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Release: Citrix GoToManage Monitoring for XenServer

June 14, 2011 by Robin Wauters 1 Comment

Recently at the Citrix Synergy event, Citrix Systems announced Citrix GoToManage Monitoring for XenServer, a new integrated offering for IT professionals and SMBs who need to monitor and manage a range of devices in support of increasingly distributed, remote and mobile workforces.

GoToManage consists of a real-time remote support module and a monitoring module, which provides detailed real-time server monitoring, inventory and software discovery, and network tracking.

The addition of GoToManage Monitoring for XenServer offers a new single view to track the health and performance of all key physical and virtual IT infrastructure. The service is cloud-based, enabling SMBs to tackle the complexity of managing their servers without the added expense of deploying expensive hardware and software probes.

The XenServer functionality is included at no additional cost for all GoToManage Monitoring customers. Also, GoToManage Monitoring has a free version that allows anyone to monitor two servers and inventory and track up to 18 other devices (e.g. computers, switches, routers).

AppSense Names Harry Labana As VP And Chief Technology Officer

May 16, 2011 by Robin Wauters Leave a Comment

AppSense, provider of user virtualization technology, recently announced it has appointed Harry Labana as vice president and chief technology officer. Labana brings more than 16 years experience in a wide-range of technology roles including infrastructure, software development, architecture and project management.

Labana joins AppSense from partner Citrix, where he was vice president and chief technology officer for the Citrix Desktop Division.

AppSense and Citrix have a decade-long partnership, which has taken their joint virtualization solutions into some of the largest desktop environments in the world.

AppSense currently counts more than 4,000 customers and 350 reseller partners worldwide.

“I am very excited to join AppSense at a critical period in its development, as the market opportunity and potential for user virtualization is growing exponentially,” said Labana. “It has been an honor to work with the team at Citrix, and I view my new role at AppSense as an opportunity to further strengthen and extend the partnership between the two companies”.

During his time at Citrix, Labana was part of the leadership team responsible for driving the company’s overall technology and product strategy. In his role, he evangelized the strategic vision of the company’s desktop virtualization solutions to both internal and external audiences.

Prior to joining the company, Labana led global engineering and architecture for desktop and application virtualization at Goldman Sachs.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in electronic systems engineering with honors from the University of Manchester.

Product Launch: Citrix NetScaler SDX

May 16, 2011 by Robin Wauters Leave a Comment

Citrix Systems recently debuted NetScaler SDX, a new virtualized networking platform designed from the ground up to serve as the “front door” for virtual datacenters and clouds.

With the NetScaler SDX platform, customers can run numerous virtualized NetScaler instances on a single purpose-built physical appliance with full multi-service, multi-tenant support.

Each virtual instance is a complete NetScaler environment, incorporating all the functions needed to deliver apps and services with the best performance, security and reliability, including load balancing, caching, compression, SSL VPN, SSL offload, federated identity and app firewall.

NetScaler SDX is the latest addition to a growing family of NetScaler platforms designed to fit the needs of customers of all sizes and business requirements.

Customers looking for a solution for traditional application networking, for example, can choose the NetScaler MPX hardware appliance product line, and customers who want all the power of a NetScaler in a software form factor can choose the NetScaler VPX virtual appliance.

NetScaler SDX platforms include the SDX-17500, SDX-19500 and SDX-21500, offering performance up to 50Gbps, has been available since April 2011.

Citrix’s Q1 2011: Revenue Grows 18 Percent To $491 Million

May 9, 2011 by Robin Wauters Leave a Comment

Citrix Systems recently reported financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2011 ended March 31, 2011.

The company achieved revenue of $491 million, compared to $414 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2010, representing 18 percent revenue growth. Net income for the first quarter of fiscal 2011 was $74 million, or $0.38 per diluted share, compared to $47 million, or $0.25 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2010.

“I’m pleased with our results for the first quarter,” said Mark Templeton, president and chief executive officer for Citrix. “Customer demand was solid across our core SaaS, desktop and networking markets, especially in the Americas and Pacific, supported by large, strategic technical services engagements.

In addition to quarterly financial results, Citrix also announced that its board of directors has authorized it to repurchase up to an additional $500 million of its common stock. As of March 31, 2011, approximately $11.5 million remained for repurchases from previous authorizations.

CloudBees Appoints XenSource/Citrix Vet To VP of Business Development

March 28, 2011 by Robin Wauters Leave a Comment

CloudBees, provider of a Java Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) solution, has named John Vigeant, a 10-year server and open source software vet from Citrix Systems and XenSource, to Vice President of Business Development.

Vigeant was one of five key founding team members of the XenClient project. In this role, he was responsible for business plan development functions that ranged from funding all the way to executing commercial license/OEM agreements with all the major notebook manufacturers.

Vigeant came to Citrix through its 2007 acquisition of XenSource, where he oversaw the company’s most strategic business development and OEM relationships with companies like HP, Dell and Citrix. Prior to XenSource, Vigeant was at Ximian, the Linux desktop and software management startup acquired by Novell.

In his new role, he is responsible for expanding the CloudBees ecosystem and establishing partnerships with IT companies looking to extend into the PaaS market. Vigeant’s appointment further grows the company’s U.S. headquarters in Boston, where CloudBees will be building out its sales and marketing team.

Also recently joined CloudBees:Ben Walding, CTO and long-serving operations manager of Codehaus; Paul Sandoz, formerly of Sun Microsystems, a member of the GlassFish team and co-specification lead of JAX-RS and Jersey; and Stephen Connolly, one of the original committers on Jenkins/Hudson, an avid contributor on Codehaus and an Apache Maven PMC member.

The CloudBees Platform currently serves more than 4,500 customers, the company says.

Citrix Invests In Primadesk: Search, Manage And Backup Cloud Data

February 28, 2011 by Robin Wauters Leave a Comment

Citrix Systems this morning announced an investment in Primadesk, marking the first funding commitment for the Citrix Startup Accelerator, its Silicon Valley-based seed investment initiative launched in December 2010.

Primadesk, based in Novato, Calif., helps users search, manage and backup their personal cloud data with one simple interface no matter what device they use. A beta version of the Primadesk technology will be demonstrated on stage today at DEMO 2011, while the product will officially launch in March.

Primadesk was founded in 2009 and is also behind Fotolink, which lets users drag and drop photos from their computers to Facebook and vice versa, between Facebook albums and from friends’ albums and other photo services such as Flickr and Picasa to your Facebook albums.

(Also posted on TechCrunch)