Citrix aims to beat VMware at virtualisation. A year ago it bought XenSource, the company created by the founders of the Xen open-source hypervisor, and switched the Citrix business focus to ...

Citrix is unveiling its bare-metal desktop hypervisor, known as XenClient, with a test version being released for download this week and general availability expected within a few months. Citrix is ...

Citrix’s desktop virtualization customers are still using VMware’s server hypervisor on the back end, but a Citrix executive claims a shift away from VMware is afoot. Citrix is widely acknowledged as ...

Leading virtualization software vendors Citrix Systems and VMware are both running behind in plans to ship so-called bare-metal hypervisors for desktop PCs. Developing all the necessary drivers needed ...

Citrix XenDesktop 5.5 and VMware View 5 vie for the most flexible, scalable, and complete virtual desktop infrastructure More than 20 years ago, the desktop revolution swept across the land, ushering ...

Fists are flying, and the gloves are off. The hypervisor wars being waged among Microsoft, Citrix Systems Inc. and VMware Inc. are now in full swing as each company hopes to claim the hearts and minds ...

VMware has enjoyed a long run as king of x86 server virtualization, and the pioneering vendor remains the one to beat when tallying enterprise market share. But its competitors, particularly Microsoft ...

Though virtualization has become firmly entrenched in the server room, the technology has not had the same impact on the desktop. A joint initiative between Intel and Citrix Systems could change that, ...