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Simplified VDI Architecture
There’s a perception that VDI is complicated. I’m far from being a rocket scientist, and I’ve managed to implement many successful VDI projects over the past ten years. I truly believe that VDI is one of those things that is only as complicated as you make it. It’s like saying that driving is complicated. You’d have to be crazy to take your first lesson in ...
Citrix Profile Management and VDI – Doing it Right Part 3!
I previously wrote two blog articles on properly configuring Citrix Profile Management and Folder Redirection and architecting it so that it scales for large environments. If you have not yet read the previous two articles, then I would suggest you read them first. You can find them at the links below: http://blogs.citrix.com/2012/02/11/citrix-profile-management-and-vdi-doing-it-right/ http://blogs.citrix.com/2012/08/05/citrix-profile-management-and-vdi-doing-it-right-part-2/ In this third and final installment of this series, I will provide some guidelines on ...
Celebrate the New Year with New Citrix Receivers for Android, Windows, Chromebook and PlayBook!
I hope you had a wonderful holidays and a happy new year! (For those of you die hard folks who may be reading this post before the New Year, then I hope you HAVE a wonderful celebration!) While you were out and hopefully not working our engineering team was hard at work releasing important updates to a number of our Citrix Receiver distributions. A couple of ...
From Wow to How: Virtual Desktops, Networking and the Cloud
Thank you to those of you who joined us on Tuesday, November 15th for “From Wow to How 2: Virtual Desktops, Networking and the Cloud” webinar. I was excited to hear Citrix and Microsoft experts discussing the role of public, personal and private clouds, the power of virtual desktops and ways to provide a single point of authentication for users to securely access ALL applications, ...
Analyst Discussion Q&A
Along with Wyse, we hosted a webinar last Tuesday featuring research analysts from IDC. In case you missed the event, you can watch the replay here: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/797802681 Thanks to those of you who attended and for your questions. We’re sorry we weren’t able to get to all of your questions during the live event. We’ve provided answers to your questions below: What’s the larger trend...repurposing PCs or ...
Since We’re Part of the Problem, We Figure’d we’d be Part of the Solution
Here at CTIA, Sandvine announced it is using Citrix NetScaler as part of a larger solution to help mobile operators optimize their mobile packet core infrastructure. The mobile packet core is, to a large extent, the heart of a mobile operator's network. And this part of the network is under tremendous stress these days, given the explosion of "apps" and the amount of data traffic ...
How much bandwidth does it take to deliver HD video?
As high definition video becomes increasingly popular in business, you may have wondered (or even worried) about the impact it will have on your network. How much bandwidth does it take to deliver HD video to a XenDesktop user? And what can be done to keep bandwidth consumption under control? Surprisingly, there's considerable confusion about what "HD" really means. Many people would expect the HD designation ...
1 Million Downloads And Counting For Citrix Receiver for iPhone and iPad
Citrix Receiver for iPhone & iPad has now exceeded 1 Million downloads making it near the top of the business apps category for Apple iOS. This milestone marks a threshold well beyond what had been considered a toy by many and an experiment by others. The Citrix Receiver for iPhone and iPad has enabled these consumer centric devices to also serve as a real ...
Stodgy IT, client virtualization and XenDesktop Feature Pack 2
The IT executive experience I was listening to a customer on stage at a conference a few weeks ago proudly explaining how he had managed to police the number of devices in his organization. He accomplished this by effectively implementing three key strategies. 1) Create red tape, and make the end user produce business justification and feel silly about why the corporate issued solution was not ...
20,000 User Reference Design Webinar Q-A
For those of you who missed the June 18th TechTalk on the design for a 20,000 user environment, missed out. Well, not really. Luckily, we recorded the presentation so you can watch it whenever you desire. As you know, the webinar was based on a reference design for a 70,000 user school district. Links to the materials are as follows: TechTalk Webinar ...