Teradici

Teradici was a Canadian software and hardware company focused on remote computing. Founded in Vancouver in 2004 by Dan Cordingley, Dave Hobbs, Ken Unger, and Maher Fahmi, the company developed PC-over-IP, usually abbreviated as PCoIP, a proprietary remote-display protocol designed to transmit the visual output, sound, input, and peripheral interactions of a computer over a network. The technology was initially aimed at remotely accessing blade servers and high-performance workstations, then expanded into virtual desktop infrastructure, thin clients, zero clients, cloud workstations, and software-based remote-access products. The company operated in stealth mode for several years. In 2007 it introduced early PCoIP products that combined a blade-server host card with a compact client device. These products used Teradici-designed silicon to process the protocol in hardware. The approach was intended to separate the user's display and input experience from the physical location of the computer, allowing a workstation or server to remain in a data center while users interacted with it remotely. A major turning point came in 2008, when VMware licensed PCoIP for its virtual desktop products. VMware subsequently incorporated the protocol into VMware View, later associated with the VMware Horizon family. This partnership helped establish PCoIP as a significant technology in enterprise desktop virtualization. Teradici later delivered software implementations that allowed PCoIP clients to run on conventional computers and mobile devices rather than requiring dedicated Teradici hardware. In 2013, Amazon licensed PCoIP for Amazon WorkSpaces, extending the technology into public-cloud desktop services. PCoIP is a host-rendered, UDP-based protocol that captures graphical output on a host system, encodes it using multiple codecs, and sends the resulting data to a client for decoding. Its design dynamically adjusts transmission and compression behavior to changing network conditions. Text, natural imagery, video, and other content can be handled through different encoding techniques, while bandwidth-sensitive connections can receive a rapidly delivered approximation that is progressively refined. Where image fidelity is especially important, including professional visualization and some medical-imaging workflows, lossless or near-lossless operation can be used. Teradici's portfolio included PCoIP system-on-chip components for zero-client manufacturers, workstation host cards for one-to-one remote access, software clients, management tools, server offload hardware, and software for accessing physical Windows PCs or virtual machines. Its ecosystem included technology relationships involving HP, Dell's Wyse business, Amulet Hotkey, Samsung, Amazon Web Services, Fujitsu, and VMware. The company served enterprise IT, engineering, media and entertainment, financial services, healthcare, education, and other sectors requiring centralized computing with responsive remote graphics. On July 27, 2021, HP Inc. announced an agreement to acquire Teradici. The transaction closed in October 2021, bringing Teradici's PCoIP technology and remote-work capabilities into HP's portfolio. HP subsequently marketed related capabilities through HP Anyware, a secure software platform for accessing physical and virtual workstations and desktops. The acquisition ended Teradici's status as an independent company. HP announced in April 2026 that HP Anyware would be discontinued by December 2028, making the future availability of Teradici-derived offerings dependent on HP's product-transition plans.

Teradici was established in 2004 in Vancouver, British Columbia, by Dan Cordingley, Dave Hobbs, Ken Unger, and Maher Fahmi. The founders had previously incubated a concept involving high-speed data-center networking. The Teradici name was selected because it was distinctive, sounded more natural than the earlier working name, and had an available domain at the time. The company remained largely in stealth mode until 2007, when it disclosed its first PCoIP products. These included a host card for blade servers and a small client appliance. Teradici implemented its protocol in dedicated hardware using proprietary chips, allowing a remote user to interact with a server-hosted desktop while the computing workload remained in the data center. The system was designed to transport display pixels, audio, keyboard and mouse input, and selected peripherals rather than move the entire desktop environment to the endpoint. PCoIP, or PC-over-IP, became the foundation of Teradici's business. It is a host-rendered remote-display protocol that uses UDP transport, multiple codecs, and adaptive encoding. The host captures rendered graphical output, compresses and encrypts it, and sends it to a client for decoding. Encoding can change according to the content being transmitted and the quality of the network connection. On constrained links, the protocol can deliver a highly compressed image quickly and subsequently refine it; on uncongested networks or in applications requiring high fidelity, it can favor lossless transmission. Teradici's technology gained a major enterprise distribution channel in 2008, when VMware licensed PCoIP and began shipping it in VMware View. This made the protocol available within a major virtual desktop infrastructure platform and helped connect Teradici with the wider virtualization market. Teradici subsequently produced software versions of PCoIP so that clients could run on standard x86 and ARM devices, including computers and mobile platforms. In 2013, Amazon licensed PCoIP for Amazon WorkSpaces, giving the technology a role in cloud-hosted desktops. The company developed both original equipment manufacturer components and products sold more directly to enterprise customers. OEM offerings included PCoIP zero-client system-on-chip designs based on Teradici's Tera1 and Tera2 generations, as well as workstation-host system-on-chip technology for PCIe cards. These host components supported one-to-one connections between a physical workstation and a remote client, including high-resolution graphics, audio, and USB peripheral redirection. Teradici also supplied software clients that were incorporated into products from hardware and platform partners. Direct offerings included the APEX 2800 server offload card for VMware Horizon environments, a management console for centrally administering PCoIP zero clients, and Workstation Access Software for reaching physical Windows computers or cloud-hosted virtual machines. The company's technology was used in products and services associated with HP, Dell's Wyse business, Amulet Hotkey, Samsung, Amazon Web Services, Fujitsu, and VMware. HP Inc. announced on July 27, 2021, that it had signed a definitive agreement to acquire Teradici. The acquisition was completed in October 2021. Teradici therefore became part of HP rather than continuing as an independent private company. HP integrated the technology into its remote-work and digital-workspace strategy, including HP Anyware, a software platform for accessing physical and virtual workstations. In April 2026, HP announced that HP Anyware would be discontinued by December 2028. This announcement establishes a planned endpoint for the principal HP-branded continuation of Teradici's remote-work product heritage, although the disposition of individual technologies and intellectual property is not specified in the available reference material.

• 2026

  HP announces planned HP Anyware discontinuation

  [1]Teradicien.wikipedia.org

  HP announces that HP Anyware is scheduled to be discontinued by December 2028.

• 2021

  HP announces acquisition agreement

  [1]Teradicien.wikipedia.org

  HP Inc. announces a definitive agreement to acquire Teradici on undisclosed terms.

• 2021

  Acquisition by HP is completed

  [1]Teradicien.wikipedia.org

  HP Inc. completes its acquisition of Teradici in October, ending Teradici's independent corporate status.

• 2013

  Amazon licenses PCoIP

  [1]Teradicien.wikipedia.org

  Amazon licenses PCoIP for Amazon WorkSpaces, expanding the protocol's use in cloud-hosted desktops.

• 2008

  VMware licenses PCoIP

  [1]Teradicien.wikipedia.org

  VMware licenses the PCoIP protocol and later ships it in VMware View virtual-desktop software.

• 2007

  First PCoIP hardware products announced

  [1]Teradicien.wikipedia.org

  After operating in stealth mode, Teradici introduces a blade-server host card and a compact client based on dedicated PCoIP hardware.

• 2004

  Teradici is founded

  [1]Teradicien.wikipedia.org

  Dan Cordingley, Dave Hobbs, Ken Unger, and Maher Fahmi establish Teradici in Canada to develop remote-computing technology.

Enterprise remote-computing and visual-workspace technology focused on high-fidelity, secure access to centralized physical and virtual desktops.

• Remote display protocol · 2007

  PCoIP

  Teradici's proprietary PC-over-IP protocol transmits host-rendered display output, audio, input, and selected peripheral data to a remote client. It uses adaptive, multi-codec encoding and can adjust image quality and bandwidth use according to network conditions. PCoIP was delivered in both dedicated hardware and software implementations and became the basis of virtual desktop, cloud workstation, and remote physical-workstation products.

• System-on-chip

  PCoIP Zero Client SoC

  A family of Teradici-developed system-on-chip components intended for original equipment manufacturers building PCoIP zero clients. The Tera1 and Tera2 generations implemented core protocol processing in dedicated hardware, enabling endpoints with limited local computing requirements to connect to virtual desktops and remote workstations.

