It’s time to upgrade your hypervisor to XenServer 8! With 2025 officially underway, there is an important date to be aware of: Citrix Hypervisor 8.2 Cumulative Update 1 (CU1) will reach End of Life on June 25, 2025. This is a great opportunity to upgrade your hypervisor to XenServer … The post It’s time to upgrade your hypervisor to XenServer 8! first appeared on Citrix Blogs.

Enhance your security with Citrix: Updated STIG guidance for highly secure environments In our ongoing commitment to enhancing security and compliance throughout the Citrix platform, we are excited to announce the release of updated guidance for implementing Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs) in Citrix environments. This new guidance aims to provide a … The post <a href="https://www.citrix.com/blogs/2025/02/26/enhance-your-security-with-citrix-updated-stig-guidance-for-highly-secure-environments/">Enhance your security with Citrix: Updated STIG guidance for highly...

Apple M4 chip delivers another significant performance boost to Citrix VDA for macOS! This blog was co-authored by Todd Terbeek, Senior Principal Product Manager at Citrix. Citrix VDA for macOS (macOS VDA) is Citrix’s premier solution for enterprise macOS desktop remote access. From the outset, it was designed specifically for Apple … The post <a href="https://www.citrix.com/blogs/2025/02/27/apple-m4-chip-delivers-another-significant-performance-boost-to-citrix-vda-for-macos/">Apple M4 chip...

Welcoming Google Chrome Enterprise Premium into the Citrix platform Citrix UNITE, our annual sales kickoff event, is taking place this week in the historic city of New Orleans, LA, and coming out of the event we are excited to be making our own history with our good friends at … The post Welcoming Google Chrome Enterprise Premium into the Citrix platform first appeared on Citrix Blogs.

Citrix and NVIDIA partner to deliver AI Virtual Workstations As we head into the second half of our week at Citrix UNITE, our annual sales kickoff event happening in New Orleans, LA, the good times keep rolling and so do the exciting announcements. Following yesterday’s news, today we … The post <a...

Citrix’s approach to Secure by Design Citrix has established itself as a leader in enabling secure, hybrid work environments through its industry-leading virtualization, secure private access, and application delivery products. For decades, we’ve empowered organizations to achieve operational flexibility while maintaining robust security standards. Our recent … The post Citrix’s approach to Secure by Design first appeared on <a...

Why I joined Citrix and what I’m excited about The moment it became real for me was two weeks ago in New Orleans, when Citrix CTO Shawn Bass welcomed me on stage at our UNITE conference. I hadn’t even said a word yet—I just stood there, grinning in front … The post Why I joined Citrix and what I’m excited about first appeared on Citrix Blogs.

Citrix and Unicon: Control the endpoint, control the experience It’s been 90 days since Unicon became part of the Citrix family—and what a transformative journey it’s been. As we reflect on this pivotal period, reaching a high point in the recent UNITE sales kickoff event in New Orleans, … The post <a...

Making sense of AI in the workplace: A starting point for leaders In my first blog post last week, I talked about why I joined Citrix and what I’m excited about—especially around how AI is reshaping the workplace. This week, I’m setting the stage for the months ahead. AI is here, it’s … The post <a href="https://www.citrix.com/blogs/2025/04/14/making-sense-of-ai-in-the-workplace-a-starting-point-for-leaders/">Making sense of AI...

What does “AI” mean at Citrix? In my two months at Citrix, I’ve had hundreds of conversations with customers, partners, and colleagues. Many of those were about AI’s impact on the workplace, which almost always led to the question, “What is Citrix’s AI strategy?” This is … The post <a...

What’s new with Citrix: Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 2503 is now generally available A new Citrix release means getting even more value out of your Citrix environment. We’re continuing to prioritize the importance of hybrid work, innovating not only for cloud environments but on-premises as well. Our latest release for Citrix Virtual Apps … The post <a href="https://www.citrix.com/blogs/2025/04/22/whats-new-with-citrix-citrix-virtual-apps-and-desktops-2503-is-now-generally-available/">What’s new with...

What’s new with Citrix: Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops 2503 is now generally available A new Citrix release means getting even more value out of your Citrix environment. We’re continuing to prioritize the importance of hybrid work, innovating not only for cloud environments but on-premises as well. Our latest release for Citrix Virtual Apps … The post <a href="https://www.citrix.com/blogs/2025/04/29/whats-new-with-citrix-citrix-virtual-apps-and-desktops-2503-is-now-generally-available/">What’s new with...

The desktop has dissolved. Now where does work live in 2025? For decades, the desktop was the center of work. A worker sat down at a physical machine—typically running Windows—and everything they needed was right there: apps, files, security, and access. Their work lived in a single, managed workspace, tightly coupled … The post The desktop has dissolved. Now where does work live in 2025? first appeared on <a...

