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What On Earth Can CloudBridge and NetScaler Learn from the Mobile Network?
Do you remember when you purchased that sleek, shiny smartphone and walked it out of the mall or the Apple store? You probably know that your connection to the Internet was over the mobile network (or “cellular network” for those who roll old-school). What happened next? This: you walked in your front door or the front door of your office – BYOD-style –and said “so long” to ...
How we confused Gabe Knuth about ShareFile and XenApp
Gabe Knuth from brianmadden.com is confused about XenApp and ShareFile. And it's my fault. A couple of days ago, Gabe posted an article. Shortly after the posting, lots of "WTF?" emails started arriving in my in-box. Originally the article was titled "ShareFile doesn't work on XenApp? Now Citrix is making apps that 'don't work on Citrix?' " and the attention-grabbing headline led a number of people to believe (incorrectly) that ...
Why PVS isn’t going away
There seems to be quite a bit of discussion on Citrix replacing Provisioning Services (PVS) with Machine Creation Services (MCS), especially in the new release hopefully going GA soon. In light of the new release, while MCS is expanding and finding more uses, I think people forget why PVS is still relevant and the best use cases for it. Let's start with the common objections to ...
Pedal to the Metal: Bare Metal Scaling of XenApp 6.5 Hosted Shared Desktops
The Citrix XenApp (XA) Hosted Shared model combines application and session virtualization, relying on the Citrix XA server to publish familiar Windows desktops and applications. The Hosted Shared model centralizes application delivery and management, securing data and applications in the data center. The Citrix XA server can be hosted directly as a bare-metal server on the Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system, or it can ...
Microsoft Office 2013: Impact on VDI and SBC Workloads
As a part of the Citrix Global Alliances team, I spend a good portion of my time conducting performance tests to size Citrix software configurations in conjunction with products from our partners. For example, Citrix recently released version 5.2 of VDI-in-a-Box—the first Citrix desktop virtualization product to be supported and validated on the updated version of Microsoft Server 2012 with Hyper-V. A few weeks ago ...
Citrix FlexCast Style: Delivering XenApp on Hyper-V with PVS and McAfee
Follow me @TonySanchez_CTX Architectures—whether physical or virtual—should be flexible enough to adapt to different workloads, allowing them to support changing business needs. Although implementing a new IT architecture takes time and careful planning, the process to test and validate an architecture should be easy. In the case of a virtual desktop architecture, test engineers should be able to follow a repeatable pattern, step by step, ...
All things Citrix Syndication – the InfoCenter has it all
The Citrix Syndication InfoCenter is your central destination for all things Citrix Syndication. From "why syndicate" to "how to" - the InfoCenter brings you everything you need to get started, and even includes sample sites. Take a look! If you're familiar with the InfoCenter you might notice that we recently underwent a minor change. That's right, we have made it even quicker for you to access the ...
Impacts of PVS implementation in large enterprise companies
In general, when we discuss PVS implementation during a XenDesktop or XenApp design, the focus is always on technical aspects of the PVS, e.g. PVS must be virtual or physical, one or two servers, NIC type, etc. Additional questions/answers, however, may be needed in order for a successful implementation to take place. PVS implementation is not only a technical challenge. In dealing with large enterprise ...
XenApp 6.5 Hosted Shared Desktop sizing example
In this blog series I’m taking a look at scalability considerations for XenApp 6.5 Hosted Shared Desktops, specifically: How to estimate XenApp 6.5 Hosted Shared Desktop scalability What’s the optimal XenApp 6.5 VM specification? XenApp 6.5 Hosted Shared Desktop sizing example My last post provided guidance on the optimal XenApp virtual machine specification. Now in the last post of the series, I’m going to walk through an example sizing ...
What’s the optimal XenApp 6.5 VM configuration?
In this blog series I’m taking a look at scalability considerations for XenApp 6.5, specifically: How to estimate XenApp 6.5 Hosted Shared Desktop scalability What’s the optimal XenApp 6.5 VM specification? XenApp 6.5 Hosted Shared Desktop sizing example My last post provided guidance on how to estimate XenApp density based on processor specification and user workload. In the second post of the series, I’m taking a look at the ...