BARCELONA, Spain–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today, at Citrix Synergy™, the conference where cloud computing, networking and virtualization meet, Citrix (NASDAQ:CTXS) announced a new “Citrix HDX™ Ready System-on-Chip (SoC)” initiative, designed to enable an entirely new generation of devices to deliver high-definition virtual apps and desktops at an unprecedented low cost using the company’s market-leading HDX technology. By incorporating Citrix HDX technology directly into silicon, the new program will expand the market for virtual apps and desktops beyond traditional computing devices like PCs, tablets and smartphones. For the first time ever, non-traditional devices like network monitors, phones, smart keyboards, consumer set-top boxes, shop floor equipment, kiosks and hospital workstations-on-wheels will be able to display virtual apps and desktops directly, without the need for an a full PC at the endpoint (see graphic).

Unlike alternative approaches, this is not just a protocol accelerator that gets added to existing devices. It is, in fact, a full computing system – including Citrix HDX technology – delivered as a single chip to device manufacturers. As a result, the program is expected to dramatically reduce the cost of high-definition zero clients, ultimately breaking the sub-$100 price point. The first devices using the new HDX System-on-a-Chip technology are expected to hit the market in early 2012.

Lighting Up an Entirely New Class of Devices

The market for traditional computing devices like PCs, tablets and smartphones is growing rapidly worldwide, fueling an increased demand for solutions like Citrix XenDesktop® and Citrix XenApp® to deliver business apps and desktops as a cloud-like service to any device, in any location. Citrix Receiver™, the company’s universal software client, makes it easy for end users to receive business apps, desktops and data, and is now available on more than one billion different devices – a number that grows ever day.

While the market for traditional computing devices will continue to expand rapidly, the Cloud Era is giving rise to the need for easy access to business apps and data from a far wider range of devices, locations and use cases – in the office, in the home, on the road, and in non-office work environments like factories, hospitals and field services. With the new HDX Ready System-on-Chip initiative, Citrix will enable a new class of device manufactures to tap into the vast array of business apps and data companies use today, increasing employee productivity, while reducing the cost of delivery.

Designed for Flexibility and Extensibility

Citrix worked closely with key partners like Texas Instruments and NComputing to design a highly flexible HDX SoC reference architecture that is based on industry standard, and leverages off-the-shelf components. In addition to powerful, hardware-assisted HDX optimizations, the SoC reference implementations will feature a flexible design that can be updated as Citrix advances its HDX technology, and as hardware vendors update their products. It is currently designed for ARM-based chipsets, and will be expanding in the future to support x86 based systems. (See partner support below)

Steve Lalla, Vice President and General Manager, Mobility Products and Solutions, Dell

“At Dell, we are committed to helping organizations simplify and accelerate desktop virtualization deployments so that workers can access their desktop data and applications anytime, from anywhere. We expect the Citrix HDX Ready SoC initiative to offer organizations of all sizes with a rich, high-definition virtual desktop and application delivery experience and provide customers with a superior desktop virtualization experience.”

Joe Makoid, President, Devon IT

“The SoC architecture has the best MIPS to dollars ratio in the industry and all the necessary computing capability coupled with a very attractive price point. With Citrix direction, the SoC’s performance as an HDX ready device makes it a perfect fit for today’s thin client computing needs and, just as importantly, it is inexpensive and low in power consumption. Devon IT strongly supports the Citrix HDX Ready SoC initiative and we look forward to bringing to market exciting new thin client devices based on the HDX Ready SoC architecture.”

Dieter Heiss, Head of Workplace Systems at Fujitsu Technology Solutions Fujitsu

“Citrix is a preferred Fujitsu partner, providing desktop virtualization solutions for our highly-successful and very popular FUTRO thin client line. We welcome the introduction of the HDX Ready System-on-Chip technology, since this helps make it possible for Fujitsu to build and deliver new FUTRO systems even more efficient, and will further accelerate and broaden the adoption of thin client technology.”

