Citrix and Intel announced that they will be partnering up to bring a client-side bare metal hypervisor to reality. “Under an agreement with Intel Corporation, Citrix plans to produce a new class of virtualization solutions that optimize the delivery of applications and desktops to millions of Intel Core2 and Centrino 2 processor-based devices, dramatically reducing the cost of desktop management. The first-of-its-kind hypervisor-based virtualization solution will bring both mobile and office users the benefits of centralized desktop virtualization with a rich, personalized PC environment”

This partnership is make Citrix’s “Project Independence” possible which focuses on local virtual desktops. Citrix is making 5 predictions with Project Independence:

1. Your company will no longer own your laptop (go ahead, buy that cool new computer)
2. Your company will spend more on coffee and office supplies than it does on desktop management
3. You will access your corporate desktop from whatever device is most convenient at the time (just like you do with email today)
4. You will switch back and forth between work and personal desktops on the same device, without thinking twice
5. You will never complain about your PC being too slow again

Be sure to read Brian Madden’s analysis on this announcement as well…

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