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Virtual Desktops: Building a better mousetrap
When it comes to building a mouse trap, what is the first thing you think about? Chances are, you don't think about the gauge of wire you're going to be using, or the tension rates for the springs. If you're like me you think about the base needs of the mouse, and how you're going to address them in order to attract the mouse to ...
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Taking a modular approach to XenDesktop design
As you build out your desktop transformation project, you need to consider how big do you want to scale your XenDesktop sites, and at what point does risk enter into the equation. If you've read Daniel Feller’s blog post on scaling XenDesktop sites, you’ll know what I mean. XenDesktop can scale to very large single site infrastructures, but at some point, you will hit that ...
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Synergy between XenDesktop and NetScaler … at Synergy 2012!
As you think about how you can expand your XenDesktop environment to more of the enterprise, security, availability and scalability become more and more of a concern. Designing and building a solution for enterprise class delivery requires thinking across three broad areas: Desktop Availability: Securely delivering the right desktop and applications to the user with a minimum of fuss and muss, and delivering it even if ...
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Planning and Deploying XenDesktop on VMware vSphere
Recently, three new articles related to planning and deploying Citrix XenDesktop have come out to help you with getting a XenDesktop environment up and running with VMware vSphere. Two come from Citrix Consulting services; a Planning Guide incorporating Citrix Consulting best practices from the field and the lab, and a Deployment Guide with step-by-step instructions to help you get your base configuration up and running. The third document is a ...
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Citrix XenDesktop 5.5 and VMware vSphere 5 – first look architecture
Two new products in the world of desktop virtualization have hit the market recently; Citrix XenDesktop 5.5 and VMware vSphere 5. With these two products coming out so close together it begs a question: How do they integrate? While I’m sure there will be much written on features, functions and scalability in the coming months, Citrix has certified XenDesktop 5.5 on vSphere 5 (see John ...