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Ceedo Enterprise Support for Citrix XenApp Announced

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Ceedo today announced the availability of Ceedo Enterprise for Citrix XenApp, a solution that will give customers using XenApp (formerly Citrix Presentation Server) portable and secure access from any PC without the need to install client software and without requiring administrative rights. Compatibility of the XenApp Plugin for hosted applications with Ceedo’s application virtualization technology has been demonstrated through a rigorous testing program established by Citrix.

Ceedo Enterprise, launched a little over 2 months ago, enables organizations to create customized virtual workspaces, comprising of standard Windows applications, and run them without installation or requiring administration rights on any Windows PC. Ceedo workspaces can be placed and run from a webpage, a folder on a PC, a network drive or a portable storage device. The virtual workspaces can also be controlled and managed through a comprehensive remote management system.
In addition to using the XenApp Plugin, users can install their personal client applications to the workspace (such as WinAmp, Skype, FireFox, etc.), which will be available to them alongside XenApp on any PC.
The Ceedo Enterprise for Citrix XenApp is $89 per seat perpetual license. Discounts are available for large volume purchases. An evaluation version of the solution is available for download here.
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Citrix XenApp 5.0 Delayed For Months?

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Independent technology analyst & author Brian Madden is speculating a multiple-month delay for Citrix XenApp 5.0, not hearing anything about it at Citrix’ annual Synergy event. He writes:

“The current Presentation Server 4.5 product does NOT work on Windows Server 2008, so if you want to use Citrix + Server 2008, you need XenApp 5. Citrix told us again and again in 2007 that the “Delaware” edition of Presentation Server would be released 90 days after Microsoft releases Windows Server 2008.

Windows Server 2008 came out on February 28. That means we should see XenApp 5 in the end of May. Today is May 21, which means that technically Citrix has another week to release XenApp 5, but it’s unlikely this will happen since they haven’t mentioned it at Synergy. In fact the rumor floating around is that XenApp 5 won’t actually make it out for another few months.”

When asking Citrix employees, Brian received two different responses: one claiming Windows Server 2008 is not yet widely adopted for Terminal Server applications, making a release of a new XenApp version unnecessary, and one claiming that the mentioned period was more a ‘target’ than a real ‘commitment’.

Be that as it may, Brian is right to add that neither of these excuses explain why excactly XenApp 5 is taking so long. He goes on trying to provide an explanation for the likely delay, which we suggest you go read on his blog.

XTS Releases Introspect, Management & Analytics Tool for Citrix XenApp

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XTS today announced the availability of XTS Introspect tool, which enables advanced planning and management of Citrix XenApp virtualization and application delivery environments. XTS, headquartered in the Washington DC metropolitan area, is a Citrix Ready Partner and VMware Technology Alliance Partner and has long been a provider of enterprise reporting and analytics software for the planning and management of Citrix and other virtualization platforms.

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From the press release:

Previously, XTS analytics solutions provided intelligence that eased capacity planning, security audits, implementation of charge-back systems and analyzing software license requirements. With Introspect, IT organizations can now enjoy these benefits along with newly available advanced configuration analytics that enable system administrators and architects to easily gather the following information:

  • Three-dimensional configuration analysis by application, server, and user across an entire server farm
  • Detailed view of application and server properties
  • Matrix reports that illustrate where applications are installed and detail user/group access
  • Historical reporting of server hotfix implementations

To see Introspect first-hand, you’re invited to visit the XTS events to register for an interactive, online seminar for Citrix professionals featuring a presentation from Doug Brown of DABCC.