This document provides an overview of desktop virtualization and how it can help businesses. It discusses:
1) Different types of virtual desktops that can meet the needs of various user types, including hosted shared, VDI, streamed, and local virtual machines.
2) How desktop virtualization provides benefits like flexibility, lower costs, security, and management compared to traditional desktop computing.
3) Key drivers for desktop virtualization adoption, including agility, flexible working environments, compliance, and lower ongoing costs.
Watch "VDI Performance Assessment - Moving Desktop Virtualization from Test to Best" and learn how a VDI performance assessment can help you baseline your current VDI performance, understand critical bottlenecks, and identify how to optimize your virtual desktop infrastructure for scalability, cost efficiency and peak performance.
VDI Performance Assurance With Monitoring and TestingeG Innovations
Virtual desktop and VDI initiatives promise a variety of benefits - but the underlying IT architecture adds complexity and risk. Virtual desktop users expect application delivery to be as fast and reliable as their physical desktop experience. A single failure in the service infrastructure can bring virtual desktop performance to a crawl, and significantly impact user productivity and business processes.
Both performance monitoring and performance testing tools address this challenge by helping to create, deliver and maintain the best possible performance for virtual desktop users. However, the approach of the two solutions differ. Where load testing helps to predict and prevent infrastructure performance using simulated user behavior, performance monitoring helps to prevent and, when needed, solve performance problems by diagnosing the behavior of real users and the underlying VDI infrastructure in production environments. A combined approach of using both types of toolsets is the best model for optimal performance assurance.
Join our live webinar with performance management experts Srinivas Ramanathan (CEO, eG Innovations) and Jeroen van de Kamp (CTO, Login VSI) and find out:
- Why performance management of virtual desktop infrastructures is key
- How performance testing and monitoring solutions compare
- How performance monitoring tools complement performance testing tools
- How to combine monitoring and testing for perfect performance assurance
- A real world example of how to leverage best of breed solutions for total performance assurance
Did you know that 50 percent of desktop virtualization initiatives fail?
Most challenges are due to poor user satisfaction, poor performance and
escalating costs. With such an important initiative, you cannot afford to
take a 50/50 chance for success.
Join the webinar "VDI Best Practices - How to Ensure a Great
Customer Experience When Deploying Client Virtualization" to increase your odds of project success and
ensure user satisfaction from day one. You’ll learn from virtualization
expert Roy Francis of FusionStorm how to successfully deploy desktop
virtualization projects and overcome user problems.
Learn how to better prepare for your desktop virtualization initiative,
and then once deployed how to ensure a great user experience. We will
discuss:
• The pitfalls to avoid when implementing desktop virtualization
• Tips and tricks for overcoming user challenges
• Considerations for migrating to XenApp 6.5 and Windows 2008
• How to address performance and scalability concerns
Watch "VDI Performance Assessment - Moving Desktop Virtualization from Test to Best" and learn how a VDI performance assessment can help you baseline your current VDI performance, understand critical bottlenecks, and identify how to optimize your virtual desktop infrastructure for scalability, cost efficiency and peak performance.
VDI Performance Assurance With Monitoring and TestingeG Innovations
Virtual desktop and VDI initiatives promise a variety of benefits - but the underlying IT architecture adds complexity and risk. Virtual desktop users expect application delivery to be as fast and reliable as their physical desktop experience. A single failure in the service infrastructure can bring virtual desktop performance to a crawl, and significantly impact user productivity and business processes.
Both performance monitoring and performance testing tools address this challenge by helping to create, deliver and maintain the best possible performance for virtual desktop users. However, the approach of the two solutions differ. Where load testing helps to predict and prevent infrastructure performance using simulated user behavior, performance monitoring helps to prevent and, when needed, solve performance problems by diagnosing the behavior of real users and the underlying VDI infrastructure in production environments. A combined approach of using both types of toolsets is the best model for optimal performance assurance.
Join our live webinar with performance management experts Srinivas Ramanathan (CEO, eG Innovations) and Jeroen van de Kamp (CTO, Login VSI) and find out:
- Why performance management of virtual desktop infrastructures is key
- How performance testing and monitoring solutions compare
- How performance monitoring tools complement performance testing tools
- How to combine monitoring and testing for perfect performance assurance
- A real world example of how to leverage best of breed solutions for total performance assurance
Did you know that 50 percent of desktop virtualization initiatives fail?
