Tarkan Kocoglu
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The right platform for your desktop virtualization architecture
Today, it is a known fact that desktop virtualization architectures touch many, if not all components and layers of an IT infrastructure. Thereby, we are confronted with many challenges and issues due to the requirement of creating a harmonized infrastructure, where all components interact well with each other to ensure the best user experience by also meeting IT and business objectives. This was not a ...
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Project Morpheus reloaded
One may think now what is the association with the movie Matrix. Was it really Morpheus being reloaded? No, not really. So what is Project Morpheus reloaded? We started this project for Synergy San Francisco this year and provided insights as part of this blog. This is phase two of this project for Synergy Barcelona and since we had many lessons learned from phase one, we ...
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Experience Project Morpheus
Do you know Morpheus? I guess most of you will think about Morpheus from the movie "The Matrix", right? However, I am talking about the god of dreams in Greek mythology, leader of the Oneiroi. He has the attribute of sending images of humans in dreams or visions and is responsible for shaping dreams (more details here). But what is the relation with Project Morpheus? Based ...
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Moving a XenDesktop PoC to a production environment Tech Talk – Q&A
Recently, I held Tech Talks for providing guidance to move a XenDesktop PoC to a production environment and you submitted many good questions, which is the reason why it required some time to provide you the answers. I covered most of these questions, however there were some that I needed to leave out because the question was not clear. Therefore, I would appreciate if you ...
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Moving a XenDesktop PoC to a production environment
How many times did you successfully complete a Proof of Concept (PoC) and you were asked to move it into production? I guess you faced such situations at least once and scratched your head and asked yourself "Should I?" or "Is there a feasible way?". Usually a Proof of Concept is being used just to prove a concept. After the proof was achieved, the environment is ...
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VDI Drive-Thru
VDI is currently mentioned in many IT organizations and the concept of providing virtual desktops to users is understood with all its related benefits (which I will not mention here). A virtual desktop serves many use cases, where users stay connected to their virtual desktop by any type of network connection. However, what happens if there is no network connection? Even though considering nations with ...
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Evaluate VDI like a new car test ride
What is the relation between evaluating a VDI solution and a new car test ride? Actually, there is none. But wouldn't it be nice if an evaluation would be as simple and comfortable as test riding a new car? Yes, it should. Usually, evaluating a new technology takes times and can easily become a full blown project, which is nowadays a challenge - from a resource ...
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How to translate requirements into a XenDesktop architecture
You heard about desktop virtualization and VDI; your organization got excited and maybe is considering it now for its own IT. Now you are confronted with all your organizations requirements - business as well as technical. The logical question is, where to start and how to design a XenDesktop architecture that meets these requirements. Typically, you start researching for information that reflects your situation or maybe ...
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Offline desktop OS provided by the Cloud
So you probably think "offline" and "cloud" do not fit together since you cannot check out something from the cloud and take it with you. Right? Especially as cloud computing is defined as an Internet-based resource that you leverage for services you need. What if I say, you could do it (with the right technology). XenClient provides the technology and architecture that would allow you to ...
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The importance of knowing your environment
I have a simple question: Do you know your currently running server workloads? It does not matter if physical or virtual workloads, but my assumption is probably not all of them, maybe even not half of them. Why am I asking this question? Today, many organizations try to move away from server sprawl and under-utilization, where systems rarely use more than 5% to 10% of their ...