With the free Citrix Receiver application, one could run any Windows application, on any device, like the One Laptop per Child
The promise of running any software, on any device is not as far away as one would think.
Today, at Citrix’ Synergy conference, CEO Mark Templeton showed an iPhone and a One Laptop per child device running a full Windows 7 desktop.
To make this possible, the Fort Lauderdale, Fla.- company developed a piece of software, the Citrix Receiver, that displays a Windows desktop (XP, Vista or 7) stored on remote servers, in a datacentre for example.
The Citrix Receiver is available today free for a PC (Windows or Mac), the iPhone and soon for Blackberry and Android phones.
Although, it looks remarkable, this remote desktop feature is nothing new for Citrix and VMware customers.
“We could do that with VMware View since 2007,” responds Jerry Chen, senior director of desktop virtualization at VMware.
But it was a good opportunity for Templeton to show off the new “universal client” that includes all the company’s protocols (ICA, password…).
“We want to make things simple and what better way to show it then on a very simple machine like the OLPC,” said the Citrix CEO.
