Citrix Receiver/Workspace is client software that allows users to access virtual desktops and applications hosted on Citrix servers remotely.
Receiver’s true moment of validation came with the smartphone and tablet revolution. When the iPad launched in 2010, the promise of a "post-PC" device failed because enterprise apps were still Windows-based. Citrix Receiver for iOS bridged that gap. Suddenly, a doctor could sign off on charts on an iPad, or an executive could approve an expense report on an Android phone. citrix reciver
The history of Citrix Receiver offers three enduring lessons for enterprise software: Citrix Receiver for iOS bridged that gap
To understand Receiver, one must first understand the problem of the 1990s and early 2000s. Corporate applications lived on Windows desktops inside office buildings. The rise of laptops and the internet demanded mobility, but the protocols of the era—RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) chief among them—were clunky, slow over wide area networks (WANs), and terrible at rendering rich media. Its primary functions include:
Citrix Receiver acts as a lightweight portal between a user's device and a remote server. Its primary functions include: