{"id":38194,"date":"2010-11-18T14:04:30","date_gmt":"2010-11-18T14:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vmengine.net\/2010\/11\/18\/citrix-swisscom-fastweb-and-daasc\/"},"modified":"2025-05-23T17:08:50","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T17:08:50","slug":"citrix-swisscom-fastweb-and-daasc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/temp_new.vmenginelab.com\/en\/2010\/11\/18\/citrix-swisscom-fastweb-and-daasc\/","title":{"rendered":"Citrix-Swisscom-Fastweb and DaaSC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--:it--><a href=\"https:\/\/temp_new.vmenginelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/swisscom1.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-861\" title=\"Swisscom\" src=\"https:\/\/temp_new.vmenginelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/swisscom1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"100\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/temp_new.vmenginelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/citrix1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-862\" title=\"Citrix\" src=\"https:\/\/temp_new.vmenginelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/citrix1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"96\" height=\"42\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/temp_new.vmenginelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/fastweb1.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-863\" title=\"Fastweb\" src=\"https:\/\/temp_new.vmenginelab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/fastweb1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"47\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For days we have been hearing about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ilsole24ore.com\/art\/finanza-e-mercati\/2010-09-09\/fastweb-arriva-swisscom-offre-080034.shtml?uuid=AYimS8NC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Swisscom&#8217;s takeover bid for our Fastweb<\/a>, while a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.citrix.com\/English\/aboutCitrix\/caseStudies\/caseStudy.asp?storyID=1685356\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">desktop and application<\/a> virtualization project between Swisscom and Citrix is underway.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe soon we will have a serious offer of virtual office in Italy?<\/p>\n<p>The project with Citrix currently operates with 25 Citrix XenApps for 25000 concurrent users, provides XP-based virtual desktops with about 100 applications, including Siebel\/Samba, Microsoft Office, SAP.<\/p>\n<h4>&#8220;Desktop as a service&#8221; and application kiosks<\/h4>\n<p>In addition, the first product line of the future can already be glimpsed within &#8220;Swisscom IT Services&#8221;: the administrators have already installed the preview of &#8220;Project Apollo&#8221;. Under this codename, Citrix is developing technology for virtual provisioning of high-end application graphics using the ICA protocol. Swisscom employees test graphics acceleration with various applications and were impressed by the initial results.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With the new technology, the transparency and 3D effects of Windows Vista Aero and multimedia applications such as Google Earth can be presented at a high-performance level,&#8221; said Patrick Kaeslin, Head of Front End Engineering, Swisscom IT Services AG.<!--:--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For days we have been hearing about Swisscom&#8217;s takeover bid for our Fastweb, while a desktop and application virtualization project between Swisscom and Citrix is underway. Maybe soon we will have a serious offer of virtual office in Italy? 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