18 ottobre 2011 VMware presenta al Virtualization day,evento patrocinato dalla Provincia di Roma e organizzato da S&Q a Palazzo Valentini, i suoi prodotti per la virtualizzazione dei desktop .L' Intervento di Michele Apa è stato molto interessante ed è stato apprezzato da tutta la platea
Per maggiori informazioni sull'evento : www.sqingegneria.com
18 ottobre 2011 VMware presenta al Virtualization day,evento patrocinato dalla Provincia di Roma e organizzato da S&Q a Palazzo Valentini, i suoi prodotti per la virtualizzazione dei desktop .L' Intervento di Michele Apa è stato molto interessante ed è stato apprezzato da tutta la platea
Per maggiori informazioni sull'evento : www.sqingegneria.com
Webinar deck for our session on Virtual Desktop technology & how it can empower employees and streamline network management & costs. Access the session on-demand at: http://www.ali-inc.com/info-resource-center.html
Key Benefits of Virtualization:
*Recover quickly from disasters such as virus attacks, software bugs, and network outages
*Reduce management costs by up to 300%
*Save up to twice the cost of virtualization in power consumption savings alone
*Drasically reduce cooling and footprint needs
Microsoft India - System Center Desktop Virtualization Strategy WhitepaperMicrosoft Private Cloud
Several forms of desktop virtualization can help organizations satisfy users’ needs for mobility and flexibility, while relieving pressure on information technology (IT) departments to manage cost, security, and compliance. Additionally, desktop virtualization can enable more dynamic centralized management by separating the elements of the traditional desktop computing stack. This white paper describes how to create a virtualization strategy that achieves these goals and introduces comprehensive desktop-irtualization solutions from Microsoft. Finally, it provides high-level guidance to help companies develop a desktop-virtualization strategy.
Great news for Systems Center 2012 customers. With the aim of making System Center more cloud-friendly, Microsoft has made changes to the way that the licensing model for this popular product works. What used to be an extremely complex licensing system has been made much easier for clients to understand and manage. This presentation provides a quick overview of what these key updates are and work with a Softchoice Microsoft specialist to understand your needs under this new model moving forward.
I denne sesjonen forklarer Morgan hva VDI (Virtual desktop infrastructure) er og sammenligner det med andre desktop-strategier. Han gir deg også råd og anbefalinger om hvilke strategier man bør velge. Bli med for en innføring i VDI!
The explosion of IP-enabled mobile devices has made today’s enterprise networks more complex and dynamic than ever before. To effectively manage and control these networks, IT organizations need a comprehensive, automated, and consolidated IP address management solution.
Learn why we think SolarWinds IP Address Manager is a better solution than Microsoft Windows Server 2012 when it comes to IP space management in today’s enterprise networks.`
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure with Novell Endpoint Management SolutionsNovell
With the adoption of virtualization in the end-user computing space, organizations require solutions that go beyond device management and embrace the dynamic nature of end-user environments. This session will introduce you to the Novell VDI solution, enhanced by Novell ZENworks Configuration Management, and its ability to provide a secure, automated and personalized hosted desktop environment. This session will also focus on the Novell endpoint management technologies that enhance virtual desktop infrastructure.
Traditionelle Desktops sind komplex, unflexibel und schwer abzusichern. Mit Citrix XenDesktop transformieren Sie Windows-Desktops in einenOn-Demand Service - für jeden Nutzer und jedes Endgerät.
Citrix Receiver has emerged as a powerful universal client providing simple, intuitive, high-definition access to virtual desktops and applications anywhere, on any device. Receiver will evolve into an even more critical piece of client-side software that goes beyond access on both desktop and mobile platforms. Upcoming functions include serving as a broker for other apps on the device, a secure conduit to the enterprise and a platform providing access to value-added services.
