Citrix XenApp 5 Expands Application Virtualisation Adoption

Citrix Systems has announced XenApp 5, an application virtualisation solution. The XenApp 5, when used alone or in conjunction with Citrix XenDesktop for customers to centralize applications in the data centre and deliver them as an on-demand service to both physical or virtual desktops for either online or offline usage. The XenApp 5 delivers applications to both physical and virtual desktops and is a key component of the Citrix desktop delivery solution, XenDesktop. Using the XenApp to deliver applications into virtual desktops has been provided to cut down server infrastructure, further improving data centre efficiency and green computing initiatives. The XenApp 5, which runs on the Microsoft Windows Server platform, leverages all the enhancements in Windows Server 2008 and supports Windows Server 2003. This enables existing Windows Server 2003 customers to immediately deploy Windows Server 2008 into their existing XenApp environments in any mix.