<s>
Citrix	B-General_Concept
Virtual	I-General_Concept
Desktops	I-General_Concept
(	O
formerly	O
XenDesktop	B-General_Concept
)	O
is	O
a	O
desktop	B-Protocol
virtualization	I-Protocol
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
virtualization	O
technology	O
that	O
led	O
to	O
XenDesktop	B-General_Concept
was	O
first	O
developed	O
in	O
2000	O
through	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
hypervisor	B-Operating_System
research	O
project	O
led	O
by	O
Ian	O
Pratt	O
at	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Cambridge	O
called	O
Xen	B-Operating_System
Project	I-Operating_System
for	O
x86	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pratt	O
founded	O
a	O
company	O
called	O
XenSource	B-Operating_System
in	O
2004	O
,	O
which	O
made	O
a	O
commercial	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Xen	B-Operating_System
hypervisor	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2007	O
,	O
Citrix	O
acquired	O
XenSource	B-Operating_System
,	O
releasing	O
XenDesktop	B-General_Concept
version	O
2.0	O
in	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
continues	O
to	O
release	O
updated	O
versions	O
,	O
with	O
XenDesktop	B-General_Concept
7.6	O
featuring	O
HDX	O
technology	O
enhancements	O
for	O
audio	O
,	O
video	O
and	O
graphics	O
user	O
experience	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
reduction	O
in	O
storage	B-General_Concept
costs	O
associated	O
with	O
virtual	O
desktop	O
deployments	O
as	O
a	O
result	O
of	O
improvements	O
to	O
Citrix	O
provisioning	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2018	O
,	O
the	O
software	O
was	O
renamed	O
Citrix	B-General_Concept
Virtual	I-General_Concept
Desktops	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
product	O
's	O
aim	O
is	O
to	O
give	O
employees	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
work	O
from	O
anywhere	O
while	O
cutting	O
information	B-Application
technology	I-Application
management	I-Application
costs	O
because	O
desktops	O
and	O
applications	O
are	O
centralized	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XenDesktop	B-General_Concept
also	O
aims	O
to	O
provide	O
security	O
,	O
because	O
data	O
is	O
not	O
stored	O
on	O
the	O
devices	O
of	O
end	O
users	O
,	O
instead	O
being	O
saved	O
in	O
a	O
centralized	O
datacenter	O
or	O
cloud	O
infrastructure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Citrix	O
Workspace	O
is	O
able	O
to	O
manage	O
and	O
deliver	O
applications	O
and	O
desktops	O
using	O
a	O
connection	B-Operating_System
broker	I-Operating_System
called	O
Desktop	O
Delivery	O
Controller	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supports	O
multiple	O
hypervisors	B-Operating_System
,	O
including	O
Citrix	O
Hypervisor	B-Operating_System
,	O
VMware	O
vSphere	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
Hyper-V	O
and	O
Nutanix	O
Acropolis	O
to	O
create	O
virtual	B-Architecture
machines	I-Architecture
to	O
run	O
the	O
applications	O
and	O
desktops	O
.	O
</s>
