Citrix announced the general availability and support for multi-cluster environments hosted on the Prism Central solution on Nutanix Cloud Platform powered by the AHV hypervisor from Nutanix, a leader in hybrid multicloud computing. Citrix also announced NetScaler VPX support for Nutanix AHV on Nutanix Cloud Platform. The combination of Citrix and Nutanix solutions offers customers enhanced resiliency and brings enterprise-grade scalability to customers looking to broaden their virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) and secure application delivery environments.
The Citrix native integration with Nutanix Prism Central on AHV offers a more flexible and comprehensive enterprise-level platform for delivering Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops?? across a variety of hybrid multicloud environments, reducing single-vendor lock-in. Key benefits of integrating Citrix Virtual Apps and Destops and Citrix Desktops as a Service with Nutanix Prism Central On AHV include: Centralized Management: Simplified management of Nutanix AHV multi-clusters and scaled images, enhancing scalability and efficiency; Hybrid and Multicloud Integration: Ability to extend Citrix deployment to Nutanix hybrid multicloud environments and seamlessly integrate across different cloud platforms, including Nutanix Cloud Clusters on Azure and AWS; Native Integration and Compatibility: Easy migration and backward compatibility simplify operations and ensure smooth transitions within existing infrastructure; Scaled Image Management: Enables cross-cluster master image sharing via AHV versioned templates, improving resource utilization; Hypervisor Flexibility: Ability to deliver desktops from any infrastructure, whether on-premises, in the cloud or hybrid environments.
