Citrix today announced it has acquired Framehawk. The Framehawk
solution, which optimizes the delivery of virtual desktops and
applications to mobile devices, will be combined with HDX technology in
the Citrix XenApp® and XenDesktop® products to deliver an unparalleled
user experience under adverse network conditions. Framehawk’s leadership
and engineering teams will be integrated into the Enterprise and Service
Provider division of Citrix.
Delivering a Powerful Experience Over Unreliable Networks
With the increase of mobile users adopting tablets and smartphones, it
is critical to ensure a rich virtual application and desktop user
experience on Wi-Fi and cellular networks where quality may be
intermittent or poor due to congestion, high packet loss and high
latency. These mobile workers need anywhere, anytime access to their
business resources with a user experience that is equal to what they
have in the office. The market-leading Citrix HDX technologies in XenApp
and XenDesktop combine to deliver a high definition experience to users
of any application, on any device and over any network. The integration
of the Framehawk solution with HDX technology will further extend the
Citrix leadership position in application and desktop virtualization
user experience. Where other solutions cause end-user frustration and
low adoption, HDX technologies continue to improve the experience for
mobile workers, even when they are on less than ideal networks. No other
app and desktop virtualization solution has the ability to address the
wide range of challenging network scenarios that are common in today’s
mobile workplace.
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Sudhakar Ramakrishna, Senior Vice President and General Manager,
Enterprise and Service Provider division at Citrix
“With enterprises increasingly enabling mobility for their employees,
the ability to deliver apps and desktops with the best user experience
to any of the billions of devices on the market is of paramount
importance. As a company, we are focused on delivering the best user
experience on any device, over any network. The addition of Framehawk’s
technology to the HDX portfolio enables Citrix to continue to lead the
industry in delivering a powerful virtual desktop and application
experience.”
Peter Badger, CEO and Co-founder, Framehawk
“We find tremendous synergies in combining our technology with Citrix,
the recognized leader in desktop and application virtualization.
Enabling businesses to embrace and deliver Windows apps and desktops for
all of its employees, regardless of their work location, is a key
success metric for both of our companies, and our customers alike.”
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technologies to deliver high-performance, elastic and cost-effective
cloud services. With market-leading cloud solutions for mobility,
desktop virtualization, networking, cloud platforms, collaboration and
data sharing, Citrix helps organizations of all sizes achieve the speed
and agility necessary to succeed in a mobile and dynamic world. Citrix
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