Virtualization Magazine

Wyse Technology announced the consistent day one support of Citrix XenDesktop 4 and certification as part of the Citrix Ready Open Desktop Virtualization program.

Wyse's entire Windows Embedded and Wyse ThinOS thin computing portfolio is certified under the Citrix Ready Open Desktop Virtualization program. Wyse anticipates certification for Linux and Windows CE thin computing devices soon.

Wyse will also soar ahead in Citrix's virtualization program with future certification in its Management, Provisioning, Performance and Virtualization software solutions, including Wyse Virtual Desktop Accelerator (VDA), Wyse TCX Suite, Wyse Device Manager and Wyse WSM.

Citrix's new, aggressive program enables businesses to easily identify the best virtualization solutions for use with XenDesktop and their IT environment. The open architecture of XenDesktop 4 gives customers the confidence to make the switch to virtualization and their program includes Data Center, Client Devices and Client and System Management categories. Wyse client virtualization solutions fall under the latter two.

The combination of Citrix XenDesktop 4 and HDX technology, and the extreme performance of Wyse client virtualization hardware and software, provides the ideal virtualization solution.

"Citrix continues to work closely with Wyse to ensure that customers are able to realize the power of Citrix XenDesktop when used in combination with Wyse thin computing products. Many customers already use our products together to simplify their desktop management and lower desktop management costs," said Sumit Dhawan, vice president of product marketing, XenDesktop product group at Citrix Systems. "Wyse's commitment and participation in the Citrix Ready Open Desktop Virtualization program will make it extremely simple for customers to pick the joint solution without any guesswork or risk."

"We're pleased and grateful that as enterprises look at ways to optimize the desktop with virtualization technologies, they can now look to Citrix's Ready Open Desktop Virtualization program and choose Citrix and Wyse virtualization solutions," said Ricardo Antuna, Senior Vice President of Product Management, Business Development and Alliances at Wyse. "Desktop and application virtualization technologies from Wyse and Citrix are stepping up to deliver on the promises of virtualization."