Webinar deck for our session on Virtual Desktop technology & how it can empower employees and streamline network management & costs. Access the session on-demand at: http://www.ali-inc.com/info-resource-center.html
Key Benefits of Virtualization:
*Recover quickly from disasters such as virus attacks, software bugs, and network outages
*Reduce management costs by up to 300%
*Save up to twice the cost of virtualization in power consumption savings alone
*Drasically reduce cooling and footprint needs
Microsoft India - System Center Desktop Virtualization Strategy WhitepaperMicrosoft Private Cloud
Several forms of desktop virtualization can help organizations satisfy users’ needs for mobility and flexibility, while relieving pressure on information technology (IT) departments to manage cost, security, and compliance. Additionally, desktop virtualization can enable more dynamic centralized management by separating the elements of the traditional desktop computing stack. This white paper describes how to create a virtualization strategy that achieves these goals and introduces comprehensive desktop-irtualization solutions from Microsoft. Finally, it provides high-level guidance to help companies develop a desktop-virtualization strategy.
Great news for Systems Center 2012 customers. With the aim of making System Center more cloud-friendly, Microsoft has made changes to the way that the licensing model for this popular product works. What used to be an extremely complex licensing system has been made much easier for clients to understand and manage. This presentation provides a quick overview of what these key updates are and work with a Softchoice Microsoft specialist to understand your needs under this new model moving forward.
I denne sesjonen forklarer Morgan hva VDI (Virtual desktop infrastructure) er og sammenligner det med andre desktop-strategier. Han gir deg også råd og anbefalinger om hvilke strategier man bør velge. Bli med for en innføring i VDI!
The explosion of IP-enabled mobile devices has made today’s enterprise networks more complex and dynamic than ever before. To effectively manage and control these networks, IT organizations need a comprehensive, automated, and consolidated IP address management solution.
Learn why we think SolarWinds IP Address Manager is a better solution than Microsoft Windows Server 2012 when it comes to IP space management in today’s enterprise networks.`
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure with Novell Endpoint Management SolutionsNovell
With the adoption of virtualization in the end-user computing space, organizations require solutions that go beyond device management and embrace the dynamic nature of end-user environments. This session will introduce you to the Novell VDI solution, enhanced by Novell ZENworks Configuration Management, and its ability to provide a secure, automated and personalized hosted desktop environment. This session will also focus on the Novell endpoint management technologies that enhance virtual desktop infrastructure.
Traditionelle Desktops sind komplex, unflexibel und schwer abzusichern. Mit Citrix XenDesktop transformieren Sie Windows-Desktops in einenOn-Demand Service - für jeden Nutzer und jedes Endgerät.
Citrix Receiver has emerged as a powerful universal client providing simple, intuitive, high-definition access to virtual desktops and applications anywhere, on any device. Receiver will evolve into an even more critical piece of client-side software that goes beyond access on both desktop and mobile platforms. Upcoming functions include serving as a broker for other apps on the device, a secure conduit to the enterprise and a platform providing access to value-added services.
Converged, Hyperconverged, and Composable Infrastructure EcoCast. Join ActualTech Media as we talk to emerging integrated systems solutions providers as they tell you exactly how they work their magic. You will also hear from vendors that augment that services provided by the infrastructure by ensuring that your data always stays protected.
- Lợi ích và ưu điểm của giải pháp VDI.
- So sánh chỉ số ROI giữa giải pháp VDI và PC qua 1 ví dụ thực tế.
Thông tin liên hệ tư vấn giải pháp VDI:
Công ty Cổ phần Tin học Lạc Việt
Hotline: (+84.8) 38.444.929
Email: info@lacviet.com.vn
Website: http://www.lacviet.vn/
Presentazione evento 6/10/11c/o Project Informatica in collaborazione con Citrix.
"Porta ovunque il tuo desktop, tutto quello che devi sapere sulla virtualizzazione del desktop".
Thomson Reuters manages three global sites with a mixed desktop environment. See their main drivers, security decisions and deployment methodology to scale virtual desktop deployments to 10,000 with capacity for 12,000 on a new infrastructure.
