Citrix Project Independence

Citrix Project Independence (aka XenClient)

Project Independence is a strategic product initiative with partners like Intel, focused on local virtual desktops. We are working together to deliver on our combined vision for the future of desktop computing.

This new virtualisation solution will extend the benefits of hosted desktop virtualisation to millions of mobile workers with the introduction of a new client-side bare metal hypervisor that runs directly on each end user’s laptop or PC. This together with an innovate backend management solution for creating, delivering, and updating corporate desktop computing environments will transform the way corporate desktops are delivered and managed, giving IT all the security, simplicity and cost savings of centralised management, with an unprecedented level of performance, personalisation and freedom for end users.

Citrix Project Independence

The announcement of Project Independence strengthens Citrix's vision of a local desktop virtualisation solution and is a complementary solution to Citrix's hosted desktop virtualisation solution (XenDesktop). With the recent Intel announcement, Project Independence will be a Type I hypervisor technology and delivers key benefits to mobile/offline users including:

High definition user experience (graphics, video,

audio)with bare-metal performance

Open architecture allowing for open collaboration on the

hypervisor

Dynamic desktop assembly

Secure by design

Service-level assurance.

Lou Shipley - on XenServer 5.5 & XenClient