Syndicated Industry Blogs from around the Web - June 2010 - The Official Citrix Blog The Official Citrix Blog

Everything Old is New Again, or DCaaS (Dead Cat as a Service)

(When I'm at a loss for a quick breezy title of my own to sum up the subject at hand, I resort to song or album titles. Thanks this time to the late Peter Allen – I considered Leonard Cohen's "New Skin for the Old Ceremony" instead...

Published Jun 29 2010 by The Official Citrix Blog , 855 views, 0 comments

Private beta release of XenServer distributed virtual switching (DVS) coming soon!

The XenServer engineering team is nearing completion of a pre-release ("beta") build of our distributed virtual switching technology and are seeking customers and partners interested in working closely with us prior to it's final release...

Published Jun 28 2010 by The Official Citrix Blog , 839 views, 0 comments

Is Your XenApp or XenDesktop Implementation Properly Licensed?

Keeping track of the technical details of Citrix and Microsoft products can be confusing, but when was the last time you took stock of licensing? While organizations strive to be in legal compliance, that can be a complex task. The most direct way to...

Published Jun 28 2010 by The Official Citrix Blog , 805 views, 0 comments

VMware View's Slip is Showing

In a lead story, [searchvirtualizationdesktop.com] is reporting that VMware® View 4.5 has slipped from its planned July 14 th date and the key profile management feature they were planning to integrate into View 4.5 has been shelved. What a surprise...

Published Jun 28 2010 by The Official Citrix Blog , 841 views, 0 comments

XenDesktop from near the Arctic Circle

I'm currently in rural Norway. Rural in means two hours driving to the nearest major airport. The sun never quite sets, the scenery is idyllic and there's a warm glow on the green hills and one of the world's top Salmon rivers is chasing its...

Published Jun 28 2010 by The Official Citrix Blog , 725 views, 0 comments

Virtual Appliances - The Dog or the Tail?

Hardware is now the new software. Well, at least some hardware-based network appliances (e.g. load balancers, routers and VPNs) are now available as virtual appliances leveraging off-the-shelf servers. This discernable push toward software form factors...

Published Jun 28 2010 by The Official Citrix Blog , 649 views, 0 comments

XenServer Multi-GPU Passthrough for HDX 3D Pro Graphics

XenServer 5.6 includes a tech preview feature for Multi-GPU Passthrough that I think is going to be a winner with customers using XenDesktop HDX 3D Pro Graphics . Until now, multi-user hypervisors have not offered GPU access. As a result, there has been...

Published Jun 28 2010 by The Official Citrix Blog , 2,330 views, 0 comments

The Things should to be considered for Desktop and Application Virtualization (Guideline Memo)

1. The scope of Virtualization of Desktop and Application The scope should be virtualized from org object aspects The scope can be virtualized from user operation requirement and cost limitation etc 2. How Desktop/Application can be centralized Terminal...

Published Jun 25 2010 by The Official Citrix Blog , 647 views, 0 comments

How do you support Citrix products? (survey)

Calling all customers: How do you support your Citrix products? Directly with Citrix? Via your channel partner? Through a third-party maintenance provider? Or do you go it alone, using the Citrix Knowledge Center, Support Forums, Citrix TV, and Google...

Published Jun 24 2010 by The Official Citrix Blog , 633 views, 0 comments

Knowledge or Products

"Give a Man a Fish, Feed Him For a Day. Teach a Man to Fish, Feed Him For a Lifetime" - Lao Tzu Why do people insist on buying 3rd party products instead of actually making use of the functionality they already paid for? This goes for hypervisors...

Published Jun 24 2010 by The Official Citrix Blog , 667 views, 0 comments

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