Most challenges are due to poor user satisfaction, poor performance and
escalating costs. With such an important initiative, you cannot afford to
take a 50/50 chance for success.
Join the webinar "VDI Best Practices - How to Ensure a Great
Customer Experience When Deploying Client Virtualization" to increase your odds of project success and
ensure user satisfaction from day one. You’ll learn from virtualization
expert Roy Francis of FusionStorm how to successfully deploy desktop
virtualization projects and overcome user problems.
Learn how to better prepare for your desktop virtualization initiative,
and then once deployed how to ensure a great user experience. We will
discuss:
• The pitfalls to avoid when implementing desktop virtualization
• Tips and tricks for overcoming user challenges
• Considerations for migrating to XenApp 6.5 and Windows 2008
• How to address performance and scalability concerns
vDesk.works vs Microsoft Cloud 365 (VDI)vDesk.Works
Get a detailed overview of the differences between vDesk and Microsoft Cloud 365 for virtual desktops. Compare both on the basis of their Specifications, Features, Features, Client Platforms, and so on. Also, learn more about vDesk.works now with the demo.
Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) represents the future of enterprise desktop computing and brings with it the detachment of OSs and applications from physical endpoints—a compelling trend that promises greater flexibility, scalability, cost savings and security benefits. The movement also represents radical, and possibly painful, changes in market dynamics for providers of endpoint hardware, software and services.
Yankee Group analysts Phil Hochmuth and Zeus Kerravala dissect the future of VDI and discuss what the technology has to offer enterprises today.
VDI Choices - Citrix XenDesktop, XenApp or VDI in a Box?eG Innovations
A growing number of companies are virtualising desktop environments to reduce cost and boost flexibility. The dizzying array of available solutions can make the first step quite difficult - what virtualization technology is right for my organization? Citrix alone offers XenDesktop, XenApp and VDI in a box. While Citrix desktop virtualisation often seems like a simple project; user experience problems, delayed deployments, and cost overruns can quickly turn this project into a nightmare.
Join the webinar "Desktop Virtualisation Choices: Citrix XenDesktop, XenApp or VDI in a Box - How to Decide" and learn from UK Citrix desktop virtualization expert Andrew Wood (Gilwood CS Ltd) how to decide what virtualisation technology best fits your needs.
Hear how to determine what technology is right for you based on:
• Your goals for desktop virtualisation
• Number of users, applications, and profiles
• Existing infrastructure issues
• Cost of ownership vs. cost savings
• Performance and scalability considerations
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) is still a relatively new technology. Most people are either unaware or have only a brief idea about this emerging technology. This Slide share will provide your 12 points which you must know before implementing VDI Technology in your business.
VDI or virtual desktop infrastructure technology came up as a solution for companies facing challenges like high cost, huge infra, and less security in operating physical office desktops.
VDI helped businesses enable virtual desktops for their employees with high security, reduced infra, and less cost.
VDI, which creates a virtual environment by segmenting servers into different virtual machines, can be built either on your office premise or from the cloud of a third-party provider.
Understand in this presentation all the past challenges and the advantages of implementing various VDI models in your business.
vDesk.works vs Microsoft Cloud 365 (VDI)vDesk.Works
Get a detailed overview of the differences between vDesk and Microsoft Cloud 365 for virtual desktops. Compare both on the basis of their Specifications, Features, Features, Client Platforms, and so on. Also, learn more about vDesk.works now with the demo.
Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) represents the future of enterprise desktop computing and brings with it the detachment of OSs and applications from physical endpoints—a compelling trend that promises greater flexibility, scalability, cost savings and security benefits. The movement also represents radical, and possibly painful, changes in market dynamics for providers of endpoint hardware, software and services.
Yankee Group analysts Phil Hochmuth and Zeus Kerravala dissect the future of VDI and discuss what the technology has to offer enterprises today.
VDI Choices - Citrix XenDesktop, XenApp or VDI in a Box?eG Innovations
A growing number of companies are virtualising desktop environments to reduce cost and boost flexibility. The dizzying array of available solutions can make the first step quite difficult - what virtualization technology is right for my organization? Citrix alone offers XenDesktop, XenApp and VDI in a box. While Citrix desktop virtualisation often seems like a simple project; user experience problems, delayed deployments, and cost overruns can quickly turn this project into a nightmare.