Jeff Groudan, Director of Marketing for HP’s thin client group

“As the established market leader in thin clients, HP welcomes Citrix’s innovative HDX Ready System-on-Chip approach, which will help IT managers easily identify devices that work best with XenDesktop and XenApp. Citrix’s initiative is perfectly in line with HP’s strategy to deliver innovative, powerful, and easily managed thin computing solutions at attractive prices.”

Xiaohai Yuan, Vice President, Cloud Platform IT product line, HUAWEI

HUAWEI is excited to be part of Citrix HDX Ready System-on-Chip announcement. HUAWEI supports the concept of high performance, low cost HDX devices to drive the virtual desktop market. We are looking forward to working with Citrix on this initiative to provide our joint customers innovative new high definition experience devices.

Mr. Si-hwan Park, Vice President of LG Electronics Monitor Business

“Citrix HDX Ready System-on-Chips significantly raise the bar for client virtualization innovation. Incorporating the Citrix technology in LG monitors is a clear example of how we’re delivering better value to our customers who will benefit from this collaboration in the form of higher-performance and better cost-effectiveness in the virtual desktop space.”

Raj Dhingra, CEO, NComputing

“We applaud Citrix and embrace this initiative. The enterprise will too. Combining the power of Citrix HDX with NComputing Numo™ SoC virtual desktop technology will solve the cost and complexity issues of traditional thin clients, as well as provide the blueprint for future virtual desktop devices and form factors. Historic barriers to deploying VDI in the enterprise will be removed; at the same time paving the way for entirely new and more powerful VDI architectures and environments – to deliver a rich user experience, at radically lower costs of acquisition.”

Gerard Andrews, Product Manager for Thin Clients, Texas Instruments

“Cloud-based desktops and applications should be accessible by users where they want them and when they need them. TI is excited to help Citrix deliver on this vision by tightly integrating HDX technology with our high-performance SoCs. As a result of the initiative and collaboration, we expect to see innovative client products that will deliver uncompromised HDX experience.”

Frank Noon, Vice President of Sales at VXL

“VXL is delighted with this new initiative from Citrix. Having been involved in the Citrix Ready program since its inception, we and our customers appreciate real benefits from this association. We are committed to the SoC strategy and anticipate bringing a low-cost HDX Ready SoC device to market in the first quarter 2012.”

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Sumit Dhawan, Group Vice President & General Manager, Receiver and Gateways Group

“Citrix continues to expand the power of virtual computing, enabling people to work and play from anywhere. The new HDX Ready System-on-Chip initiative is core to expanding ways for end users to access and use virtual apps and desktops with the highest levels of user experience on a whole new range of devices. By enabling our partners to deliver very low-cost endpoints from thin clients to network displays and tablets, we will continue to drive down the cost of virtual desktops to be the same or less than physical desktops. Users benefit from anytime access to their desktops and applications with a high-definition user experience.”

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Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTXS) is a leading provider of virtual computing solutions that help people work and play from anywhere on any device. More than 250,000 enterprises rely on Citrix to create better ways for people, IT and business to work through virtual meetings, desktops and datacenters. Citrix virtualization, networking and cloud solutions deliver over 100 million corporate desktops and touch approximately 75 percent of Internet users each day. Citrix partners with over 10,000 companies in 100 countries. Annual revenue in 2010 was $1.87 billion. Learn more at www.citrix.com.

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Leading Thin Client Solutions make Virtual Desktops an Attractive Approach for Companies and Organizations of All Sizes

King of Prussia, PA, October 25, 2011 – Devon IT, a leading provider of thin client and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) hardware and software solutions, announced today it is showcasing its thin client  and VDI solutions at the upcoming Citrix Synergy 2011 in Barcelona, Spain, October 26 – 28.  Devon IT will be in Booth # 509.

