<s>
Citrix	B-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
cloud	B-Architecture
management	O
platform	B-Device
that	O
allows	O
organizations	O
to	O
deploy	O
cloud-hosted	B-Architecture
desktops	O
and	O
apps	B-Application
to	O
end	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Citrix	B-Application
Systems	I-Application
and	O
released	O
in	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Citrix	B-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
cloud-based	B-Architecture
platform	B-Device
for	O
managing	O
and	O
deploying	O
Citrix	B-Application
products	O
and	O
desktops	O
and	O
applications	O
to	O
end	O
users	O
using	O
any	O
type	O
of	O
cloud	B-Architecture
,	O
whether	O
public	O
,	O
private	O
or	O
hybrid	O
,	O
or	O
on-premises	O
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
product	O
supports	O
cloud-based	B-Architecture
versions	O
of	O
every	O
major	O
Citrix	B-Application
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Citrix	B-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
enables	O
cloud	B-Architecture
services	I-Architecture
for	O
Citrix	B-Application
products	O
XenApp	B-General_Concept
,	O
XenDesktop	B-General_Concept
,	O
XenMobile	B-Application
,	O
ShareFile	B-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
NetScaler	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
Citrix	B-Application
has	O
developed	O
several	O
cloud-native	O
services	O
,	O
including	O
its	O
Secure	O
Browser	O
Service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Citrix	B-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
is	O
compatible	O
with	O
any	O
device	O
and	O
cloud	B-Architecture
or	O
data	B-Operating_System
center	I-Operating_System
and	O
can	O
be	O
synced	O
via	O
Citrix	B-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
Connector	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
May	O
2016	O
,	O
Citrix	B-Application
states	O
that	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Azure	I-Application
is	O
its	O
preferred	O
cloud	B-Architecture
partner	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Citrix	B-Application
platforms	B-Device
reside	O
in	O
Citrix	B-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
,	O
however	O
other	O
applications	O
and	O
resources	O
may	O
make	O
use	O
of	O
other	O
clouds	O
and	O
infrastructures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
company	O
's	O
IT	O
department	O
retains	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
choose	O
a	O
custom	O
combination	O
of	O
data	B-Operating_System
centers	I-Operating_System
and	O
cloud	B-Architecture
providers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Citrix	B-Application
continuously	O
updates	O
Citrix	B-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
so	O
that	O
users	O
are	O
automatically	O
running	O
the	O
most	O
current	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2015	O
,	O
Citrix	B-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
offers	O
four	O
different	O
service	O
packages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Citrix	B-Application
Workspace	O
Cloud	B-Architecture
was	O
announced	O
in	O
May	O
2015	O
at	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
industry	O
conference	O
,	O
Citrix	B-Application
Synergy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
positioned	O
Workspace	O
Cloud	B-Architecture
as	O
an	O
alternative	O
to	O
XenDesktop	B-General_Concept
and	O
XenApp	B-General_Concept
,	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
traditional	O
desktop	O
and	O
application	O
virtualization	B-General_Concept
platforms	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
renamed	O
Citrix	B-Application
Workspace	O
Cloud	B-Architecture
to	O
Citrix	B-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
in	O
May	O
2016.r	O
In	O
addition	O
,	O
cloud	B-Architecture
services	I-Architecture
were	O
renamed	O
with	O
cloud-based	B-Architecture
versions	O
of	O
other	O
Citrix	B-Application
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XenDesktop	B-General_Concept
and	O
XenApp	B-General_Concept
Service	O
,	O
ShareFile	B-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
XenMobile	B-Application
Service	O
replaced	O
Desktop	O
and	O
App	O
Service	O
,	O
Secure	O
Documents	O
Service	O
,	O
and	O
Mobility	O
Service	O
,	O
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
also	O
announced	O
in	O
2016	O
that	O
Citrix	B-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
users	O
that	O
are	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
Enterprise	O
customers	O
would	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
access	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
images	O
on	O
Azure	O
via	O
XenDesktop	B-General_Concept
without	O
having	O
to	O
pay	O
an	O
additional	O
license	O
fee	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
its	O
release	O
,	O
Citrix	B-Application
Workspace	O
Cloud	B-Architecture
was	O
praised	O
by	O
desktop	O
virtualization	B-General_Concept
blogger	O
Brian	O
Madden	O
for	O
its	O
concept	O
and	O
CMSWire	O
noted	O
that	O
it	O
stood	O
out	O
among	O
competitors	O
as	O
the	O
only	O
product	O
of	O
its	O
kind	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
its	O
release	O
,	O
TechTarget	O
stated	O
that	O
the	O
platform	B-Device
was	O
"	O
intriguing	O
"	O
that	O
it	O
"provide[s]	O
something	O
IT	O
professionals	O
have	O
wanted	O
for	O
a	O
very	O
long	O
time	O
:	O
centralized	O
management	O
of	O
on-premises	O
and	O
cloud	B-Architecture
desktop	O
and	O
application	O
workloads	O
"	O
,	O
but	O
"	O
also	O
surprisingly	O
expensive	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
review	O
in	O
Computerworld	O
suggested	O
the	O
hybrid	O
nature	O
of	O
the	O
product	O
was	O
compatible	O
with	O
the	O
rising	O
use	O
of	O
hybrid	O
cloud	B-Architecture
implementations	O
by	O
businesses	O
,	O
but	O
that	O
Citrix	B-Application
would	O
need	O
to	O
ensure	O
"	O
adequate	O
support	O
for	O
critical	O
applications	O
and	O
 [ make ] 	O
sure	O
that	O
company	O
policies	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
access	O
rules	O
,	O
are	O
followed	O
properly	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