• Workstation remoting hardware

  PCoIP Workstation 1:1 Host SoC

  A system-on-chip design for OEM PCIe host cards installed in physical workstations or blade computers. The technology supported one-to-one remote access, including capture of GPU output and redirection of audio and USB peripherals, allowing a user to operate a centralized workstation through a PCoIP zero client or software client.

• Remote desktop software

  PCoIP Software Clients

  Software implementations of PCoIP that enabled endpoint devices to connect to virtual desktops, cloud workstations, and physical hosts without dedicated PCoIP client hardware. Teradici-developed client technology was used across Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android environments and was also incorporated into partner products and services.

• VDI server offload card

  Teradici APEX 2800

  A PCIe coprocessor designed for VMware Horizon environments. The APEX 2800 offloaded parts of graphics and audio compression and encryption from the host server, with the goal of improving server efficiency and consolidation in virtual desktop infrastructure deployments.

• Endpoint management software

  PCoIP Management Console

  A web-based administration tool for centrally configuring and managing fleets of PCoIP zero-client devices. It provided enterprise administrators with a common control point for endpoint deployment and operational management.

• Remote workstation access software

  Workstation Access Software

  Software for connecting a PCoIP software client or zero client to a physical Windows workstation or a virtual machine hosted in a data center or cloud environment. It targeted professional users who required access to centralized compute and graphics resources from remote locations.

• 2026

  Plan discontinuation of HP AnywareStrategy

  Background

  HP announced a planned change to the future of the HP Anyware product line that carried forward Teradici-related remote-work capabilities.

  Action taken

  HP announced that HP Anyware would be discontinued by December 2028.

  Aftermath

  The announcement indicates a planned wind-down or transition of HP's principal branded continuation of Teradici's remote-work offering. Further product migration details are not specified in the available reference material.

  Source

• 2021

  Agree to acquisition by HPM&A

  Background

  Teradici's remote-work and visual-computing technology complemented HP's workstation, device, and digital-workplace businesses.

  Action taken

  HP Inc. signed a definitive agreement to acquire Teradici on undisclosed terms.

  Aftermath

  The transaction closed in October 2021, and Teradici's technology was incorporated into HP's portfolio, including HP Anyware.

  Source

• 2013

  License PCoIP to AmazonStrategy

  Background

  Cloud-hosted desktops created a route for remote-display protocols beyond traditional enterprise-owned virtualization infrastructure.

  Action taken

  Teradici licensed PCoIP to Amazon for Amazon WorkSpaces.

  Aftermath

  The agreement extended PCoIP into public-cloud desktop delivery and increased its presence in hosted-workspace deployments.

  Source

• 2008

  License PCoIP to VMwareStrategy

  Background

  Teradici needed to extend PCoIP beyond its own dedicated hardware and reach the growing enterprise virtualization market.

  Action taken

  The company licensed PCoIP to VMware for integration into VMware View.

  Aftermath

  VMware's adoption gave PCoIP broad exposure in virtual desktop infrastructure and helped establish Teradici as a remote-display technology provider.

  Source

• 2026

  HP announces planned discontinuation of HP Anyware[1]Teradicien.wikipedia.org

  Product generation

  HP announced that HP Anyware, the product line associated with Teradici's remote-work technology, would be discontinued by December 2028.

• 2021

  HP agrees to acquire Teradici[1]Teradicien.wikipedia.org

  M&A

  HP Inc. announced a definitive agreement to acquire Teradici. The terms were not disclosed, and completion was planned for the fourth quarter of 2021.

• 2021

  HP completes acquisition of Teradici[1]Teradicien.wikipedia.org

  M&A

  Teradici was acquired by HP Inc. in October 2021 and ceased operating as an independent company.

• 2013

  Amazon licenses PCoIP for Amazon WorkSpaces[1]Teradicien.wikipedia.org

  Other

  Amazon licensed Teradici's PCoIP technology for its cloud-hosted desktop service, extending the protocol's reach into public-cloud workspaces.

• 2008

  VMware licenses Teradici's PCoIP protocol[1]Teradicien.wikipedia.org

  Other

  VMware announced licensing of PCoIP for its virtual desktop products, later shipping the technology in VMware View.

1. 1Teradicien.wikipedia.org
2. 2Teradici official websiteteradici.com