Devon IT will offer user demos of its Citrix HDX Ready™ thin clients, and its VDI Blaster™ software that repurposes PCs as thin clients.  Devon IT will also showcase the Dell OptiPlex FX130 and FX170 thin clients.

The new OptiPlex thin client solutions offer mobile, contract, remote and task workers connectivity within a desktop virtualization infrastructure. The FX170 is designed for knowledge-based workers focused on multimedia and content creation, while the FX130 is ideal for application and task-based environments.  The solutions provide the following features:

• Productivity and Connectivity designed for quick and easy deployment and management with optional support for dual monitors;
• Business Class Control by allowing IT to centrally manage data and images in the data center;
• Reliable and flexible fan-less systems and with no moving parts are designed for a long life of service and as the smallest OptiPlex systems at less than 1.5 inches wide and weighing less than 1.5 pounds, are designed to fit in a variety of environments; and,
• Dell ProSupport comes standard for simple, quick hardware replacement.

Dell offers a comprehensive set of software solutions to improve the manageability and control of the new OptiPlex thin clients. These solutions, including Devon IT Echo™ Management Console Dell Edition and Devon IT DeTOS Dell Edition, provide support for Microsoft Windows Embedded and DeTOS thin clients and allow access to Citrix XenApp or XenDesktop, Microsoft Remote Desktop Services, VMware View™ and web-based applications. Additionally, Devon IT VDI Blaster Dell Edition supports a wide array PCs while maximizing life and extending capital investments by allowing quick conversion to a thin client system.

“Citrix continues to evolve its leading remote desktop solutions to meet the growing needs of virtualization and cloud computing users,” says Joe Makoid, President, Devon IT. “For years we have worked with Citrix and aligned our products with their application delivery solutions to provide the best desktop experiences to users. We are proud to let users test our newest Citrix Ready desktop technologies at Synergy.”

HDX technology in Citrix XenDesktop™ delivers a high-definition user experience of virtual desktops and applications. The Citrix HDX Ready designation is reserved for thin client devices like the TC5X, built with the powerful Intel® Atom™ n270 1.6GHz dual threaded processor, that have been verified to work with HDX technology in both XenDesktop and Citrix XenApp™.

For more information about virtual desktop hardware and software solutions orderable through Dell, or to schedule a private demonstration, email info@devonit.com or call 610-757-4220 or 888-524-9382.

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Devon IT, Inc., a leading thin client hardware and software provider, announced today at Citrix Synergy 2010, www.citrixsynergy.com, the availability of two Citrix HDX Ready thin client solutions, the Intel Atom based TC5D and the SafeBook E5400X based on the Dell platform. More information can be found here: http://www.citrix.com/ready/list/products?partnerKey=devon-it-inc

HDX™ technology, Citrix XenDesktop® delivers a superior user experience for virtual desktops. The HDX Ready designation is reserved for thin client solutions like the TC5D and E5400X that have been verified to work with all of the HDX technology in XenDesktop and Citrix XenApp™.

“Devon IT continues to advance the capabilities of virtual desktop computing with their thin client hardware and software,” said John Fanelli, vice president , community and solutions marketing at Citrix. “Coupled with HDX technology these Devon IT thin client solutions provides an excellent experience for demanding users who require multi-monitor support, high-definition video and use high throughput devices such as VOIP headsets. Devon IT’s technologies complement and extend HDX capabilities to deliver a high-definition user experience and expand the ability of companies and organizations to offer virtual desktops to a wide variety of users.”

“Citrix HDX technology delivers an outstanding user experience playing a vital role in the adoption of alternatives to PC computing models,” says Stephane Verdy, Devon IT’s CTO. “HDX capabilities allow seamless multimedia, plug-and-play access to USB and other peripherals, high performance graphics, VOIP, and other key media imperative for business functionality. We are proud that our technology has grown with Citrix and that Devon IT thin client solutions such as the TC5 can advance side-by-side with XenDesktop to enhance the experience for thin client users.”