Join the webinar "Desktop Virtualisation Choices: Citrix XenDesktop, XenApp or VDI in a Box - How to Decide" and learn from UK Citrix desktop virtualization expert Andrew Wood (Gilwood CS Ltd) how to decide what virtualisation technology best fits your needs.
Hear how to determine what technology is right for you based on:
• Your goals for desktop virtualisation
• Number of users, applications, and profiles
• Existing infrastructure issues
• Cost of ownership vs. cost savings
• Performance and scalability considerations
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) is still a relatively new technology. Most people are either unaware or have only a brief idea about this emerging technology. This Slide share will provide your 12 points which you must know before implementing VDI Technology in your business.
VDI or virtual desktop infrastructure technology came up as a solution for companies facing challenges like high cost, huge infra, and less security in operating physical office desktops.
VDI helped businesses enable virtual desktops for their employees with high security, reduced infra, and less cost.
VDI, which creates a virtual environment by segmenting servers into different virtual machines, can be built either on your office premise or from the cloud of a third-party provider.
Understand in this presentation all the past challenges and the advantages of implementing various VDI models in your business.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is everywhere, promising self-driving cars, medical breakthroughs, and new ways of working. But how do you separate hype from reality? How can your company apply AI to solve real business problems?
Here’s what AI learnings your business should keep in mind for 2017.
How to Become a Thought Leader in Your NicheLeslie Samuel
Are bloggers thought leaders? Here are some tips on how you can become one. Provide great value, put awesome content out there on a regular basis, and help others.
Rana Kanaan, Vice President of Product and Marketing at Workspot, discussed how IT departments can drive speed to value during her presentation at the 2015 Chief Information Officer Leadership Forum in Los Angeles on Feb. 10. In her presentation, Kanaan noted that adopting new technologies often takes time, but IT departments can help businesses accelerate their adoption rates.
Innovations that simplify desktop virtualization Dell World
Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) is an alternative desktop deployment model that offers increased flexibility and simplified management. In this session, you will learn how to sharply decrease the time required to plan, deploy and operate VDI in small to mid-size environments. The discussion will focus on Dell appliances for both Citrix and vWorkspace—part of a comprehensive portfolio of end-to-end VDI solutions—optimized to quickly and cost-effectively satisfy a variety of specific use cases and user requirements.
OGD BINAIR 2010 - VDI toegepast met Citrix XenDesktop OGD
Michael Mellor van Citrix liet de op BINAIR 2010 in Eindhoven de mogelijkheden van Citrix XenDesktop zien en demo'eden er vrolijk op los. Applicaties uit the cloud of desktop as a service, zijn presentatie verklaart nader.
World Wide Technology Tec37 Webinar - Deploy and Manage Windows 10 at Scale v1World Wide Technology
World Wide Technology (WWT) TEC37 webinar focused on deploying and managing Windows 10, including what tools will be needed to deploy OS patches and updates. Panelists include Wendell Layne, WWT’s end-user computing product manager, Steve Adams, partner technology strategist for Windows and devices from Microsoft; Dan Huber, a mobility solutions architect for WWT focused on digital experience; Kelly Ryan, a solutions architect for WWT focused on virtualization and Darrin Dennis, a solutions architect for WWT focused on all things Windows server infrastructure related.
Topics covered include:
- How to effectively manage physical and virtual desktops as well as mobile devices without the need for disparate systems
- New ways to deploy OS updates using Windows Insider Preview, Windows Current Branch and Current Branch for Business
- How to use patch management to lock down Windows 10
- VDI opportunities new to Windows 10
MT147_Thinking Windows 10? Think simple, scalable, and secure deployments wit...Dell EMC World
Over 350M Windows 10 devices have been deployed in less than a year, and the recent Windows 10 anniversary update has accelerated the planning of Windows 10 rollouts for the vast majority of enterprises. This is the perfect time to evaluate your desktop deployment strategy. In this session, we will discuss the how VMware Horizon with Dell infrastructure can enable your journey to Windows 10, the benefits of centrally deploying Windows 10 through virtual desktops, and what this means for BYOD. We’ll also cover how the latest innovations from VMware and Dell can deliver simple, scalable, and secure Windows 10 deployments.
