Brian Madden, a well-known independent commentator in the field of desktop virtualization in North America (published several books, has published more than 2,000 articles on desktop and application virtualization), recently published a blog, very objective evaluation of Citrix XenDesktop and VMware An analysis of View at the client level uses numbers to speak.
Key points:
1. Who is better, Citrix XenDesktop or VMware View? In terms of subjective feelings, they say that they are good, so put it aside for now
2. In the client field, Citrix defeats VMware View
a) Citrix supports almost every device on the planet, and it is currently used by more than 1 billion devices. Including more than 1,000 PC and Mac computers, 149 smart phones, 37 tablet computers, and 10 different types of thin clients, which can run on all mainstream operating system platforms, including emerging iOS, Android, webOS, ChromeOS etc.
In addition to providing diverse and flexible options, the upgraded Citrix Receiver also allows users to choose the applications they need completely independently, regardless of whether these applications are based on Windows, or the network, or SaaS platform, once the user chooses on a device A new application, Citrix Receiver will automatically add the application to other devices.
In the future, Citrix Receiver will also provide data synchronization functions between different devices. With Citrix Receiver, you can seamlessly interact with various desktops, applications, and data at any place and through any device, and truly get 7X24 all-weather "personal cloud" services.
b) What about View? Very poor, he only supports PC and iPad, not even iPhone. Whenever users ask, they have to say that iPhone is too small and not suitable for virtualization.