CA Technologies is shipping three key products in the CA Automation Suite, designed to help to speed moving applications from virtualized infrastructure to the cloud. CA Configuration Automation r12, CA Process Automation r3, and CA Server Automation r12 aim to help customers be more agile, reduce risk and improve service delivery. CA Configuration Automation provides […]
XenDesktop 5’s machine create service simplifies the task of creating, managing, and delivering virtual desktops to users. MCS has a collection of services including AD Identity Service, Provisioning Service, and Machine Identity Service. AD identity service automatically creates Active Directory computer accounts in the organizational unit you specified on the Number of VMs page. The […]
Citrix® XenConvert™ is both a physical-to-virtual (P2V) and virtual-to-virtual (V2V) conversion tool. As a P2V tool, XenConvert can convert a server or desktop workload from an online physical machine running Windows to a XenServer virtual machine or Provisioning Services vDisk. As a V2V tool, XenConvert can convert a server or desktop workload from an offline […]
Virtual Desktop Extender – Reverse Seamless for Everyone RES Virtual Desktop Extender (VDX) reverse seamless technology helps organizations deal with some of the very basic challenges surrounding desktop virtualization and remote desktop deployments. With VDX, end users can finally have access to all of their applications and peripherals without having to toggle between sessions. That’s […]
This hotfix provides a patch to the Citrix Provisioning Services 5.6 SP 1 management console, adding two new wizards to the Site context menu. The first is an updated version of the XenDesktop Setup Wizard, compatible with XenDesktop 5 that automates deployment of collections of streamed virtual desktops. The second is a new Streamed VM […]
Within XenApp environments three main pain points basically existed from day one. These are Application Compatibility (got much better with Application Isolation / Streaming and the availability of XenDesktop for really recalcitrant apps) Printing (much better since UPD is available and printer drivers have been removed from kernel level) …and last but not least user […]
NetApp today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase the Engenio® external storage systems business of LSI Corporation (NYSE: LSI), a publicly held company headquartered in Milpitas, California, in an all-cash transaction for $480 million. The close is anticipated to occur in approximately 60 days subject to customary closing conditions. The […]
Microsoft today announced the general availability of MDOP 2011, which includes among other things the long awaited MED-V 2.0! So what’s new in MED-V 2.0: MED-V Workspace Creation MED-V Workspace Packages must be created by using Windows Virtual PC. Existing Virtual PC 2007 images must be migrated. The virtual machine Prep tool is not included […]
Dell announced the availability of Dell Desktop Virtualization Solution (DDVS) built on Citrix XenDesktop. DDVS is a comprehensive solution portfolio that leverages pre-packaged, configured and tested hardware, software and services to help companies adopt and implement desktop virtualization and address the perceived complexity. Expanding on its solutions portfolio, Dell today announced the availability of Dell […]
AppSense Performance Manager 8.1 is now available for download. AppSense Performance Manager controls and optimizes CPU, Memory and Disk I/O to improve system capacity, improve application response times and provide a superior quality of service. AppSense Performance Manager 8.1 brings further enhancements to both the performance and statistic functions and increases the flexibility and scalability of […]
