[THIN] Re: FYI: Citrix To Acquire Orbital Data, A Leading Pro vider of WAN Op timization Solutions

  • From: "Jim Kenzig http://ThinHelp.com" <jkenzig@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2006 11:26:19 -0700 (PDT)

For those who signed up for iForum check the schedule out.  A little something 
called Citrix Streaming Server seems to have prominence.
  JK

"Winslow, Philip" <philip.com> wrote:
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press release is a bit much with the "A Leading Provider of WAN Optimization 
Solutions" language, but the technology is rather interesting. 
   
  Orbital Data can accelerate applications delivered by Presentation Server (up 
to 5x faster according to Citrix), and in the future, if Citrix Systems can add 
stronger offerings for Wide Area File Systems (WAFS) and caching into the 
WANScaler appliances, WANScaler could be positioned as an appliance to optimize 
the performance of application streaming technologies.  My guess is that we'll 
also see a "super agent" in the future -- i.e., a combination of the 
OrbitalEdge Agent, Tarpon Agent, Program Neighborhood Agent, and Reflectent 
Agent.  
   
  Orbital Data is a small company right now, but Citrix is going to really ramp 
the R&D team.  They've got a ways to go on the development side, but it'll be 
interesting to watch what comes of this acquisition longer-term.
   

    
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  From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf 
Of Steve Greenberg
Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 12:50 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: FYI: Citrix To Acquire Orbital Data, A Leading Provider of 
WAN Op timization Solutions


  
     
  I don't know, we are getting a lot of interest from customer in this area and 
we have been told that both Cisco and Riverbed products did not deliver during 
testing - maybe Citrix is on to something here....
   
    Steve Greenberg
  Thin Client Computing
  34522 N. Scottsdale Rd D8453
  Scottsdale, AZ 85262
  (602) 432-8649
  www.thinclient.net
  steveg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

   
      
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  From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf 
Of Tim Mangan
Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 7:09 AM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: FYI: Citrix To Acquire Orbital Data, A Leading Provider of 
WAN Op timization Solutions

   
  Or maybe Riverbed, which looks pretty hot right now too.
   
      
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  From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf 
Of Landin, Mark
Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 9:36 AM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: FYI: Citrix To Acquire Orbital Data, A Leading Provider of 
WAN Op timization Solutions

   
  Packeteer, who just bought Tacit, who looked to me like a REAL "leading 
provider". 
   
    
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  From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf 
Of Jim Kenzig http://ThinHelp.com
Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 7:10 AM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: FYI: Citrix To Acquire Orbital Data, A Leading Provider of 
WAN Op timization Solutions
    Wow they have 60 employees to service whopping 75 customers? How does that 
make them a leading provider? WTF? I'd be much more excited if they bought 
somebody like Packeteer. 

    JK

"Winslow, Philip" <philip.winslow wrote:

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