Rising costs. Aging hardware. One smart solution. If you’re feeling the financial pinch of this year’s rising IT hardware costs—you’re not alone. But there’s a smarter way forward, and Citrix has your back. In 2025, new U.S. tariffs have pushed IT hardware prices into uncharted territory. With … The post Rising costs. Aging hardware. One smart solution. first appeared on Citrix Blogs.

Tap in, take off: eLux + Imprivata coming soon for healthcare and beyond Let’s be honest: no one has time for clunky logins – especially not clinicians. In high-pressure environments like hospitals, saving even a few seconds or a few clicks can make all the difference. That’s why Imprivata and Citrix are teaming … The post Tap in, take off: eLux + Imprivata coming soon for healthcare and beyond first appeared on <a href="https://www.citrix.com/blogs">Citrix...

Citrix and Nutanix team up to simplify virtual desktop management The Citrix of today goes far beyond traditional virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), providing our customers with an end-to-end enterprise solution which supports the ever evolving business needs of the modern era. But while the Citrix platform is so much more … The post Citrix and Nutanix team up to simplify virtual desktop management first appeared on <a...

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Your CEO just sent a company-wide “AI-First” memo. Now what? It’s looking like summer 2025 is going to be the season of the “AI-First” CEO memo. You’ve probably seen them discussed online or talked about them with colleagues. If not, here are some highlights of recent memos CEOs of several … The post Your CEO just sent a company-wide “AI-First” memo. Now what? first appeared on Citrix Blogs.

What if your CEO never sends the AI-first memo? What if the only thing scarier than your CEO sending out the “we’re now an AI-first company” memo is if they don’t? In recent weeks, we’ve seen a wave of top-down declarations from CEOs saying they’re pivoting to become “AI-first.”… The post <a href="https://www.citrix.com/blogs/2025/05/28/what-if-your-ceo-never-sends-the-ai-first-memo/">What if your...

What’s New and Next with Citrix: Q&amp;A from our May 2025 webinar The beginning of the year has been full of exciting announcements here at Citrix. From high-impact acquisitions to expanded integrations and platform enhancements, we’re continuing to add value for our customers at a faster rate than ever before. In our … The post What’s New and Next with Citrix: Q&A from our May 2025 webinar first appeared on <a...

Forget the model wars. The real AI race is in the workplace. The internet is buzzing about Mary Meeker’s just-published 340-page report, Trends—Artificial Intelligence (PDF). If you’re not familiar with Meeker’s work, you should be. She’s VC royalty, having led the IPOs of Netscape and Google. Her annual Internet Trends Report… The post <a...

Secure your business with Citrix and Google Chrome Enterprise Premium In today’s hybrid work environment, your team needs flexible, secure access to the applications that keep your business running. Earlier this year, we announced a deepened partnership with Google to help your business achieve that goal. And now we are … The post <a...

The 7-stage roadmap for human-AI collaboration in the workplace I spend the majority of my time at Citrix exploring, discussing, and planning for AI’s impact on knowledge work. But lately I’ve noticed there’s no shared understanding of what this means, which makes conversations around this type of AI evolution … The post The 7-stage roadmap for human-AI collaboration in the workplace first appeared on <a...

To understand AI’s future impact, check out this playbook from 150 years ago Yes, AI will transform the workplace. But if you’re only looking at its current capabilities and how it’s used today, it’s easy to feel skeptical, as the impact of today’s AI can feel incremental at best and underwhelming at worst. … The post To understand AI’s future impact, check out this playbook from 150 years ago first appeared on <a...

XenServer: Powering your present, readying your future, and now available for all workloads The hypervisor market is in a state of unprecedented flux. For years, organizations have navigated a complex landscape of virtualization technologies, often balancing performance, features, and crucially, cost. But recent shifts, particularly the aggressive licensing changes from major players, have …

Modern applications need modern networking — Here’s what that means for your business Modernization is no longer optional. Businesses everywhere are re-architecting applications into microservices, shifting to cloud-native platforms, and building systems that can scale fast, change frequently, and run anywhere. This evolution has brought huge gains in agility—but it’s also introduced a …

Why AI agents will use the same desktops and apps as human workers The most transformational use of AI in the enterprise won’t come from copilots or new AI-powered tools. It will come from AI agents doing actual work—logging in, reading the screen, sending keystrokes and mouse movements—using the same desktops, apps, and …

Now available: Citrix DaaS for Amazon WorkSpaces Core 2.0 We have settled into a time where modern work is rapidly evolving, and the era of predictable working models is behind us. Now, we are faced with constant change; what was true six months ago may not be true next …

What happens when AI agents score 100% in computing using benchmarks? All the major AI labs are developing AI software agents that can operate a computer just like a person, visually parsing pixels, moving the mouse, and pressing keys. These are Computing User Agents (CUAs), and I wrote in-depth about them …

Leading the quantum-ready transition: How NetScaler helps prevent a silent data breach decades in the making The quantum threat is no longer theoretical. Today, every sensitive piece of data you create, transmit, and store is encrypted. The algorithms that have underpinned modern encryption standards have generally been viewed as robust and “unbreakable”—but that foundation is about …