lot stronger word than I would use for such technology... In any case, it's definitely misleading. Edit: Oh, it's worse than I thought: "demonstrate an Apple iPhone running Windows XP" - WTF? these people are cracked if they think Windows is "running" on the iPhone.

Agree. The title should be changed to say "Citrix to Provide Windows Desktop Remoting on iPhone". Which goes to show you: Tech reporters are teh suck.

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RE: It's Not Virtualization

by Adam S on Thu 19th Jun 2008 00:00 UTC in reply to "It's Not Virtualization"

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2005-04-01

I hope you're not referring to us. Our newsbit reads correctly to me.

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RE[2]: It's Not Virtualization

by robcj on Thu 19th Jun 2008 02:58 UTC in reply to "RE: It's Not Virtualization"

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2007-10-11

Actually, I believe your title is inaccurate. There is no virtualization involved and there is no claim of virtualization in the original article.

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RE[3]: It's Not Virtualization

by NeoX on Thu 19th Jun 2008 04:54 UTC in reply to "RE[2]: It's Not Virtualization"

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2006-02-19

Exactly and Citrix's main technology is not virtualization but rather thin client and Remote Desktop type technology.

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RE[2]: It's Not Virtualization

by l3v1 on Thu 19th Jun 2008 05:09 UTC in reply to "RE: It's Not Virtualization"

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2005-07-06

I hope you're not referring to us. Our newsbit reads correctly to me.

Nevertheless, propagating misleading titles is as much wrong as creating a misleading title. I'd say you should've added a "source claims" or even "misleadingly claims" note at least in the news' description.

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RE[2]: It's Not Virtualization

by umccullough on Thu 19th Jun 2008 17:38 UTC in reply to "RE: It's Not Virtualization"

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2006-01-26

I hope you're not referring to us. Our newsbit reads correctly to me.

While you're subtle/dry method of questioning the reporting by ZDnet was not entirely lost on many of us... I guess not everyone can appreciate it

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RE: It's Not Virtualization

by Soulbender on Thu 19th Jun 2008 05:55 UTC in reply to "It's Not Virtualization"

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2005-08-18

Those who cant do become tech reporters.

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RE: It's Not Virtualization

by mbpark on Thu 19th Jun 2008 19:59 UTC in reply to "It's Not Virtualization"

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2005-11-17

Tomcat,

This shows you what happens when you buy a company and then rebrand your existing products around the name of the company you bought (Xen). We call it complete confusion.

They ported their RDP client, which is good news. Now if they can get it to work with a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse, the iPhone may become quite attractive as a small "road warrior" platform to get access to some of those corporate apps I need on the road.

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Groan...

by jsight on Thu 19th Jun 2008 14:04 UTC

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2005-07-06

What does citrix have to do with virtualization? Did they introduce a virtualization product while I wasn't looking? Send that one back to the editor please...

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RE: Groan...

by lustyd on Thu 19th Jun 2008 20:15 UTC in reply to "Groan..."

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2008-06-19

Yup, you've not been looking for a while then...
Xen Server
Xen Desktop
Xen App

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O_o

by motang on Thu 19th Jun 2008 20:24 UTC

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2008-03-27

Oh the horror please stop it! :'-(

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RDP client for the iPhone

by Different on Fri 20th Jun 2008 07:12 UTC

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2007-07-03

Does anyone know if there's a native RDP client for the iPhone ?

If there is then iPhone can remotely run Windows apps off an XP terminal server such as ThinServer XP

http://www.aikotech.com/thinserver.htm

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