Citrix unterscheidet wieder zwischen XenApp 7.5 und XenDesktop 7.5. Aber keine Angst, beide Produkte verwenden die gleiche Technologie wie in XenDesktop 7.1, die Flexcast-Management-Architektur. Also keine IMA-Dienste und Zonen-Data-Kollektoren mehr.
Neu wird es auch möglich sein, die Citrix-Lösungen in hybride oder öffentliche Clouds zu integrieren, wie zum Beispiel Amazon Web Services oder Windows Azure. Daneben werden auch andere Produkte wie AppDNA, Mobile Device Management oder die neuste Protokoll-Errungenschaft Framehawk in der kommenden Version je nach Lizenzversion integriert sein.
Slides zum Referat von Stephan Pfister.
Securing your Kubernetes cluster_ a step-by-step guide to success !KatiaHIMEUR1
Today, after several years of existence, an extremely active community and an ultra-dynamic ecosystem, Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard in container orchestration. Thanks to a wide range of managed services, it has never been so easy to set up a ready-to-use Kubernetes cluster.
However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
Generating a custom Ruby SDK for your web service or Rails API using Smithyg2nightmarescribd
Have you ever wanted a Ruby client API to communicate with your web service? Smithy is a protocol-agnostic language for defining services and SDKs. Smithy Ruby is an implementation of Smithy that generates a Ruby SDK using a Smithy model. In this talk, we will explore Smithy and Smithy Ruby to learn how to generate custom feature-rich SDKs that can communicate with any web service, such as a Rails JSON API.
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
Elevating Tactical DDD Patterns Through Object CalisthenicsDorra BARTAGUIZ
After immersing yourself in the blue book and its red counterpart, attending DDD-focused conferences, and applying tactical patterns, you're left with a crucial question: How do I ensure my design is effective? Tactical patterns within Domain-Driven Design (DDD) serve as guiding principles for creating clear and manageable domain models. However, achieving success with these patterns requires additional guidance. Interestingly, we've observed that a set of constraints initially designed for training purposes remarkably aligns with effective pattern implementation, offering a more ‘mechanical’ approach. Let's explore together how Object Calisthenics can elevate the design of your tactical DDD patterns, offering concrete help for those venturing into DDD for the first time!
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
20. Traditional Management Tools & Processes Tightly Coupled & Locally Installed Centralized single instance images User 1. Procure 8. Retire User Profile Profile 2. Image 7. Back-up Apps Apps Desktop OS Desktop OS 3. Secure 6. Maintain Client 4. Deploy 5. Monitor
21. Virtualized & Isolated End-point Components Centralized single instance images Local or Hosted User User User Profile User Profile Profile On-demand assembly & delivery Apps Apps Apps Desktop OS Desktop OS Desktop OS Client Client
25. The Right Virtual Desktop for the Right User XenDesktop - FlexCast Mobileusers Taskworkers USER TYPES Hosted shared Streamed VHD Local VM Hosted VDI Hosted Blade PC Apps On – demand Apps Physical PC Client-side compute
27. Server-side Compute - Hosted Shared Desktop User Profile Apps OS Users Hosted Shared Desktop Delivered with best user experience
28. Server-side Compute - Hosted VM-based Desktop (VDI) User Profile User Profiles Apps AppDelivery Desktop OS Users Desktop Provisioning Virtual Desktop Single master image of each component Dynamically assembled for each user Delivered with best user experience
29. Server-side Compute - Hosted Blade PC Desktop User Profile User Profiles Apps App Delivery Desktop OS Users Desktop Provisioning Physical Desktop Single master image of each component Streamed to a physical machine for each user Delivered with best user experience
30. Client-side Compute - Local Streamed Desktop User Profile User Profiles Apps App Delivery Desktop OS Users Desktop Provisioning Single master image of each component Delivered with best user experience
31. Client-side Compute - Local VM-based desktops (Offline) Personal Work User Profile User Profiles Apps App Delivery Desktop OS Desktop Provisioning Single master image of each component User
32. Desktop virtualization for corporate laptops XenClient™ User changes automatically backed up Personal VM Business VM Business VM In the event of loss or failure Data Data Users environment can be restored to any XenClient device Settings Settings Synchronizer Applications Applications Multiple VMs OS OS HTTPS XenClient Secure bare metal hypervisor Hardware Encrypted and secured
