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Bryon Thomas

  1. How do you support Citrix products? (survey)

    By Bryon Thomas · Published on 1 year ago · No Comments

    Calling all customers: How do you support your Citrix products? Directly with Citrix? Via your channel partner? Through a third-party maintenance provider? Or do you go it alone, using the Citrix Knowledge Center, Support Forums, Citrix TV, and Google searches?Take this 10 question survey and let us know your thoughts. The survey should take 3-4 minutes to complete.Take the Survey NowHurry, the survey is available ...

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  2. XenApp and XenDesktop–Application and Desktop Virtualization are Better Together

    By Bryon Thomas · Published on 3 years ago · 5 Comments

    Since launching XenDesktop, one of the most common questions I have heard from XenApp customers is "Why would I use XenDesktop with my current XenApp implementation?" Well, there are a lot of reasons and this white paper helps answer them. According to the document's description:This document focuses on the application delivery options that are available, as well as the criteria that should be used by ...

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  3. Help Shape the Future of Citrix!

    By Bryon Thomas · Published on 3 years ago · No Comments

    Did you know that Citrix has a private Customer Advisory Community that enables global Citrix customers to serve as virtual advisors, providing their perspectives and opinions in an online forum?  The Customer Advisory Community is comprised of 400 Citrix customers who span more than 30 countries and represent a broad cross-section of industries and organizations.Customer Advisory Community members log in to the site each week, ...

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  4. Coming Soon – XenApp Upgrade Calculator v2

    By Bryon Thomas · Published on 3 years ago · No Comments

    There have been nearly 10,000 runs of the (free) XenApp Upgrade Calculator, which launched in 1Q08. Customers and partners alike have found it valuable in making cost comparisons between applying a Subscription Advantage (SA) budget and upgrading editions of XenApp. Since the first year of SA is included in all XenApp edition upgrades, upgrading at SA renewal frequently makes financial sense.  Here is what a ...

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  5. Performance Evaluation of XenApp Virtualized on XenServer – Tolly Group Report

    By Bryon Thomas · Published on 3 years ago · 3 Comments

    One of the most common questions from the field, especially after Citrix acquired XenSource, was "What type of performance do I get if XenApp is virtualized on the server?". This Tolly Group Report conducts a performance evaluation of Citrix XenApp in a 64-bit virtualized server environment using Citrix XenServer Enterprise 4.1.0.  Test highlights include:Achieves maximum performance of users when XenApp runs on a 64-bit XenServer ...

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  6. Top 5 XenApp Doc Downloads

    By Bryon Thomas · Published on 3 years ago · No Comments

    Ever want to see the best XenApp docs? Here are the top 5 most downloaded docs for XenApp on citrix.com January 1 - June 18, 2008:XenApp Comparative Feature Matrix Citrix Presentation Server 4.5 on Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services: A Feature Analysis Forrester - Moving IT From Application Deployment To Application Delivery - A Guide to Application Delivery for CIOs and Senior IT Executives Forrester - Moving IT ...

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  7. Webinar – How to Run AutoCAD Map 3D on Citrix XenApp

    By Bryon Thomas · Published on 3 years ago · No Comments

    Learn how to run AutoCAD Map 3D on Citrix XenApp in this webinar on Wednesday, June 25, 2008 featuring Arnold Schwabe, Autodesk Technical Consultant.A number of guides for running AutoCAD on Citrix environments have been floating around on the Web. There is the  unofficial guide to running AutoCAD 2006 via Terminal Services or XenApp (it was called Presentation Server at that time) as highlighted by ...

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  8. Windows Server 2008 and Presentation Server 4.5 – A Feature Analysis

    By Bryon Thomas · Published on 4 years ago · 6 Comments

    Want to understand the differences between Presentation Server 4.5 and Terminal Services in Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2003? Take a look at the new 14-page Citrix Presentation Server on Windows Terminal Services: A Feature Analysis  just completed by the Citrix Technical Marketing Team. But this is not just the Citrix perspective on what is different between the products. This document was co-developed with ...

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  9. Citrix XenApp on Microsoft Windows Terminal Services – A Feature Analysis

    By Bryon Thomas · Published on 4 years ago · 8 Comments

    With the launch of Windows Server 2008 this past Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2008, the question "Do I need Citrix or is Terminal Services enough" is back en vogue. In fact, the Google search for "do i need citrix with windows server 2008" is one of the top 3 search phrases driving traffic to my blog.  In that search, my earlier post Evaluating Project Delaware and ...

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  10. And The Winner Is…

    By Bryon Thomas · Published on 4 years ago · No Comments

    In the spirit of the Oscar Awards last night where No Country For Old Men won best movie of the year ( a surprise to me), I thought I would pronounce the best Citrix "film" of the year. And the winner is... Understanding and Designing Presentation Server Farms (scroll down)Of all the Citrix XenApp (the new name for Presentation Server) technical videos, this video has 60% ...

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