Apple iPhone Gets the Business From Citrix

Just last week, J.D. Power made headlines when it released a study showing that Apple’s iPhone was the top mobile device among business users. It was a surprise since Apple was clearly trying to create a consumer-oriented smart phone to fill the gap created by the business-centric BlackBerry from Research in Motion. As if that headline wasn’t eye-opening enough. Now I’m getting word from the folks at Citrix Systems that the company is designing virtualization software specifically for the iPhone and it will be coming soon to the Apple App Store. Why is that significant? Because it could jumpstart Apple’s nascent iPhone enterprise business in a big way, which has already enjoyed some pretty, rip-roaring success so far.

Read the rest of this post