The document discusses the past, present, and future direction of Citrix Receiver. Receiver started as Updater in 2008, focusing on simplicity and automatic updates. It evolved into App Picker in 2010 with an emphasis on self-service app launching. In 2011-2012, Receiver became the Access Hub, providing access to anything from anywhere through multiple platforms. Looking ahead, Receiver will take the form of a Broker in 2013, facilitating discovery, connectivity, interaction between apps and services through a centralized access point. The summary concludes that Receiver continues evolving to normalize diverse devices, operating systems and app types through its brokering functions.
20. Beyond Apps: Extensibility via 3rd party Plug-ins
• 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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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’