Citrix and Intel – An Enterprise Scale Desktop Virtualization Solution
Check out the desktop virtualization solution from Citrix Principal Sales XenGineer, Roy Tokeshi, who demonstrated Citrix XenClient with Intel at Microsoft TechEd 2011
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AppSense Application Manager 8.3 released
AppSense announces that the world of user centric computing takes another leap forward with the release of AppSense Application Manager 8.3 Part of the User Virtualization Platform (UVP), AppSense Application Manager secures and reduces the cost of millions of corporate desktops by controlling application & network access and user rights management. Based on customer & […]
Citrix Expands Silicon Valley Presence with Industry Veterans from Cisco, HP and Symantec
Citrix Systems today announced the addition of three new executive hires to drive leadership in enabling the personal cloud. Erin Hintz has joined as vice president, global marketing and ecommerce, Online Services Division; Shankar Iyer as vice president of product management, Receiver and End-user Services; and Bob Schultz, as group vice president and general manager, […]
Citrix is leader in desktop virtualisation solutions market
Desktop virtualisation software provider Citrix has been recognised for its services in a new International Data Corporation (IDC) report.The vendor was the only one placed in the ‘leaders’ category on the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Desktop Virtualization 2011 Vendor Analysis study. Citrix was praised for the comprehensive set of technologies it provides its customers with, as […]
How to Change Registration Port for XenDesktop 5 Desktop Delivery Controller and Virtual Desktop Agent
This article describes how to change the Virtual Desktop Agent (VDA) registration port in XenDesktop 5 for both the Desktop Delivery Controller (DDC) and the Virtual Desktop Agent. Two scenarios are covered: The DDC(s) VDA registration port is the default of 80 The DDC(s) VDA registration port has already been changed (not 80) The default […]
Citrix XenDesktop 5 workaround for Microsoft KMS activation with Machine Creation Services (MCS)
I’ve had a few customer contacting me about the MAK issue with XenDesktop 5 and with the use of MCS instead of Provisioning Services, for PoC(Proof of Concept) deployments. There is a official statement from Citrix regarding the XenDesktop 5 Support for Microsoft KMS activation with Machine Creation Services (MCS). MCS does not support or […]
Desktone Announces First Cloud-hosted Windows Desktops on Google Chromebooks
Desktone, Inc., the pioneer of cloud-hosted Desktops as a Service, today unveiled the industry’s first virtual Windows desktop available now on Chromebooks. The company is enabling the Desktone Cloud, a virtual desktop in the cloud service, to run within Google Chrome. With this announcement, Desktone addresses a significant Chromebook limitation by enabling business users to […]
Microsoft releases Windows Thin PC (WinTCP)
Microsoft has released Windows Thin PC also called WinTCP. WinTPC makes this a reality and plays a part in Microsofts broader desktop virtualization strategy , which is to deliver the flexibility to work from everywhere, improve compliance and business continuity, and simplify management so that IT professionals can deliver better service to employees. With the […]
Citrix XenDesktop on XenServer and IBM Hardware – Sizing Baseline and Reference Configuration
The overall goal of this White paper is to provide sizing baselines for the deployment of Citrix XenDesktop on IBM BladeCenter Servers running Citrix XenServer.A laboratory environment was created to test and validate the different components of the IBM hardware and the XenDesktop solution. The main focus of all tests conducted in the laboratory was […]
Quick overview video on Microsoft Application Virtualization – App-V
Quick overview video on Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V). In a physical environment, every application depends on its OS for a range of services, including memory allocation, device drivers, and much more. Incompatibilities between an application and its operating system can be addressed by either server virtualization or presentation virtualization; but for incompatibilities between two applications […]