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Citrix promotes Virtual Desktop :Wyse 'Zero Client'
By siliconindia
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Monday, 17 May 2010, 20:43 IST
Bangalore: Wyse and Citrix team up to provide a low profile, low cost alternative for virtual desktop.
Wyse Technology has participated in an innovator's market: the zero-footprint client for virtualized desktops.
A zero client is a small piece of hardware to which peripherals and a display may be attached. But it doles out everything in a traditional operating system which is not needed to display virtualized applications.
Pano Logic and other startups have produced little boxes that host an application's pixel display, with a minimalist CPU. Now Wyse, the thin client maker, has entered the field with Xenith.
Citrix Systems CEO Mark Templeton used the small Xenith device to demonstrate Citrix'. "When it comes to delivering virtual desktops to office workers, the combination of Citrix XenDesktop and the new Wyse Xenith zero client delivers a level of performance that we believe is going to blow a lot of people away," he said in a keynote address.
Xenith does not require operating system or configuration to install. It runs the Wyse Zero engine, a stripped down software package capable of responding to peripherals, such as a mouse and keyboard, and utilizing the Citrix ICP protocol with HDX or high definition experience, Citrix' support for multi-media and full motion video delivery over the network to virtualized clients.
The Xenith is supplied with a 1 Gigahertz Via Eden CPU and has a 1 Gigabit Ethernet switch with which to connect to the network. McNaught said Wyse configures the "zero client" to last eight years without replacement and without compromising the user experience, which includes visually intensive charts and graphs and downloaded video.
