The document discusses the evolution and future direction of Citrix Receiver. It describes how Receiver has evolved from Updater in 2008 to take on more "broker" functions like discovery of apps/services, connectivity to the enterprise, and providing access to common value-added services. It highlights key trends driving this evolution, like mobility, BYOD, and new devices/platforms. Going forward, Receiver will focus on providing a unified experience across all devices and platforms, including a new Windows 8/WinRT version with metro-style interface. The summary emphasizes how Receiver acts as a "normalizer" to provide access and manage interactions across a diverse environment of devices, operating systems, and application types.

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Bharath Rangarajan
Sr. Director, Product Management, Receiver and CloudGateway
October 18, 2012
- The road ahead

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Agenda
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• Factors influencing Receiver Direction
• Receiver: Past, Present and Future
• Summary

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Forces
Function
Form

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Windows BYO Consumerization Mobility Workshifting New platforms/devicesApple
User Experience and Architecture
Updater
2008
App
Picker
2010
Broker
2013
Access
Hub
2011/2012

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Updater
2008
App
Picker
2010
Broker
2013
Access
Hub
2011/2012

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Receiver = Updater
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• User simplicity
• Sys tray icon consolidation
• Automatic updates

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App
Picker
2010
Updater
2008
Broker
2013
Access
Hub
2011/2012

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Dazzle
-­‐ Emergence
of
self-­‐service
-­‐ App
lisDng
by
permissions
and
relevance
-­‐ Just
pick
–
launch
from
Start
menu
Receiver = App Picker

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App
Picker
2010
Updater
2008
Broker
2013
Access
Hub
2011/2012

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Key Tenets of Receiver as an access hub
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• Simple setup + update mechanism
• StoreFront + Launchpad
• Access anything from anywhere
• Multi-platform support
• Extensible beyond apps

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Discovery
Stores
Plug-ins
Updates

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Remote access to any app
StoreFront™
services
Gateway
services
Data
Mobile
Web & HTML5
Windows

16. Delivering the best user experience on all devices

17. ..and on Browsers too
• True
clientless
access
to
windows
apps
and
desktops
• HTML
5
engine

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Beyond Windows Apps: Web/SaaS and Native
Mobile Apps
- Secure Browse
- Mobile App Management
via Citrix MDX
technologies
- Single-Sign On via SAML

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Beyond Apps: ShareFile
- ShareFile plug-in
- Updates via StoreFront
- SSO to AG &
CloudGateway
- Outlook plug-in integration
- Docs accessible via: Web,
Explorer/Finder or
Receiver

20. • Optimized Unified Communications solution
for Microsoft Lync
• Provides local-like voice and video
experience in a virtual environment
• Highly scalable for large enterprise
deployments of Lync
• Integrates seamlessly with Lync
infrastructure
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Beyond Apps: Extensibility via 3rd party Plug-ins

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Broker
2013
App
Picker
2010
Updater
2008
Access
Hub
2011/2012

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By
2015:
• 15
billion
net-­‐connected
devices
• two
for
every
person
on
the
planet.
• (seven
for
the
average
US
ci-zen)
• 1.3
billion
mobile
workers
• 37.2%
of
the
total
workforce
• 90%
of
organiza-ons
will
support
corporate
apps
on
personal
devices
Cisco
Gartner
IDC

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Receiver as a broker….
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• Discovery of apps and services
• Connectivity to the enterprise
• Interactions and data sharing between apps
• Access to common value-added services
Driven
primarily
by
the
rise
of
Enterprise
Mobility

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Store Experience
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• Browse app categories and search
• Ratings and reviews
• Recommendations
• Peer-to-peer help
• Unified experience across mobile and desktops

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Connect to the Enterprise: Authentication
2nd
Factor
AD
corporate
intranet
Mobile
app/Desktop
Plug-­‐in
Authen-ca-on
Delegator
retrieve
session
cookie
encrypted
connec-on
logon
MDX
Library
(mobile)
Plug-­‐in
SDK
(desktops)
Auth
Manager
• AD credentials
• Client-certs
• SAML tokens
• Soft tokens
• SmartCards
• Risk-based Auth
2 Models
- Receiver authenticates, App trusts
- App authenticates with info from Receiver

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Connect to the Enterprise: Micro-VPN
server
server
corporate
intranet
Networking
Logic
Mobile
app/browser
Network
intercep-on
func-ons
retrieve
session
cookie
encrypted
connec-on
logon
MDX
Library

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App-2-App Interaction
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Encrypted
clipboard
shared
data
vault
Secure
Socket
IPC
Secure
Socket
IPC
Secure
Socket
IPC

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Access to Value-added Services
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• Authentication
• Encryption
• Speech-to-text/Text-to-Speeh
• ShareFile data access
• Virtualized App launch

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app
private
data
vault
Logon
Store
(Apps)
Secure
IPC
MDX
Framework
MDX
Framework
MDX
Framework
app
private
data
vault
app
private
data
vault
Secure
Network
Tunnel
Broker Architecture
Managed
Applica-ons
Clipboard
shared
data
vault
ShareFile
XenApp
SpeechTo
Text

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Forces
Function
Form

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Windows 8/WinRT Receiver
• ProducDvity
with
follow-­‐me
apps/desktops
Click
and
Touch-­‐based
interacDons
Quick
search
via
Metro
charms
Pin
to
start
for
instant
access
• x86
and
ARM
• In
Tech-­‐Preview
now
(Metro
App
Store)
• V1
Coming
soon

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Windows 8 - Metro
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Windows 8 - Metro
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Windows 8 - Metro
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Windows 8 - Metro
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36. Summary
• Receiver continues to evolve – with a focus on ‘brokering’
functions
• Evolution is driven by external forces plus valuable assets of
a preceding generations
• In a diverse world – devices, OS, app types - Receiver is a
‘normalizer’

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