HP Blade matrix, HP Cloud a HP Virtual systém (prehľad HP virtualizačných rie...ASBIS SK
Konferencia Virtual Info jeseň 2011
HP, Ľuboš Šenkery, Michal Sapák
www. virtualinfo.sk
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Get ready to deliver Windows desktops and apps like a cloud provider with Pro...Citrix
At Synergy in San Francisco, Citrix announced a bold new project aimed at enabling enterprises and service providers to deliver Windows desktops and apps as a true cloud service. Project Avalon promises to revolutionise the delivery of IT services by enabling enterprise customers to build and leverage private, public and hybrid clouds to deliver access to desktops, apps and data anywhere. Join us to learn what you can do to prepare for Project Avalon.
Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) today announced it will deliver a new approach for modernizing backup and recovery, a process that has become unnecessarily complicated and expensive as organizations’ data stores grow exponentially. Compared to traditional backup, Symantec’s approach enables 100 times faster backup, eases management and simplifies recovery if a disaster occurs, helping customers realize significant cost savings while better protecting their business information.
Good news from the Worldwide Consulting Desktop & Apps (DnA) team! We’ve just finished updating theVirtual Desktop Handbook for XenDesktop 7, StoreFront 2.0 and XenServer 6.2.
The Virtual Desktop Handbook is an architect’s guide to desktop virtualization. It provides you with the methodology, experience and best practices you need to successfully design your own desktop virtualization solution.
Updates in this release include:
Resource requirements for Windows 8 and Server 2012
XD controller sizing
XenDesktop 7 policy guidelines
Database sizing for XenDesktop 7
SQL 2012 chapter
StoreFront 2.0 chapter
32-bit or 64-bit desktop OS guidance
Desktop group & StoreFront integration
In addition, we’ve also included a Citrix policy quick reference spreadsheet so that you can quickly identify default, baseline and template settings from XenDesktop 5 / XenApp 6 all the way up to XenDesktop 7. Thanks go out to Michael Havens, Maria Chang and Uzair Ali for creating this great reference spreadsheet.
I hope you find this handbook useful during your next desktop virtualization project.
And we’re not done yet, future updates will include:
Bandwidth
Hyper-V 2012
PVS 7
User data
And more …
The Virtual Desktop Handbook is not the only resource to guide you through your desktop virtualization journey. Citrix also provides Project Accelerator; an interactive online tool creating customized sizing and design recommendations based on the methodology, best practices and expert advice identified within this handbook.
You can still reach the XenDesktop 5 handbook using the old URL – CTX136546
Andy Baker – Architect
Worldwide Consulting
Desktop & Apps Team
http://blogs.citrix.com/2013/10/10/new-xendesktop-7-handbook-published/
Reference architecture dir and es - finalNuno Alves
Citrix Director with EdgeSight provides a complete troubleshooting window to quickly resolve issues around desktops or applications. Previous versions of XenApp leveraged EdgeSight, while XenDesktop deployments looked to Director for assistance. Starting in XenDesktop 7, these two great technologies have been merged into one central point for troubleshooting.
The purpose of this document will be to provide you an overviewof all the necessary parts required to give your company a holistic view. With this being a new product with new features, this document will provide administrators the tools to feel comfortable moving forward with monitoring of a XenDesktop 7 deployment.
This document will cover the configuration of the Director server, as well as how to interface with the Insight Center provided from our NetScaler product line. For more of an overview of the EdgeSight product, please reference the whitepapersfound at www.citrix.com/xendesktop.
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX139051
Provisioning server high_availability_considerations2Nuno Alves
The purpose of this document is to give the target audience an overview about the critical components of a Citrix
Provisioning Server infrastructure with regards to a high availability implementation. These considerations focus on the
following areas:
• Virtual Disk (vDisk) Storage
• Write Cache Placement
• SQL Database
• TFTP Service
• DHCP Service
Xd planning guide - storage best practicesNuno Alves
The Citrix Storage planning guide provides a list of best practices, recommendations and
performance related tips that cover the most critical areas of storage integration with Citrix
XenDesktop. It is not intended as a comprehensive guide for planning and configuring storage
infrastructures, nor as a storage training handbook.
