Desktop virtualisation giant, Citrix Systems has agreed to acquire its long-time partner and application migration and management firm, App-DNA.
This emerged at the Citrix Synergy Conference, in Barcelona, when the company's president and CEO, Mark Templeton, was delivering his keynote address with close to 4 000 delegates in attendance.
Highlighting the company strategy, Templeton also revealed that Citrix has entered a multi-year strategic partnership with networking giant, Cisco. He noted the renewed alliance is aimed at boosting innovations from desktops to cloud computing.
According to Citrix, the App-DNA acquisition is subject to customary closing conditions, and is expected to close in the fourth quarter. Announcing the acquisition, Templeton noted that App-DNA will enable Citrix to specialise in the migration of Windows and browser apps to new platforms.
App-DNA technology adds a significant component to the Citrix Desktop Transformation strategy, aimed at helping customers to speed deployments of desktop virtualisation, enterprise-wide, the company adds.
The App-DNA AppTitude product, it explains, enables organisations to quickly and intelligently assess their application portfolio and migration plans. As part of the Citrix Desktop Transformation Model, this will give customers important information that will help them plan and more rapidly implement a strategy to deliver desktops and applications as a service to all users in the enterprise.
“Customers want to move to virtual desktops faster, but often don't know how to evolve their application portfolio. App-DNA provides customers a clear roadmap and the ability to automate the migration of their applications to new virtual environments,” says Bob Schultz, group VP and GM, enterprise desktops and applications at Citrix.
“As part of a complete desktop transformation strategy with a proven methodology for deploying virtual desktops across all users, Citrix and App-DNA together help customers more quickly realise the business benefits and operating efficiencies of creating a virtual computing environment,” he adds.
In his keynote address, Templeton also noted that as the industry moves from the PC era to the cloud era, virtual desktops are growing rapidly in popularity.
“The consumerisation of IT, the proliferation of new and unique consumer devices, and user demands for mobility are driving a need to deliver applications to users anywhere, on any device,” he concluded.
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