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Tag: virtual_desktops
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Citrix Launches Free Tool to Take Guesswork Out of Desktop Virtualization
On behalf of the Project Accelerator team, I am very excited to announce that the Citrix Project Accelerator beta, a new tool for implementing virtual desktops, is now available. The idea was simply to make our customers and partners wildly successful with their desktop virtualization deployments – and to help people who are considering desktop virtualization make the right up-front assessment and design decisions. If you’re new to Citrix ...
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Multi-tenancy in Practice for Cloud Service Providers
Ashish Gujarathi just posted a blog that I think is pivotal for the hosting industry, "Designing a multi-tenant XenApp deployment." Why is it important? Not because the three models of deployment are so radical - but because most people we talk to have never thought of them as a continuum of non-mutually exclusive options before. It seems that a term like "multi-tenancy" is as confusing and ...
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Citrix & McAfee – Making Virtual Desktops “Secure by Design”
Simple and scalable security specifically designed for virtual environments is a critical requirement for mainstream adoption of desktop virtualization. Desktop virtualization is increasingly becoming a top strategic initiative for organizations seeking a more secure, flexible and cost-effective way to deliver Windows desktops and applications to business users. Traditional security solutions do not scale to protect enterprises from the changing security threat landscape in an environment ...
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XenDesktop Design Handbook – No Registrations Required
It was a few months ago we released the XenDesktop Design Handbook that contained a collection of reference designs, implementation guides and planning guides. When the handbook was initially released, it had a few items. Over the past couple of months we have included additional items like Bandwidth planning Windows 7 optimization guide VM resource allocation SMB reference design But there was one annoying thing with the handbook. Registrations. Yuck. ...
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XenDesktop on Hyper-V SP1 – 40% More User Density
As you have likely heard by now, SP1 for Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V will soon be released (in the first quarter of 2011). Yesterday at TechEd Europe, Microsoft announced the results of recent joint scalability testing by Microsoft and Citrix on the scalability of Hyper-V SP1 and Dynamic memory with Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. Brad Anderson (Corporate Vice President, Management and ...
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Learn how to Design XenDesktop for the Small to Medium Business
Many organizations looking to implement virtual desktops are looking at fairly small deployments, fewer than 500 users. In fact, I've been receiving more and more questions from partners and customers asking how they can utilize XenDesktop for environments with only 50 or 100 users. Questions like: What is the recommended architecture for smaller XenDesktop deployments? Do I need to use ...
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Citrix and Microsoft Roadshow – 8 Cities Left
Over 150 Cities Visited, 8 More to Go We have circled the globe and are nearing the end of the 160+ city Desktop Virtualization Roadshow. Thousands worldwide have already experienced this event. Lock in your seat today to get the answers you need on desktop virtualization at the Citrix and Microsoft Roadshow. Meet with your area Citrix and Microsoft teams, V-Alliance partners and desktop virtualization thought ...
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XenDesktop, Hyper-V and System Center Resources
Citrix and Microsoft have been working together on our joint solution for desktop virtualization for about three years. We have seen the interest in the solution steadily grow. The announcement of the new global V-Alliance program at Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference this summer has increased the interest in this solution dramatically. Both Citrix and Microsoft have invested in field sales resources specifically tasked with working with ...
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Citrix and Microsoft Power Telecom Italia Desktops
One of the finalists for the Citrix Innovation Award at Citrix Syenergy Berlin is Telecom Italia. Telecom Italia is Italy's largest provider of telecommunications services, with more than 71,000 employees and a network of 18.5 million fixed and 30.8 million mobile lines. It provides telecommunications services in Italy, Brazil and Argentina. They manage greater than 75,000 devices including desktops, laptops and thin clients. Telecom Italia ...
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Virtual Desktops as a Service from Wipro, Citrix and Microsoft
Wipro, Citrix and Microsoft just announced a new joint Desktops as a Service solution at Citrix Synergy Berlin. This new solution is based on Citrix XenDesktop and Microsoft infrastructure technologies, including Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V, Microsoft VDI Premium Suite, and Microsoft System Center management. One of the most interesting aspects of this new Daas offering is the flexibility and simplicity it provides. ...