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Leostream Updates Connection Broker

July 16, 2009 by Robin Wauters Leave a Comment

Leostream today announced new functionality has been added to its vendor-neutral connection broker that simplifies the management of virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI). Already the most effective technology of its kind for VDI deployments in heterogeneous environments, the Leostream Connection Broker 6.1 now also features enhanced policy and reporting capabilities, power control for physical machines, Web browser access to Citrix XenApp applications, and bulk delete, refresh and release actions for even easier IT administration.

The latest version closely follows the April release of the Leostream Connection Broker 6.0. Leostream’s goal has long been to anticipate market demand for virtualization solutions and continually build upon its already mature connection management technology to meet this demand. This is especially important for enterprises that need to handle the multi-vendor environments that invariably exist in larger-scale virtualization projects. As a result, the Leostream Connection Broker provides organizations with the capability to integrate existing technology easily and achieve the maximum ROI for end-user computing.

The Leostream Connection Broker, delivered as a virtual appliance, is the software management layer that ties desktop images in the data center to users’ thin client, laptop, desktop or Web interface. It allows enterprises to provide end-users with a virtual desktop experience equal or superior to traditional desktops. End-users can access their virtual desktop from any machine, regardless of location, due to the technology’s ability to direct users to their own virtual desktop image. IT managers can also maximize the virtualization of existing resources by easily integrating an array of clients, back-end systems and viewers. Additionally, the product integrates with existing data center infrastructure without changes, including authentication services and SSL VPN systems, and provides a rich set of policies for the exact implementation of business rules for users and machines.

Particular highlights of Leostream Connection Broker 6.1 include:

  • Policy Enhancements: Expanded flexibility of policies offers “granular customization” to suit an enterprise’s precise needs.
    • Policies can now be applied to hard-assigned desktops, providing consistent policy application for all types of machine assignment.
    • Policies now allow administrators to offer as many resources as desired to the end-user, but can limit the number of machines actually assigned to a set limit, improving control of license usage.
    • Power control and release policies make it easier to reuse power and assignment options.
  • Enhanced Reporting: New reporting features have been added to give IT greater insight and control. A metrics report provides information on disk usage and load averages for all Connection Brokers in a cluster, with another report summarizing the setup of all policies.
  • Web Browser Access to Citrix XenApp: An extension of the Connection Broker’s current XenApp functionality, end-users can now launch Citrix XenApp desktops and applications via the Connection Broker Web browser.
  • Access and Power Control for Physical Machines: The Connection Broker can make Microsoft SMS server calls to power up physical machines. This Wake-on-LAN feature allows users the convenience of starting and accessing physical machines from remote locations, while providing enterprises with greater control over power use.
  • Bulk Actions for Improved IT Management: Bulk delete, refresh and release actions bring improved ease-of-use to IT administrators.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Citrix XenApp, connection broker, Leostream, Leostream Connection Broker, leostream connection broker 6.0, leostream connection broker 6.1, Leostream Corporation, VDI, virtual destop, virtualisation, virtualization

Citrix Receiver Technology Preview for iPhone Released

March 30, 2009 by Robin Wauters Leave a Comment

Today, Citrix released the Technical Preview of the upcoming ICA client for the Apple iPhone called “Citrix Receiver” (iTunes link).

Anyone with a properly configured Citrix XenApp environment can download the Citrix Receiver and access authorized company apps from their iPhone today ! Now is the time to start testing the iPhone in your environment, look for ways to increase productivity, and have some fun.

Note: Works with Wi-Fi or 3G connection, Citrix XenApp and XenApp Web Services, Windows applications hosted on Citrix XenApp.  And the Citrix XenApp secure application feature is not supported with this Technology Preview Release.

Also watch this Citrix Receiver video from Chris Fleck.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 3g, Apple, citrix, citrix iphone, citrix iphone app, citrix receiver, citrix receiver iphone, Citrix Systems, Citrix XenApp, ica client, iPhone, iphone app, itunes, virtualisation, virtualization, Wi-Fi, wifi, XenApp

AppDNA Releases Beta Of AppTitude Virtualization Manager for Citrix XenApp

December 18, 2008 by Robin Wauters Leave a Comment

AppDNA released a beta of AppTitude Virtualization Manager for Citrix XenApp and is working with the company on application compatibility testing for its XenApp product line. AppTitude for Citrix XenApp is designed to make it easier for partners and customers to deliver applications via XenApp – either hosted on the server or streamed directly to the user’s device.

AppDNA’s AppTitude 3.0 is an application compatibility testing solution that can help organizations to determine the optimal method of application delivery. AppTitude 3.0 provides business benefits that were never before possible, including vastly reducing the time, costs and risks associated with deployment of operating system migrations, software upgrades and virtualization.

With its ability to test for a number of new server-related functions, AppTitude 3.0 provides a single view of essential information on every application across the enterprise regarding suitability for virtualization, including XenApp and Microsoft Windows Terminal Services. AppTitude 3.0 also flags applications with potential interoperability and overlap issues.

