Citrix Systems joined Google on stage at its live Google Chrome event in San Francisco to preview the new Citrix Receiver for Chrome Notebooks.<\/p>\n
Available soon as a free app on the Google Chrome Web Store, Citrix Receiver will allow Google customers to run their existing Windows business applications directly on the new web-based Chrome notebooks.<\/p>\n
According to Citrix the apps will run with a native user experience, fast performance, and full enterprise security.<\/p>\n
This functionality may also interest corporate IT departments as Citrix said that it will allow them to deliver existing enterprise applications and desktops as a secure, on-demand service to Chrome notebook users.<\/p>\n
“The new Chrome notebook breaks new ground in simplifying end user computing devices,” said Gordon Payne, senior vice president and general manager at Citrix.<\/p>\n
“Extending Citrix Receiver support for Chrome notebooks will provide virtual computing solutions that simplify computing for IT, and enable productive, virtual workstyles for users.”<\/p>\n
Pricing and Availability<\/strong><\/p>\n Citrix Receiver for Chrome Notebooks is scheduled to be available as a free app from the Google Chrome Web Store in the first half of 2011.<\/p>\n Citrix Receiver works by connecting to the Citrix XenDesktop or Citrix XenApp servers already running in the datacenters of most corporate customers.<\/p>\n Running Windows applications on Chrome OS<\/strong><\/a> << Comments and views<\/p>\n\n\t\t