33. On demand apps to any desktop User Profile User Profiles Apps App Delivery OS Single master image of each component User
34. XenVault™ Automatically saves data created by corporate apps in encrypted folder Corporate files encrypted & secured in XenVault My Secure Data Library Documents Name Date Modified Type Size Encrypted – Alpha 7/10/2010 11:23 AM DOCX File 3.4 MB Encrypted – Conference 7/10/2010 11:23 AM PPX File 6.5 MB Encrypted – Presentation 7/10/2010 11:23 AM PPTX File 10.3 MB Encrypted – RealTime 7/10/2010 11:23 AM DOCX File 1.2 MB Encrypted – Sales 7/10/2010 11:23 AM DOCX File 1.6 MB Encrypted – Transform 7/10/2010 11:23 AM PDOCX File 2.8 MB Safe Zone XenVault centrally wiped clean by IT in case of user termination or laptop loss XenVault created on BYO laptop XenVault XenVault Corporate apps delivered on-demand
35. Beyond VDI with FlexCast™ Any device, anywhere with Receiver HDX™ user experience Any Windows, web or SaaSapp Open, scalable, proven
36. Beyond VDI with FlexCast™ Any device, anywhere with Receiver HDX™ user experience Any Windows, web or SaaS app Open, scalable, proven
44. Citrix HDX - Leverages the Entire Delivery System 1 3 HDX at the Device HDX in the Data Center 2 SSL 001000111010101 SSL 001000111010101 SSL 001000111010101 SSL 001000111010101 SSL 001000111010101 HDX on theNetwork
46. 3 1 InspectEndpoint Inspect Server Fallback: Server-side rendering in the datacenter If possible,Render on the endpoint device Optimize using HDX Broadcast 2 Inspect Network HDX MediaStream with Adaptive Orchestration
47. XenApp Beyond VDI with FlexCast™ Any device, anywhere with Receiver HDX™ user experience Any Windows, web or SaaS app Open, scalable, proven
48. Delivered to end point Hosted in a Virtual Machine Hosted on Windows Server Servercompute Clientcompute Hosted Shared Apps Hosted VMApps Streamed Local Apps
58. When are you looking to deploy desktop virtualisation? Oct 2009 35% said within 12 months May 2010 71% said within 12 months Oct 2010 80% said within 12 months Dec 2010 81% said within 12 months
59. When are you looking to deploy desktop virtualisation? Oct 2009 25% said ‘not likely to use’ May 2010 10% said ‘not likely to use’ Oct 2010 <3% said ‘not likely to use’ Dec 2010 <5% said ‘not likely to use’
60. What are the main business drivers we are seeing?
71. XenDesktop – Versions Enterprise Licensed per user or device or ccu Platinum Licensed per user or device or ccu VDI Edition Licensed per user or device or ccu Enterprise-class desktop virtualization with on-demand apps by XenApp™and FlexCast™ delivery technology Comprehensive desktop virtualization solution with advanced management and security Scalable VDI-only implementations with HDX™ technology
81. Corporate Owned Computers An organization has 1000 devices that need access to the VDI environment. Only 500 VMs are used at any onetimebut these may be accessed from 1000 different devices. • IF Devices/PCs covered with SA: No additional licensing • IF Devices are thin clients not covered with SA: 1000 Windows VDA licenses
111. Desktop Transformation States Service-Centric Device-centric DistributedManagement CentrallyDelivered OptimallyManaged TransformedService
112. Centrally Delivered Secure & mobile Secure & local Secure & personal Best TCO & locked down Secure intellectual property Enable virtual workstyles Hosted VDI Streamed VHD Hosted Shared Local VM Device Flexibility Provisioning services Connection services Terminal services Synchronization services
113. Optimally Managed user admin Preferences Preferences Simplify desktop & application management Like-new user experience On-demand assembly & delivery Data Data Reduce cost per user Apps Apps Desktop OS Desktop OS Client hardware Storage
114. Transformed Service Business agility Better IT predictability Self-service interface for IT services Automated provisioning Repurpose low value tasks such as help-desk Usage reporting & billing Consumption-based cost models Instant user productivity
115. WWCo Offshore developers,Contractors Protect IP & compliance Lower on-going costs Branch office Enable Virtual workstyle Executives Any Business agility
116. WWCo Service-Centric People-centric Compliance for contractors Compliance for offshore developers Virtual workplace for executives Lower cost for branch office Business agility for all CentrallyDelivered OptimallyManaged TransformedService CentrallyDelivered OptimallyManaged TransformedService Time To Value
117. 3 Steps to Transformation 3 1 2 Identify businesspriorities Determine time to value Definetransformation roadmap
118. 1 WWCo Compliance (offshore-dev) 5 Business agility (all) 4 2 Lower cost (branch) Compliance (contractors) 3 Business Impact Virtual workstyle (Execs) Time to value
119.
