Virtualization by Davis: “First experiments with Win8/RT Receiver Preview v1.0.0.56” plus 11 more

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• First experiments with Win8/RT Receiver Preview v1.0.0.56
• Pano Logic goes out of business, forgets to tell customers
• Top three Windows 8 RemoteFX enhancements
• Software is eating the world, and DevOps gets us to that meal faster (Guest post from Electric Cloud)
• Nimble, GlassHouse each deliver VDI reference architecture
• Citrix announces beta of online sizing tool for Desktop Virtualization
• Paper: HP Reference Architecture for Client Virtualization
• Unable to Get the Packages on OVERVIEW WINDOW
• Do a lot more than just Windows 7 upgrades and application compatibility testing with AppDNA
• Real-life VMware virtualization pitfalls: Free chapter download
• A Better Way to Size Desktop Virtualization Environments
• Enterprise Mobility – so geht die neue Freiheit

First experiments with Win8/RT Receiver Preview v1.0.0.56 Posted: 01 Nov 2012 12:46 AM PDT   Recent release of Microsoft Windows 8 and availability of Citrix Preview of Win8/RT Receiver makes it tempting to check out this new Receiver. Without testing all possible scenarios I have looked at just a few: WebInterface 5.4, both traditional WI as well as XenApp Services, i.e. PNAgent CloudGateway 2.0 Express CloudGateway 2.0 Express front-ended with AccessGateway on NetScaler 10.0-71.6nc  2-factor authentication with CloudGateway 2.0… Read More

Pano Logic goes out of business, forgets to tell customers Posted: 31 Oct 2012 04:14 PM PDT Virtual desktop vendor Pano Logic unexpectedly went out of business, leaving users wondering what to do next.

Top three Windows 8 RemoteFX enhancements Posted: 31 Oct 2012 12:22 PM PDT Windows 8 RemoteFX brings multitouch, improved graphics rendering and WAN optimization to salivating desktop virtualization admins everywhere.

Software is eating the world, and DevOps gets us to that meal faster (Guest post from Electric Cloud) Posted: 31 Oct 2012 11:47 AM PDT Electric Cloud provides a solution for devops that automates and accelerates the dev-test-deploy process, thereby reducing the overall development lifecycle. The solution offers optimal integration of the software delivery processes such as build, test and release with the cloud infrastructure layer, enabling customers to accelerate processes, tasks and resources involved in the entire lifecycle and to deliver high quality software faster to the marketplace.

Nimble, GlassHouse each deliver VDI reference architecture Posted: 25 Oct 2012 07:58 AM PDT GlassHouse Technologies released virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) reference architectures for VMware View deployments.

Citrix announces beta of online sizing tool for Desktop Virtualization Posted: 31 Oct 2012 10:37 AM PDT Citrix has announced that at the end of this year it will release Project Accelerator, a new version of what used to be called the Desktop Tranformation Accelerator. Project Accelerator is now available as a beta. Project Accelerator will provide guidance on Assessing, Designing and Deploying with improved Hardware Sizing functionality. Besides recommendations about sizing, the tool will also provide recommendations about which FlexCast model to deploy. Besides recommendations about sizing, the tool wil also provide recommendations about which FlexCast model to deploy. Labels: Citrix, Tools

Paper: HP Reference Architecture for Client Virtualization Posted: 31 Oct 2012 10:32 AM PDT HP has released a paper titled: HP Reference Architecture for Client Virtualization. The paper, which contains 43 pages describes how to setup Citrix XenDesktop on top of VMware vSphere 5 running on top of HP Hardware and using HP Storage. The document focuses on leveraging the Citrix Flexcast delivery technology of hosted or streamed desktops. The reference architecture was tested using Login Virtual Session Indexer(VSE) version 3.5. The server under test was an HP ProLiant BL460c Gen8 with 2 Intel Xeon E5-2680 processors, Hyper-Threading was on, BIOS settings were for high performance, and 256 GB RAM. The server was configured with direct-attached storage using the HP Smart Array P721m controller and the HP D2700 Storage enclosure. A P721m was placed in the server, and using the SAS manager within the Onboard Administrator, 6 physicals drives of the D2700 are assigned to the blade server. The ACU (Array Configuration Utility) was used to set the drives in a RAID10 configuration and the drives are configured in the vSphere server as an additional data store to hold the PVS write cache files. The paper contains the following sections: Executive Summary Client virtualization and HP Reference architecture components HP Bladesystem HP Proliant server HP Storage User data storage HP Virtual Connect Flex-10 HP 12500 Series switches HP Thin Clients Recommended services for HP client virtualization reference architectures Citrix XenDesktop VMware vSphere Reference Architecture overview The Reference Architecture testing The non-persistent model with Flexcast The persistent model with Flexcast HP, Citrix and VMWare – better together Summary Citrix XenDesktop when integrated with HP BladeSystem, HP Storage and VMware vSphere provides a unique set of virtual desktop delivery models including: virtual desktop Infrastructure; hosted-shared desktops, client-hosted desktop virtualization and application virtualization. These models can be combined to provide optimal user experiences supporting a diverse set of user needs while maximizing the efficient use of the infrastructure. Labels: Citrix, HP, Paper, VMware This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Unable to Get the Packages on OVERVIEW WINDOW Posted: 31 Oct 2012 08:12 AM PDT I Can View my Packages at the Client side by accessing URL and Get the XML File of my Publishing Server. MY sync With Publishing Server is Working Fine There may be some wrong with my Sequencing Steps while making the Packages ? This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Do a lot more than just Windows 7 upgrades and application compatibility testing with AppDNA Posted: 31 Oct 2012 07:26 AM PDT Following on the sessions from Synergy in Barcelona I thought I'd round up some of the ideas we discussed and share some of the content. There were probably 3 big things which resonated with all at the conference and I'll highlight these here: Unlimited application imports Free reports Forward Path for modelling multiple technology environments Unlimited application imports This was definitely well received. Imagine being… Read More

Real-life VMware virtualization pitfalls: Free chapter download Posted: 29 Oct 2012 12:17 PM PDT In 'VMware vSphere 5 Building a Virtual Datacenter,' authors Eric Maillé and René-Francois Mennecier share data center virtualization pitfalls.

A Better Way to Size Desktop Virtualization Environments Posted: 31 Oct 2012 05:41 AM PDT Have you ever asked yourself: How many physical servers will I need for 1,000 hosted VDI users? Should I use Hosted Shared desktops? Well we have, and we've come up with an easy way for you to answer those questions. We're releasing Project Accelerator, the all-new, all-singin' and dancin' version of what used to be called Desktop Transformation Accelerator at the end of this year.… Read More

Enterprise Mobility – so geht die neue Freiheit Posted: 31 Oct 2012 04:10 AM PDT Alle Jahre wieder… nein, für einen Weihnachtspost wäre es doch etwas zu früh. Vor zwei Wochen hat allerdings ein Fixpunkt in unserem Jahr bei Citrix stattgefunden: Die jährlichen Konferenzen Summit und Synergy in Barcelona. Beim Summit, der Veranstaltung für den Channel, war mit 1.700 Teilnehmern, 74 Sessions und komplett ausgebuchten Learning Labs absolut volles Haus. Naturgemäß noch einmal deutlich größer fiel die Synergy aus: 4.000… Read More

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