So, grasshopper, you have decided to take the plunge and virtualize your server infrastructure. Someone explained the business benefits of virtualization, you decided that it made sense, and that it’s time to make the move. But do you know how...
Category: Virtualization
Citrix, Virtualization
Citrix Releases XenApp and XenDesktop v7.11
On September 8, Citrix released XenApp and XenDesktop v7.11. One of the big milestones in this release is compatibility with Windows Server 2016. At the recent Citrix Synergy 2016 conference, Citrix committed to be compatible with Windows Server 2016 on...
Citrix, Security, Virtualization
Citrix Secure Browser Service Delivers Web Apps Quickly and Simply
According to Gartner, over fifty percent of corporate applications are now delivered via the browser. Unfortunately, many Web applications, especially legacy applications, require a specific version of Internet Explorer, and/or require Flash or Java functionality that may or may not...
Best Practices, Business Practices, Virtualization
Hyperconvergence and the Advent of Software-Defined-Everything – Part 2
As cravings go, the craving for the perfect morning cup of tea in jolly old England rivals that of the most highly-caffeinated Pacific Northwest latte-addict. So, in the late 1800s, some inventive folks started thinking about what was actually required...
Best Practices, Business Practices, Virtualization
Hyperconvergence and the Advent of Software-Defined-Everything – Part 1
The IT industry is one of those industries that is rife with “buzz words” – convergence, hyperconvergence, software-defined this and that, etc., etc. It can be a challenge for even the most dedicated IT professionals to keep up on all...
Citrix, Licensing, Microsoft, Virtualization
Licensing Office in a Remote Desktop Environment
Update – January 19, 2015 After posting the last update a week ago, I spent more time rooting around the Microsoft Web site, and ended up in a relatively painful 45-minute chat session with a Microsoft “Licensing Specialist.” A large...
Citrix, Cloud Computing, Licensing, Microsoft, Virtualization
Cloud-Based VDI vs. DaaS – Is There a Difference?
With nearly all new technologies in the IT space comes confusion over terminology. Some of the confusion is simply because the technology is new, and we’re all trying to understand how it works and how – or whether – it...
Citrix, Licensing, Microsoft, Virtualization
The Elusive Windows Companion Subscription License – a Solution In Search of a Problem?
In our post entitled “What Licenses Do I Need,” we discussed the licensing required, from both Citrix and Microsoft, for a XenApp or XenDesktop deployment. But there was still an unknown factor: When that post was published, Microsoft had recently...
Best Practices, Citrix, Cloud Computing, Virtualization
Data Gravity and Cloud Computing
Last July, Alistair Croll wrote an interesting post over at http://datagravity.org on the concept of “data gravity” – a term first coined by Dave McCrory. The concept goes like this: The speed with which information can get from where it...
Microsoft, Virtualization
Does Shared-Nothing Migration Mean the Death of the SAN?
You’ve probably heard that Hyper-V in Windows Server 2012 supports what Microsoft is calling “Shared Nothing” live migration. You can see a demo of that here, in a video that was posted on a TechNet blog back in July: Now...