120. "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."
Editor's Notes
This should be a familiar concept – Distributed Computing is too complex and not sustainable given the trends on the previous chart.This is the current approach to managing apps and desktops, Installingapplications on desktops and servers …and deploying to 000s of users everywhere. [click] Then IT works to optimize the distributed computing infrastructure…stitching together all the technologies across the stack – scaling servers for web and C/S apps, building the fastest network with plenty of bandwidth, with Security added in each part of the stack. Then you work to manage it – installing apps, patching, updating, across 100s or 1000s or user machines, as well as the server infrastructure – both virtual an physical. Most businesses spend more than 80% of their IT budgets keeping their current systems running; Most spend close to 50% of their IT budgets on the care and feeding of their user’s PCs and everything associated with maintaining them. [Note both figures are Gartner research figures] Now we can see why… The technology is hard, but as most IT organizations are often structured around these technologies (network group, server group, etc.) it can be just as hard to get things done across these organizational silos…let alone make changes to improve the situation…[click] The result…it is at best complex…hard to manage…not secure…and worst, expensive to manage. And that’s before you need to make changes – add new apps, new devices, new offices, new users – it is often easier to start over.This is where most people will shake their heads and agree… there’s got to be a better way… Citrix agrees…and there is…[click to next chart]
The Ford quote is a brilliant one… it’s at the heart of the “follow the users, follow the apps” strategy I keep pushing. If you only look to your current customers and current competitors to decide what to build, you will always miss the next big innovation. If you instead look to where users are going and where apps are going, you start to see the impact of trends like Gen Y, consumerization of enterprise IT, cloud, etc that change the shape of your vision.
To adopt a cloud like mentality, we actually encourage IT leaders to look outside of the IT industry for inspiration… to look to industries who never got into the mess we have in IT through years of distributed computing complexity…Take an example like Direct TV or any of the other popular broadcast media delivery services around the world. Their model is radically different from the way most IT organizations operate today. Yet it’s exactly where we need to go as an industry.
Underlying our HDX Multimedia Virtualization Initiative is the concept of Adaptive Orchestration. Adaptive Orchestration detects underlying capabilities in the datacenter, network and device, and dynamically applies the best combination of Citrix HDX technologies in accord with administrator-defined policies to ensure a high-definition experience in each unique user scenario.Included in the XenDesktop 4 release are:GPO enabled per-URL blacklist for incompatible Flash sitesFall back to server side rendering under certain conditionsControl via GPO on per machine or per user basis
SmartRendering (patent pending) is the intelligent automated selection of client-side or server-side graphics rendering based on a number of factors. The general concept is that if the client has the horsepower to handle graphics rendering, let’s use that horsepower and conserve the shared resources on the server (otherwise the client horsepower would needlessly be underutilized), whereas let’s use server-based computing to enable lesser-equipped devices to experience rich graphics capabilities, and in cases where we don’t have a technology to support client-side rendering (e.g. QuickTime movies or OpenGL apps). SmartRendering begins with end point inspection, which now goes beyond checking for anti-virus software and patches to determining the capabilities of the device. For example, does the client have a GPU? What is the Vista Windows Experience Index (WEI)? What codecs are available? DirectShow/MF? This information might be stored for future use. SmartRendering also considers the bandwidth.
