Global architecture firm HOK uses both Autodesk and Citrix products. IT departments can also streamline the process of upgrading user software, doing one install on a server instead of one install per deployed desktop. With Citrix software, virtualization technology allows server consolidation. Two other usage examples come from an IT perspective, based on cost effectiveness.
They want to use Citrix so the design work can be done remotely but the design data resides in the US. One US-based customer wanted to outsource some design work to China, but was concerned about data exposure and the possibility of a product being manufactured and sold in China before his company even finishes the design work. In a conversation with GraphicSpeak, Robert Vizza, Autodesk’s director of strategic global alliances, explained typical use cases for Citrix Ready design products based on experiences with Autodesk customers.
Autodesk completed what one employee called “a rigorous verification process” to ensure compatibility with Citrix XenApp 5 and Citrix XenApp 6. The Citrix Ready program helps customers identify software products tested for suitability and recommended to work with Citrix Systems’ virtualization, networking and cloud computing solutions. Remoting defines the benefits, virtualization defines the technology.Īutodesk says using its applications through Citrix XenApp provides the benefits of centralized computing (improved software deployment, configuration standardization, work-in-progress data distribution), as well as mobile computing, extending the reach of design data beyond the desk.Īutodesk became a member of the Citrix Ready program in 2008 with AutoCAD Map 3D. The terms ‘virtualization’ and ‘remoting’ are often used interchangably to describe the process of hosting software on a server and running it somewhere else, but they not the same. The eight products verified as Citrix Ready are:ĪutoCAD 2012 is available now the others will be shipping in the next few weeks. To the end user, it looks no different than if LT was installed on the local computer. A trial copy of AutoCAD LT runs from an Autodesk web page, powered by Citrix technology. Autodesk says the upgrade of the products to work with Citrix technology is due to customer demand. There are now eight major products verified as Citrix Ready, which means the software can on a different computer than where it is hosted, using Citrix XenApp technology. Virtualization of these architecture and infrastructure tools is in response to customer demand.Īutodesk has expanded the number of its products that are compatible with virtualization tools from Citrix.
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