Citrix Plans ‘bare Metal’ Desktop Hypervisor
Citrix Systems is working with Intel to deliver a "bare metal" hypervisor for client PCs, which proponents say could broaden the use of desktop virtualization by overcoming some of the technology's shortcomings today.
The hypervisor should improve on today's desktop virtualization by providing better security, because it runs independently of the client OS, and better performance for end users, because it allows applications to run on the local client instead of a remote server, the companies said.
"What this product will do at a high level is address some of the core challenges and core barriers that have kept client virtualization solutions and usage models from being broadly adopted in the past," said Gregory Bryant, a vice president and general manager at Intel, in a call-in for press and analysts on Friday.