The TC5 was the first thin client generally available with the powerful Intel® Atom™ n270 1.6GHz dual threaded processor capable of dual DVI displays with a minimum desktop footprint. The SafeBook® E5400X – based on the Dell E5400 platform, is Devon IT’s third generation of SafeBook mobile thin client model and is orderable through Dell. All Devon IT thin client solutions can be managed by Devon IT Echo management software.

Devon IT engineers are available for technical demonstrations of all Citrix and HDX ready thin client solutions at the Citrix Synergy 2010 conference in San Francisco, May 12-14, 2010 in booth number 430. More information about the company’s hardware and software solutions are available at www.devonit.com.

HDX technology in Citrix XenDesktop™ delivers a high-definition user experience of virtual desktops and applications. The Citrix HDX Ready designation is reserved for thin client devices like the TC5X that have been verified to work with HDX technology in both XenDesktop and Citrix XenApp™.

“Devon IT continues to advance the capabilities of virtual desktop computing with the TC5X thin client,” said John Fanelli, vice president, community and solutions marketing at Citrix.  “Coupled with HDX technology in XenDesktop, the TC5X provides an excellent experience for demanding users who require multi-monitor support, high-definition video and use high throughput devices such as VOIP headsets.  Working together XenDesktop and the Citrix HDX Ready TC5X deliver a high-definition user experience and expand the ability of companies and organizations to offer virtual desktops to a wide variety of users.”

“HDX technology in XenDesktop is again delivering optimal  user experience for virtual desktops, and this time playing a vital role in the adoption of alternatives to PC computing models,” says Stephane Verdy, Devon IT’s CTO. “HDX allows seamless multimedia, plug-and-play access to USB and other peripherals, high-performance graphics, VOIP, and other key media imperative for business functionality. We are proud that our technology has grown with Citrix and that the TC5X can advance side-by-side with XenDesktop to enhance the experience for thin client users.”

The TC5 was the first thin client generally available with the powerful Intel® Atom™ n270 1.6GHz dual threaded processor capable of dual-DVI displays with a minimum desktop footprint. The TC5X is Energy Star Certified, with very low power consumption, and is now available with the updated Windows Embedded Standard 2009 OS with support for XenApp and XenDesktop.

Devon IT engineers are available for technical demonstrations of VDI Blasters and informational webinars for the media, and are available to comment on all topics relating to thin clients, alternative desktop solutions, desktop and server virtualization, and cloud computing. More information about the company’s hardware and software solutions are available at www.devonit.com.  

 Citrix, a Devon IT business partner, hosted its XenDesktop Challenge on CitrixTV (http://www.citrix.com/tv/). Thin client vendors submitted videos depicting their thin clients running XenDesktop in various capacities. The winners were decided by Citrix executives Doug Brown, Sumit Dhawan, and Chris Fleck, plus the community votes of ratings and view count. Devon IT submitted two videos, winning in three out of the eight categories.

“Our powerful, Citrix Ready TC5 thin client has proven to be a leading solution for customers worldwide, and combined with XenDesktop users benefit from outstanding performance,” says Joe Makoid, President, Devon IT. “We are ecstatic to offer the TC5 with XenDesktop, and proud that Citrix executives and IT customers recognized this solution’s synergy and voted in the video challenge.” 

Devon IT’s winning videos can be seen on Thin Client TV (http://www.devonit.com/thin-client-tv). The “Benefits of XenDesktop and the TC5 Thin Client” video won for Best Overall Video (User Community Vote) and Best Video (Expert Panel Vote), and the “Coolness of Provisioning Server” video won for Best Support of a Locally Streamed Desktop.

For more information about Devon IT, thin client computing, or virtualization, or to arrange for a demonstration, email info@devonit.com or call 610-757-4220 or 888-524-9382. Information is also available at www.devonit.com.