Due to scope, this guide provides some device-specific information. For additional device- specific
configuration, Citrix suggests reviewing the storage vendor’s documentation, the storage vendor’s
hardware compatibility list, and contacting the vendor’s technical support if necessary
This document is an introduction to Disk Storage technologies and its terminology. Within this
document basic disk and storage architectures as well as storage protocols and common fault
tolerance technologies will be discussed. It is not intended as a comprehensive guide for planning
and configuring storage infrastructures, nor as a storage training handbook.
Due to scope, this guide provides some device-specific information. For additional device- specific
configuration, Citrix suggests reviewing the storage vendor‘s documentation, the storage vendor‘s
hardware compatibility list, and contacting the vendor‘s technical support if necessary.
For design best practices and planning guidance, Citrix recommends reviewing the Storage Best
Practices and Planning Guide (http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX130632)
This document describes how XenServer provides and keeps track of the storage supplied to its guests. The first section
is a reminder of how Linux looks at storage and the second section builds on that to explain XenServer storage. Basic
knowledge of Linux is required, as some standard tools are used.
XenDesktop relies on the hypervisor for many core functions, including VM creation, power operations, performance and redundancy. Therefore, it is important that you take the time to design an appropriate hypervisor infrastructure (XenServer, Hyper-V or vSphere). Otherwise, you may experience performance, functionality or even reliability issues.
Most information required to design a XenDesktop deployment on your chosen hypervisor platform is available publicly, but it can be hard to find since it’s spread across a multitude of knowledge base articles or white papers. In order to simplify and speed-up the design process, we’re in the process of consolidating the information that you need into a single document and augmenting it with recommendations and best practices. We’ve just finished incorporating the Hyper-V 2008 R2 and SCVMM 2012 planning section into the latest release of the Citrix Virtual Desktop Handbook, which includes important design decisions relating to this hypervisor, for example:
Selecting and sizing the right physical hardware for virtual machines
Knowing what storage options available for Hyper-V 2008 R2
What type of networks to build on the Hyper-V host
How to size the SCVMM servers
Designing a highly available SCVMM solution
Planning an effective failover cluster
The products covered in this current release of the handbook include XenDesktop 5.6, XenApp 6.5, Provisioning Services 6.x and XenClient Enterprise 4.5. A version of the Virtual Desktop Handbook covering XenDesktop 7.x, Provisioning Services 7, Hyper V 2012 R2 and SCVMM 2012 R2 is in the works with an initial release scheduled later in Q4. As always your feedback is welcomed.
http://blogs.citrix.com/2013/09/05/citrix-virtual-desktop-handbook-hyper-v-update/
CTX138217 - IntelliCache Reduction in IOPS: XenDesktop 5.6 FP1 on XenServer 6.1 - Citrix Knowledge Center http://ow.ly/o3Ma4
The purpose of this document is to provide testing results based on MCS-delivered streamed virtual desktops leveraging IntelliCache
NetScaler Deployment Guide for XenDesktop7Nuno Alves
This guide demonstrates how to deploy Citrix NetScaler in conjunction with Citrix XenDesktop 7 with a focus on both simplicity in configuration and advanced features not easily delivered with other products. This guide shows how to provision the XenDesktop 7 infrastructure, the NetScaler appliance and NetScaler Insight Center services to extend Citrix virtual desktop infrastructure and services to remote users in small to medium-size enterprises.
Secure & Manage Mobile LaptopsThe number of enterprise laptops is increasing rapidly with users spending more time outside the officeLost data on insecure laptops leads to financial losses, negative customer/market impact, and legal liability Laptops are difficult to manage and update because of how often they are off the LAN or disconnectedReliability and rapid recovery is critical for laptop users who are traveling and cannot be visited by ITDevice Management for PCsCompanies buy thousands units of PCs each year and need a better way to manage their current & new PCsPCs deliver excellent local performance, but are riddled with patch failures, reliability, & security issuesTraditional Device Management is expensive, distracts focus and budget from higher value service deliveryXenClientFlexCast model turns PCs into Virtual Appliances, cutting management & operations costs by 70+%
Managing and securing laptops and PCs is complex – lots of people and multiple tools involved
These tools are helpful, but they don’t fix all of the issues – they are entirely reliant on the operating system, so if it is compromised in any way, then these tools are also compromised.
