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More On Citrix' Project Trinity

Wednesday, 06 December 2006 by Michel Roth

The project architect of Project Trinity has blogged about Project Trinity:"If you have followed recent Citrix announcements and a number of blogs and other postings, you probably already know that we are working on a product line in the �Virtual Desktop Infrastructure� (VDI) space, codenamed �Project Trinity� (by the way, �Dynamic Desktop Initiative�, or DDI, is Citrix� name for VDI). As the product architect assigned to Trinity, I intend to post here occasionally to keep you up to date on our plans and progress. As always with this type of blog, please note that much of this information is about work in progress, and I certainly cannot commit to dates or promise that certain features will make it into a final product."

"We target a first release of Trinity for the first half of next year, based on Remote Desktop Broker that you have already seen. It will build on the existing combination of �CPS + RDB�, but deliver an integrated product and improve the administrative experience by delivering consistent access to both shared and dedicated desktops. Maybe a word about nomenclature here: �shared desktops� are what you are already used to from CPS�s published desktop feature, while �dedicated desktops� are single-user OSes, whether they run on physical hardware or as a virtual machine image. Terminology hasn't been finalized yet, though. We are also working on a simpler licensing scheme for this release of Trinity, but details are still being finalized."

"In the meantime, we are working on the second release, which is currently slated for release in the second half of next year. This is when we will integrate PortICA, and thus deliver the benefits of ICA that can get lost in RDB�s double-hop solution. While the ICA stack for dedicated desktops will certainly be big news for this release, we are also planning to take advantage of the server-side infrastructure that we built for Presentation Server to bring you an integrated, seamless experience for both administrators and end users. Our goal is to make it as simple as possible for end users to access their desktop, building upon the existing application delivery infrastructure, i.e. Web Interface, PNAgent and the like. On the other hand, administrators will be able to benefit from the same tools and features that they are used to from Presentation Server."

Read it all here.