The new AppTitude 3.0 release includes the AppTitude Virtualization Manager for Citrix XenApp, which allows organizations to rapidly move to XenApp by automatically identifying potential application compatibility issues and recommending actions to fix them. AppTitude 3.0 can test for application compatibility with XenApp versions 3.0 through 5. Included in the product are two types of analysis: static and run-time. AppTitude 3.0 also supports overlap analysis showing whether or not a particular application can be installed on a given server by checking for shared resources, such as file and registry keys. With these new capabilities the product is a highly-effective tool for Citrix XenApp server farm planning and management.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: AppDNA, AppDNA AppTitude 3.0, application compatibility testing, AppTitude 3.0, AppTitude Virtualization Manager, AppTitude Virtualization Manager for Citrix XenApp, citrix, Citrix XenApp, virtualisation, virtualization, XenApp

3Tera Aims To Bring XenApp and XenDesktop Into The Cloud

October 29, 2008 by Robin Wauters Leave a Comment

3Tera, provider of cloud computing technology and utility computing services, announced today it will be demonstrating for the first time Citrix XenApp and Citrix XenDesktop technologies deployed and running in a cloud environment using 3Tera’s AppLogic Cloud Computing Platform during Citrix Summit in Orlando, an invitation-only event for Citrix partners to learn about the latest and greatest products and technologies for application delivery infrastructure solutions.

Customers of all sizes will be able to take advantage of this technology, both in public external Internet based clouds and as a commercial enterprise strength platform for deployment in clouds behind the corporate datacenter firewall. The initial focus will be collaboration with Citrix and its solution partners to deliver continued application virtualization and desktop management and virtualization, with the added portability and scalability cloud computing enables.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 3 Tera, 3Tera, 3Tera AppLogic, 3Tera AppLogic Cloud Computing Platform, AppLogic, AppLogic Cloud Computing Platform, citrix, Citrix XenApp, Citrix XenDesktop, cloud computing, cloud services, virtualisation, virtualization, XenApp, XenDesktop

Citrix Releases XenApp 5, Will It Prove To Become The Application Virtualization Standard?

August 25, 2008 by Robin Wauters Leave a Comment

Remember when Brian Madden pointed out that Citrix XenApp 5.0 would be delayed for several months? Well, he was right, technically. Anyhow, Citrix today announced the release of Citrix XenApp 5, and claims it “breaks through performance and operating-cost barriers, making application start times up to 10 times faster, dramatically improving end-user experience and lowering application management costs by more than 25 percent over previous versions”.

“XenApp 5 broadens the horizon of the end-user experience and accessibility by delivering an end-to-end virtualization solution that addresses the needs of both local and hosted applications,” said Mark Bowker, analyst, Enterprise Strategy Group. “In addition, XenApp 5 is giving new and existing customers a welcome boost in performance at an attractive price-point, two highly sought-after requirements for companies investing in strategic technologies in today’s economy.”

XenApp, in combination with Citrix XenDesktop and Citrix XenServer, creates an end-to-end virtualization solution that spans servers, applications and desktops. The new XenApp 5 release is being featured on September 9, 2008 as part of a global, online launch event, called Citrix Delivery Center Live!

With the release of XenApp 5, Citrix claims it is raising the bar with significant new improvements to performance, user experience and cost savings. In total, XenApp 5 includes more than 50 new major enhancements, according to the official press release.

XenApp 5, which runs on the Microsoft Windows Server platform, leverages all the enhancements in Windows Server 2008 and fully supports Windows Server 2003. This enables existing Windows Server 2003 customers to immediately deploy Windows Server 2008 into their existing XenApp environments in any mix.

XenApp 5 will be available September 10, 2008. For North America, suggested retail pricing is per concurrent user (CCU) and includes one year of Subscription Advantage:

  • Advanced Edition – US $350
  • Enterprise Edition – US $450
  • Platinum Edition – US $600

Standalone pricing for client-side application streaming and virtualization begins as low as $60 per CCU.

Citrix Systems

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: application virtualization, citrix, Citrix Systems, Citrix XenApp, Citrix XenApp 5, Citrix XenDesktop, citrix xenserver, virtualisation, virtualization, Xen, XenApp, XenApp 5, XenDesktop, xenserver

XTS Releases Handy Configuration Reporting Utility for Citrix XenApp, Free of Charge

August 25, 2008 by Robin Wauters Leave a Comment

XTS, a Citrix Ready Partner and a VMware Technology Alliance Partner, has just released their Configuration Report Generator utility that works with XenApp 4.x (meaning any edition).  The company is making this solution a free download via a fully functional virtual machine.

The company is bringing their flexible interface to the Citrix data store in order to make it really easy to use. Leveraging the XTS advanced filters, Citrix customers can generate the configuration reports they need when they need them. In addition to the free configuration reporting utility, the VM also includes a demo of the company’s full Introspect product (released last April) which provides usage reporting and much needed analysis.

Specific benefits of the free configuration reports include:

  • Document Citrix environmental configurations to create baselines for future troubleshooting, disaster recovery or audit requirements.
  • Verify baselines for migrations to XenApp 4.5.
  • Track Citrix hotfixes to ensure consistency across servers
  • Attain more in-depth security insight with user/application assignment reports, leveraging integration with Active Directory.
  • Gain immediate visibility into risks that might exist in their Citrix environment due to misconfigurations
  • XTS

    Filed Under: News Tagged With: citrix, Citrix XenApp, Citrix XenApp 4.5, Citrix XenApp 4.x, configuration reporting, configuration reporting utility, Introspect, virtualisation, virtualization, XenApp 4.5, XTS, XTS Introspect

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