It works by combining a comprehensive centralized management system with a Type-1 client hypervisor.
XenClient manages and secures mobile laptops.
Management of traditional PCs requires a variation in each image because each PC has different components and devices – even among PCs from the same manufacturer and same model built at different times.
XenClient can also manage the base PC where a customer is using XenApp for certain applications (green) and using native Windows for others (grey).Using XenClient to manage the local image and applications dramatically reduces the costs, and it also makes a great value proposition for upgrading to XenDesktop even where an organization is not planning to use VDI.I was speaking to a XenClient Customer that said they are now considering upgrading to XenDesktop so they can use XenClient on all of their PCs along with their XenApp.
XenClient can manage the base PC and it can be used either as a device to access XenDesktop VDI sessions or to access local VMs. There’s a hospital that has used PCs in this manner – using XenDesktop VDI as their primary environment but also keeping a local VM as a backup in case of an outage. In this example, they are using Imprivata to tap in to authenticate to their VDI session or local client.
For less sophisticated users, you can completely hide XenClient. They don’t even have to know that there’s a hypervisor running on their machine.Note: make the point (as in the email on this screen), that end users will still see a big benefit (in areas like reliability, recovery, hardware migration) even though they don’t know (and probably don’t care) how it happens.
When people think “client hypervisor,” they usually think about the ability to run multiple VMs, so of course, users can take advantage of multiple VMs. These typically tend to be power users, but this capability can also be used to help with OS migrations (for application compatibility, ease of transition, etc.)
Complete centralized management – including updating and publishing an image.
Administrators can provision or patch 1000’s of PCs with a single click through the management console.
And powerful role-based administrative capabilities let an organization define who has what admin privileges – enabling one person to just manage images while another manages deployments. The roles can be cut up in whatever way the organization desires.
If the user encounters malware, corruption, or another software-based problem. They can simply reboot their PC to recover from the issue. XenClient will reboot into a pristine golden image, eliminating the issue.If the user dropped, broke, or lost their PC, they can migrate to a new one in minutes.
Security is ensured through a combination of capabilities starting with AES-256 Disk Encryption, which provides full-disk encryption in the event that a laptop is lost or stolen. USB filtering protects potential theft of corporate data through policies that can preclude certain types of USB devices, such as mass storage devices. Time-based lockout and remote kill capabilities offer an additional level of protection.
Follow – Me – Apps SlideThis is a capability we have had for about a year now with the XenApp technology. You put the Citrix Receiver on your VDI VM and your local VM on XenClient. You put it in both of those images. It allows XenApp to actually deliver applications down to the users. We have a really nice interface where the users can self-select which applications they would like to have on their systems. These can be departmental applications or optional applications. The users can actually pull those down. What is great about follow me apps is if they go to their VDI VM and add some applications, when they switch to their local VM running on XenClient on the laptop, it’ll actually see that they have added some applications. It’ll automatically bring those down. It’ll say hey, I see that you have added some applications, do you want them in this environment as well. If you say yes, it’ll bring those applications down. Using XenApp or MSFT App-V streaming, it’ll bring those down so you can use those applications offline. It is this great set up where as you add applications in either environment, it will keep them synchronized between the machines and that is that XenApp capability.Follow – Me – Data Slide Now that you have your applications showing up in both places, you naturally want your data in both places as well. That is where we would use follow me data. We are enabling that through the use of Sharefile follow me data. Sharefile is a company we acquired last year. You can think of it as enterprise drop box. This allows us to keep data synchronized between the VDI VM and the local VM running on XenClient. It’s a great capability. You can be editing a Powerpoint on your laptop and opportunistically as you are on the network it is just synching that back and keeping it in sync with your VDI VM. That is what allows you to switch. Within a couple minutes anything you are doing on your local VM is synched up not only to your VDI VM but it is also available in the cloud. This is great for your executives. You can access all of your apps and data on your laptop and on your tablet. You can also go to our website and access it in the cloud. There are little applications for Apple devices and Android devices. You can get into your data on those native tablets. You can open a Powerpoint on an iPad for example. This is that follow me data capability. You can see we have this stack of keeping the apps synchronized, the user data synchronized in each stack. This creates a really nice user experience. It allows you to flip easily between your laptop and your tablet or other device while keeping your apps and data synchronized. We are doing ongoing synchronization; it is not a check in / check out model.
