Citrix recently reported Q2 2011 earnings, which was accompanied by the customary Q&A session for analysts.  It’s somewhat puzzling to see the Citrix CFO admit that they are not focused on server virtualization.  In fact, he even jumped at the chance to praise Hyper-V.  Here is the excerpt: Bradley Whitt – Gleacher & Company, Inc.

Citrix has released two free tools for XenDesktop

The following Citrix document is intended to provide advanced technical personnel - architects, engineers and consultants ? with data to assist in the planning, design and deployment of a Citrix XenDesktop hosted VM-based (VDI) solution that scales to 5000 desktops. This document presents the findings of internal Citrix testing that simulates a large enterprise deployment of VDI desktops...

Xen, the early favorite to win the open source virtualization crown, is passed over in favor of KVM at select hosting and cloud providers. Problems with Xen's lack of integration into the main Linux kernel hobbled the hypervisor, and KVM's integrated position within the Linux kernel is cementing its role in the community.

Citrix CTO and longtime Xen proponent Simon Crosby says he is unfazed by Red Hat's decision to drop the Xen hypervisor from its enterprise Linux software, claiming it won't harm Xen's standing in the virtualization market.

Microsoft Corp. has made a clear competitive move against its virtualization rival VMware Inc. by announcing licensing improvements for virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) users, and collaborations on adoption programs and technology with Citrix Systems Inc., said one analyst.

Citrix Systems has launched version 6 of XenApp, its platform for centralized application delivery that features centralized management and access to Windows applications from Android-based smartphones and Apple computers, the company said on Wednesday.

Vizioncore's management tool vFoglight will work with Microsoft's virtualization platform Hyper-V by the middle of the year and with Xen from Citrix by the end of the year, the company said Wednesday at Cebit....

Carpathia Hosting and Citrix Systems have combined resources to offer a XenServer-based set of cloud services, called Carpathia InstantOn. ...

Virtualization is unarguably one of the biggest trends of the past few years, and open-source software has been on the IT radar for a while now. So does that make open-source virtualization twice as much of a good thing?