From new technologies to accelerate your cloud transition and support hybrid work to solutions that helped to power a championship F1 season, the Citrix blog gave readers insights into how we can help organizations thrive in the new world of work. Let’s look at some of the 2021 highlights from the Citrix blog.

VDI vs. DaaS: What’s the difference?
Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) and desktop as a service (DaaS) seem similar, providing access to virtual desktops and lessening the burden on IT. But looking deeper, you’ll find key differences. Learn about both in this post, the first in series that also examined the cost benefits of DaaS and DaaS security.

Four ways Citrix can support your cloud strategy
Citrix technologies enable organizations to combine cloud and on-premises resources into a secure and scalable desktop as a service for any device, anywhere. Learn how customers are using Citrix to support their cloud strategy and read our other customer story posts on green tech and sustainability; work and productivity; and security.

Citrix innovations to power your hybrid-cloud migration
At Citrix Launchpad: Cloud in September, we introduced new technologies to help accelerate your cloud transition, maximize employee productivity, and empower organizations with the ultimate cloud flexibility and choice. Learn about them in this blog post, find out about the new intent-based Citrix App Delivery and Security Service, and check out our Cloud event recap post.

Red Bull Racing Honda and Citrix Workspace: Efficiency, agility, and security
Learn how Red Bull Racing Honda uses Citrix technology to support wind tunnel testing and to enhance the process computational fluid dynamics process, ensuring a great performance race after race. And find out how Citrix technology helps the team make key, real-time decisions on race day.

Deliver best-in-class customer service with Citrix and Chrome OS
As contact centers adjust to new work models, organizations can position themselves to deliver best-in-class customer service with a joint Citrix and Chrome OS solution that enables quick onboarding of contact center agents, anywhere in the world, with the highest levels of security, performance, and reliability. Learn more about our work solutions in our Citrix Launchpad: Work recap post.

Seven ways to simplify your digital workspace deployment
In our seven-part series in partnership with Nutanix, we look at how Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops on Nutanix Hybrid Cloud Platform can deliver simplicity, an excellent user experience, improved productivity, greater business agility, lower risk, and higher ROI. You’ll find links to all the installments at the bottom of the first post.

The top 6 reasons for leveraging project-based DaaS
Learn about Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Standard for Azure, a simplified, turnkey DaaS solution that enables IT to deliver a high-performance desktop as a service from the Azure cloud to any device, anywhere, and check out six scenarios where project-based DaaS really shines.

Introducing Citrix Secure Private Access
During the Citrix Launchpad: Security event in October, we introduced Citrix Secure Private Access, our new, cloud-delivered zero trust network access service that will help you to deliver a secure, productive environment for your hybrid workforce. It provides capabilities like adaptive authentication and adaptive access to deliver zero trust access to web, SaaS, TCP, and UDP-based apps. Learn more about our security innovations in our Security event recap post.

Fueling hybrid work with Citrix and Google Cloud
Whether you’re migrating to the cloud or implementing an entirely new DaaS strategy, Citrix and Google Cloud are here to help. Learn how we’re working together to provide you with the flexible and secure remote work solutions you need to power IT modernization and hybrid work for your organization.

How to evaluate security vendors during a security consolidation
As you look for ways to support a primarily remote workforce, it’s critical that you modernize your security architecture. In this post, we look at how to choose the optimal security vendors and examine why it’s important to adopt security vendors that offer a holistic security platform, availability across all geographic locations, and the experience needed to stay ahead of the latest threats.

A big thanks to everyone for reading the Citrix blog in 2021, and make sure you check out our Fieldwork by Citrix recap post for great technology thought leadership content from this year. We wish you all the best for a happy, healthy, and productive 2022!