Poll Question: ‘When are you looking to deploy desktop virtualisation?’Poll was asked during various webinars 2009-2010Number of attendees: 158, 835, 248Number of voters: 121, 568, 141Comment: In Oct 2009 25% said that they were not likely to use desktop virtualisation. This changes radically by Oct/Dec 2010 (2.5% and 5%)
Poll Question: ‘When are you looking to deploy desktop virtualisation?’Poll was asked during various webinars 2009-2010Number of attendees: 158, 835, 248Number of voters: 121, 568, 141
Poll Question: ‘When are you looking to deploy desktop virtualisation?’Poll was asked during various webinars 2009-2010Number of attendees: 158, 835, 248Number of voters: 121, 568, 141
Agility means different things to different people
GARTNER:“Consumerization will be the single biggest trend affecting corporate IT over the next 10 years.”
Poll Question: ‘What is the main business priority that is driving your interest in desktop virtualisation?’Poll was asked during ‘Virtual Desktops: A design for small environments’ webinar held on 21st October 2010. Number of attendees: 835Number of voters: 518Comment: People were only allowed to vote for one answer. This meant we were able to identify the ‘main’ reason. 30.7% said cost, but that means approx 70% said something else!
Poll Question: ‘Do you think desktop virtualisation is a tactical 'fix' or a strategic change for IT?’Poll was asked during ‘Virtual Desktops: A design for small environments’ webinar held on 21st October 2010. Number of attendees: 835Number of voters: 568Comment: When this poll was run, the attendees were given a detailed explanation of what was meant by tactical (ie to fix a problem or for a specific use case eg remote workers) and strategic (ie changes the way that IT is done in their organisation – ‘a new way of doing IT’. This is across the businesses, although may initially be deployed for a department or small group and then expanded)
The new Trade-up to XenDesktop programprovides XenApp customers with special savings for trading up to the industry standard in desktop virtualization –Citrix XenDesktop. Just like before, customers who trade up to XenDesktop keep all of the great functionalitythey are accustomed to withXenApp, and add new, powerful virtual desktop technology. The new Trade-up program is not a limited time offer or promotion. It is a standard upgrade program for XenApp customers. As most of you have likely heard through the recent Sales Digest article, the Trade-up program offers customers choice, flexibility and huge cost-savings for making a strategic investment in desktop virtualization, and includes the following options:1) The standard Trade-up to XenDesktopCustomers exchange XenApp licenses for XenDesktop licenses, with both 2-for-1 and 1-for-1 options and the ability to go to U/D or CCU XenDesktop licenses. Customers can still save more than 70 percent on XenDesktop with this program.2) Trade-up PLUSCustomers trade up all their XenApp licenses to XenDesktop and can buy additional XenDesktop licenses to reach MORE of their users at a 10% discount off the XD SRP. 3) Trade-up MAXCustomers trade up all their XenApp licenses and buy additional XenDesktop licenses to reach ALL of their users at a 35% discount off the XD SRP.4) Trade-up RESTART XenApp customers with expired Subscription Advantage (SA) can also take advantage of all Trade-up offers and save $50 off the standard expired SA Trade-up pricing. Trade-up RESTART is a promotion that is only available through 2011.
The new Trade-up to XenDesktop programprovides XenApp customers with special savings for trading up to the industry standard in desktop virtualization –Citrix XenDesktop. Just like before, customers who trade up to XenDesktop keep all of the great functionalitythey are accustomed to withXenApp, and add new, powerful virtual desktop technology. The new Trade-up program is not a limited time offer or promotion. It is a standard upgrade program for XenApp customers. As most of you have likely heard through the recent Sales Digest article, the Trade-up program offers customers choice, flexibility and huge cost-savings for making a strategic investment in desktop virtualization, and includes the following options:1) The standard Trade-up to XenDesktopCustomers exchange XenApp licenses for XenDesktop licenses, with both 2-for-1 and 1-for-1 options and the ability to go to U/D or CCU XenDesktop licenses. Customers can still save more than 70 percent on XenDesktop with this program.2) Trade-up PLUSCustomers trade up all their XenApp licenses to XenDesktop and can buy additional XenDesktop licenses to reach MORE of their users at a 10% discount off the XD SRP. 3) Trade-up MAXCustomers trade up all their XenApp licenses and buy additional XenDesktop licenses to reach ALL of their users at a 35% discount off the XD SRP.4) Trade-up RESTART XenApp customers with expired Subscription Advantage (SA) can also take advantage of all Trade-up offers and save $50 off the standard expired SA Trade-up pricing. Trade-up RESTART is a promotion that is only available through 2011.
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