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Citrix has announced a new release of its XenApp application virtualisation tool, adding Windows Server 2008 compatibility and speeding application performance for end-users. XenApp 5 also provides a common delivery method for both server-hosted applications and those running locally on client systems.

XenApp was previously known as Citrix Presentation Server until it was re-branded earlier this year, but version 5 is the first new release under this name. One of the key features is support for Windows Server 2008 (WS 2008).

“It’s a fairly major release for us, as a lot of code had to be re-engineered for Microsoft’s new platform,” said Dave Austin, product marketing director for Citrix in EMEA.

It will be interesting to see what enhanced functionality and opportunities XenApp brings, I’ll need to check it out. Hosting applications within Citrix can be a great way of abstracting the end user from the infrastructure, in load balancing workload, and reducing the time taken to upgrade applications.

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