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Thinking about better use of Macs and iPhone i the corporate infrastructure..

On April 26, 2010, in Citrix Synergy, Events, Server Based Computing, XenApp, by René Vester
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As some of you may know i am giving a presentation with a good friend Jacob Berg at Citrix Synergy in San Francisco. I previously wrote about it here.

So.. i was thrilled to see that Chris Fleck did a blog post about one of the many Citrix Ready Partners which has come up with something i think might be good news for all the people who wants to deliver their company information to mobile devices.

Chris writes:

“If you want to provide great looking mobile apps for your organization you probably have already faced a number of issues. A sample of these may include:
  1. The company only supports Blackberry , but the employees want iPhones and Androids.
  2. The apps work on XenApp but they don’t look great on a Mobile.
  3. Requirement to control access to apps, data, and users just like with XenApp.
  4. Multiple app development platform expertise required like Objective C, Blackberry JDE, etc

If any of these or other obstacles have prevented you from delivering Mobile Apps to your users you should check out PowerGadgets Mobile for XenApp. Our Citrix-Ready partner SoftwareFX has developed a great WYSIWYG tool for building great looking mobile apps. The only input required is a database query ( SQL, Access, Oracle, etc ) or a Web Service or a Powershell command. The rest is click, drag and drop.”

Read the full blog post here: http://community.citrix.com/display/ocb/2010/04/23/Sneak+Peak+at+PowerGadgets+for+XenApp%2C+a+WYSIWYG+Mobile+App+Creator

The software is build by SoftwareFX, you can visit them at www.softwarefx.com

For me this supports what Jacob Berg and I will be presenting in a great way, as it is a challenge faced by a lot of organisations.. the users want to work in the way THEY feel comfortable, not always in the way the organisations would like it to be.

A better way to deliver information to non-specific devices like with Citrix Receiver for mobile devices, really make sense, if you can get your apps to fit the device they are targetted for.

I really hope i have time to build a small demo and app to show as part of the Breakout session.. we will see if time allows :-)

/Rene Vester

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René Vester

René Vester is a fulltime virtualization and server based computing enthusiast working for Conecto A/S a Danish Citrix specialist partner. René is the author of several blogs addressed to virtualization technologies and has authored many articles related to virtualization. He is a dedicated member of the community and spends the time he has sharing his experiences with vendors and peers. René is a Citrix Technology Professional and founder of the Danish Citrix User Group.

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2 Responses to Thinking about better use of Macs and iPhone i the corporate infrastructure..

  1. Receivers for mobile devices now cover BlackBerry devices | ReneVester.com says:
    May 25, 2010 at 05:25

    [...] an interesting thing at Citrix Synergy. They announced XenApp Gadgets i wrote more about this here. In short this solution allows for manufacturing of applications designed for a specific endpoint, [...]

  2. Citrix Receiver dækker nu også BlackBerry devices » Citrix User Group Denmark says:
    May 25, 2010 at 06:50

    [...] et spændende produkt XenApp Gadgets på Citrix Synergy, jeg skrev lidt om det på min blog her. Men ultrakort lader SoftwareFX virksomheder udvikle applikationer specificeret til endpoint [...]

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