Citrix is developing several new products that will work in conjunction with Microsoft services, including a release of the Citrix Receiver client designed for the forthcoming Windows 10 S operating system.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- May 24, 2017
VMware this week announced a partnership with Microsoft that would enable VMware's Horizon Cloud Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS) infrastructure to be delivered on the Azure public cloud.
- By Keith Ward
- May 18, 2017
Delivering on its promise last year to deepen integration with Microsoft technologies, Citrix on Monday took the wraps off XenDesktop Essentials, its new Windows 10 virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) offering for the Microsoft Azure public cloud.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- January 09, 2017
Google has expanded its datacenter service offerings to include Windows Server 2016 instances, the search giant announced Monday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 25, 2016
VMware is enabling support for Microsoft's Skype for Business product in its Horizon 7 virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) solution, the company said this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 20, 2016
More known for its PC, laptop and server products, Lenovo is making inroads in the digital workspace market dominated by Citrix and VMware.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- October 18, 2016
Microsoft is readying a new offer aimed at swaying organizations running VMware to switch to Hyper-V.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 24, 2016
Microsoft and Citrix this week laid out the terms of their partnership, including their plan to combine Microsoft's Azure datacenter solutions with Citrix's virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) offerings.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 24, 2016
Microsoft is in the process of replacing its 2-year-old Azure RemoteApp service for a new solution that it is currently developing with strategic partner Citrix called XenApp "express."
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- August 12, 2016
Microsoft recently took the wraps off its new Azure Virtual Machines (VMs) F-Series, aimed at organizations running "gaming servers, Web servers and batch processing."
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 15, 2016
Microsoft recently put the spotlight on Shielded Virtual Machines (VMs), its datacenter security technology aimed at protecting workloads in public and private datacenters from "malicious administrators."
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 13, 2016
VMware, whose parent company is set to be acquired by Dell as part of the largest deal in IT history, reportedly began laying off employees this week, just ahead of its fourth-quarter earnings announcement.
- By Keith Ward
- January 26, 2016
Citrix, a company in the midst of a significant restructuring effort, signaled a return to its roots during this week's Citrix Summit partner conference in Las Vegas.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- January 13, 2016
As part of a companywide restructuring plan, Citrix Systems Inc. this week announced that it is spinning off its "GoTo" product line and laying off about 1,000 employees.
- By Keith Ward
- November 19, 2015
Microsoft on Thursday released technical preview 4 (TP4) of Windows Server 2016.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- November 19, 2015
Microsoft this week released the latest Windows 10 test build, which includes a preview of a new "nested virtualization" feature.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 14, 2015
In a deal that will reshape the IT landscape, Dell Inc. has agreed to acquire EMC Corp. for $67 billion.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- October 12, 2015
According to the New York Times, Dell is in "advanced talks" to buy EMC, the parent company of VMware.
- By Keith Ward
- October 08, 2015
Microsoft on Wednesday launched a new offering aimed at organizations with Azure virtual machines (VMs) that want to scale up their operations.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 03, 2015
On Tuesday, Citrix announced that Mark Templeton, Citrix's president since 1998 and CEO since 2001, will retire after a successor has been chosen.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- July 28, 2015