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Avistar Communications Corp., a provider of unified visual communications solutions with over 15 years experience in providing proven business-class desktop videoconferencing technology, declared that the Avistar (News - Alert) C3 Integrator Integrator -- Citrix Edition for Citrix XenDesktop is generally available.

This product from Avistar Communications provides a highly scalable desktop conferencing solution developed to operate with and leverage all the Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)'s benefits.

Avistar Communications will be showcasing the Avistar C3 (News - Alert) Integrator - Citrix Edition at their boot at the Citrix Synergy 2010. The Citrix Synergy 2010 is a global conference dedicated on networking, virtualization and cloud computing which will be held on May 12-14 in San Francisco, Calif.

The Avistar C3 Integrator - Citrix Edition provides desktop users on PCs, laptops and thin terminals with a desktop videoconferencing experience that's rich in features and high quality. It also operates effectively throughout global LANs and enterprise LANs without overloading the VDI environment. The Avistar C3 Integrator - Citrix Edition is a scalable solution that allows large-scale and fully managed voice and video calling deployments while combined with united communications solutions like Microsoft (News - Alert) Office Communicator by the use of the Avistar C3 Unified - Microsoft OC Edition.

Bryan Kennedy, the vice president of business development at Avistar Communications, stated that desktop virtualization solutions like XenDesktop are rapidly turning into a critically significant element in corporate information technology infrastructure. VDI and desktop communications applications have not worked well together in the past, but this has now changed with the Avistar C3 Integrator - Citrix Edition solution's general availability.

Kennedy also stated that end users can now experience high quality desktop visual communications that effectively and efficiently works within the VDI without slowing down critical business applications or the corporate network. This leverages the great cost savings and operational efficiencies provided by the VDI solutions like the XenDesktop.