Out with the old, in with the new - bye bye to Program Neighborhood

It has been rumoured for many years that Citrix will be removing the original Citrix Program Neighborhood from their client portfolio, and I guess this comes as no surprise now that Citrix Receiver and the merchandising server are finally mainstream.

You can read the CTX article here, but we have also summarised it here for you:

Q: What is Citrix announcing?

A: Citrix is announcing the end of support for Program Neighborhood in all future online plug-in releases. The Citrix online plug-in v11.0 is the last version to use Program Neighborhood. Classic Program Neighborhood will be supported through the second quarter of 2010.

Q: What is replacing Program Neighborhood?

A: Citrix encourages customers to leverage the Citrix Receiver as the best practice for delivering simple and consistent access to corporate desktops and applications from any device that the employee chooses to use. Receiver automates plug-in updates by checking the server for new versions as they become available. For customers who do not implement Citrix Receiver, newer versions of the Citrix online plug-in will be introduced periodically to include enhancements to the interface and core functionality.

Q: When will Program Neighborhood be removed?

A: Citrix customers have already begun to migrate to the newer client versions. The Citrix online plug-in v11.0 is the last version to use Program Neighborhood and it no longer installs Program Neighborhood by default. Version 11.1 no longer includes Program Neighborhood at all. While Program Neighborhood will still be supported in both of those versions, customers are encouraged to begin planning to adopt a newer client version or migrate to Citrix Receiver. With the v11.2 online plug-in release, tentatively scheduled for the third quarter of 2009, Program Neighborhood will no longer be supported.

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