 "Citrix Acquires Kaviza, Enhances Desktop Virtualisation Portfolio")
Citrix Systems has announced it has closed its acquisition of Kaviza, makers of the all-in-one “VDI-in-a-Box” solution for small and medium business. The acquisition adds a unique VDI-only solution to the Citrix portfolio—allowing the company to further expand into the small and medium business market and accelerate its leadership in desktop virtualisation across all market segments from small organisations to large enterprises. The Kaviza “VDI-in-a-Box” product complements the Citrix XenDesktop product line for enterprise-class desktop virtualisation.
SME organisations are adopting desktop virtualisation at an accelerating rate in order to reduce desktop management costs, improve security and increase business agility. However, many small to medium enterprises which are constantly under pressure to do more with less have been hesitant to adopt VDI in the past given the relative cost and complexity of deploying enterprise-class products in an SME environment. Unlike other VDI products targeted at SMEs, Kaviza VDI-in-a-Box is not just a scaled-down enterprise product with limited functionality, performance and manageability. Instead, Kaviza offers a solution designed from the ground up to give SME customers simple, low-cost, “all-in-one” VDI solution purpose-built for their needs.
“Kaviza understands the needs of small and medium businesses and has made great strides in giving these types of organisations a simple, low-cost solution for virtual desktops. The Kaviza team and the innovative technology they have built will add significant value to our desktop virtualisation product line as more and more SMEs adopt virtual desktops, and it will help us drive continued growth and market leadership in desktop virtualisation,” said Gordon Payne, senior vice president and general manager, Desktop Division at Citrix.
“The union of Kaviza and Citrix is a natural fit that will benefit our customers and channel partners. We founded Kaviza and created “VDI-in-a-Box” specifically for small and medium customers whose needs have been underserved by existing solutions. By joining Citrix, we will be able to leverage the benefits of increased investment, global presence and a large channel footprint. This represents a win for small and medium-sized businesses that want to adopt desktop virtualisation across their organisations,” said Kumar K. Goswami, co-founder and CEO, Kaviza.