XenClient offers a win-win for both users and for ITIT are able to exercise the levels of security and control that enable them to uncompromisingly secure corporate data while providing an environment specifically designed for users to be able to be able to accomplish their work tasks. At the same time, IT processes such as backup and recovery are greatly simplified enabling users to self service recover their entire environment to any XenClient enabled laptopUsers gain the freedom and flexibility of a second personal environment enabling users to use a single device for business and personal tasks without breaching corporate policy, improving user satisfaction and productivity
Customer Situation: Established in 1979, IVG is comprised of a team of accomplished veterinary professionals dedicated to providing compassionate care to pets and their families using the most advanced medical solutions available today. Headquartered in Woburn, MA, IVG has three hospitals in Massachusetts and one hospital in New Hampshire. The company was looking to make dramatic improvements in their PC operations.Citrix Solution: Citrix XenClientCustomer Results: 96% decrease in PC support issues Due to corruptions or slownessExcellent performance for users; their desktops ran locally on their PCsIncreased productivity - “Eliminating downtime has increased the amount of hands-on time our doctors can spend focused on the needs of their patients & clients.” – CEOIncreased flexibility and agility – “When launching new hospitals, we can deploy computers in a fraction of the time it would ordinarily take.” – CEO
Intro:The Town of Lincoln (TOL) was struggling to keep up with the constant demand for desktop support. They needed a way to improve their PC lifecycle management operations and leverage their existing backend infrastructure. Customer Situation: The Town of Lincoln, Massachusetts (TOL) consists ofapproximately 6,000 residents in the Greater Bostonmetropolitan area. The town’s desktop infrastructuresupports government administration, elected officials,public works, and public safety employees.Citrix Solution: Citrix XenClientCitrix XenAppTransitioned to Windows 7 Customer Results: 90% reduction in PC support issuesImproved employee productivity; no waiting for updates or desk-site visits from IT staff.Department and user specific applications delivered via XenApp so the backend server overhead was very low.With XenClient, IT spent less time managing PCs and more time on more strategic initiatives
Customer Situation: Life Time Fitness, the healthy way of life company, has 105 locations across the United States and Canada. At Life Time, they use the best people, programs and places, to help their members achieve real results by doing what they love. The IT Manager at Life Time had several challenges:Employees need to process credit card transactions while they deliver exceptional concierge services at the same timeLimited space – service desks are only big enough for one deviceLimited budget for backend infrastructureLimited network bandwidth in most locationsCitrix Solution: Citrix XenClient, the “local VM” delivery model of XenDesktopFlexcastPurchased 1800 licenses of XenDesktop Platinum due to the capabilities of XenClientCustomer Results: XenClient enabled Lift Time to install 2 isolated VMs – 1 for secure credit card transactions to meet PCI compliance requirements & 1 for general computingXenClient met the customer’s space requirements by installing only 1 device instead of 2. Otherwise, they would need 1 to meet PCI compliance requirements and 1 to help their customers with questions.There was no budget for backend infrastructure so XenClient helped Life Time Fitness leverage meet its budget requirementsThere was very limited network bandwidth at each location. With XenClient, all of the processing is done locally so the customer has great performance.Life Time purchased XenDesktop Platinum licenses because they are future proofing their deployment. They may use the additional XenDesktopFlexcast models in the future.
While tablet use has grown significantly, PCs in the enterprise are growing as well. Desktops are growing at a moderate pace, but growing none the less.And laptops are growing dramatically – this is being further fueled by hot new Ultrabooks that have the power and form factor of a laptop, with portability and battery life that rivals tablets.This dramatic growth in laptops is compounding the device management challenges we discussed.