XenDesktop or VDI-in-a-Box? How to choose?

Written on Wednesday 22 February 2012 by Bob Deleeck

Citrix offers two great options for desktop virtualization - XenDesktop and VDI-in-a-Box, but how do you choose which is best for you?

Citrix Cloudgateway - single point of control

Written on Friday 17 February 2012 by Bob Deleeck

CloudGateway provides an excellent experience for both administrators and users. Administrators have one place to manage and control both users and content delivery while users have one place and one login to access all desktops and apps.

VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite

Written on Friday 10 February 2012 by Bob Deleeck

VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite is designed to help customers deliver IT as a service by simplifying and automating the operations of virtual and cloud environments

DataCore Joins Microsoft System Center Alliance

Written on Friday 27 January 2012 by Bob Deleeck

By becoming a System Center Alliance partner, DataCore strengthens its support for System Center and other Microsoft solutions, enabling organizations of all sizes to achieve their virtualization goals and take advantage of the cloud.

Citrix XenApp 6.5 Mobility Pack

Written on Friday 27 January 2012 by Bob Deleeck

Citrix released the XenApp 6.5 Mobility Pack as part of itsReceiver for Android 3.0 update in December, improving the way Windows applications are delivered and used on mobile devices.

Reduce application migration time

Written on Friday 13 January 2012 by Bob Deleeck

Citrix AppDNA

Accelerate application migration and simplify application management

Citrix AppDNA application migration software enables enterprises to confidently discover, automate, model and manage applications for faster application migration, easier application virtualization and streamlined application management.

Reduce application migration time, cost, labor, risk and disruption

AppDNA software saves time and reduces cost by accurately predicting application behavior on new technology platforms. Project time, cost and staffing resources can be estimated based on facts, rather than guesses. Most importantly, project risk is reduced by providing clear insight into how applications will function in a new or migrated environment. AppDNA software ensures project success by predicting potential issues and showing a clear path to successful desktop transformation.

Accelerate deployment and migration projects for your most critical application investments

AppDNA software accelerates projects involving:

• Citrix XenDesktop
• Citrix XenApp
• Microsoft Windows 7®
• Microsoft® App-V™
• Microsoft Internet Explorer®
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008®

AppDNA software clearly outlines application issues and uniquely integrates with Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager® and Active Directory® to show the effect of application issues on users, workgroups and devices.

Simplify application management

AppDNA software simplifies the four key areas of application management:

1. Discover application issues with sophisticated testing
2. Model application outcomes to determine the best plan of action
3. Automate application remediation and packaging processes
4. Manage ongoing application evolution after launch of the migration or virtualization project

Do you want to seet it in action or do you want to try it yourself? Contact us !

The Next Step in Cloud Infrastructure

Written on Friday 13 January 2012 by Bob Deleeck

Leveraging the proven vSphere virtualization technologies, VMware introduces intelligent cloud infrastructure with built-in automation and resource elasticity.

2012 Prediction: AppSense

Written on Friday 13 January 2012 by Bob Deleeck

The most effective IT organizations in 2012 will be the ones that accept and embrace a new user-centric approach to enterprise computing. Becoming more user-centric means shifting management and policy focus to users and establishing a desktop management competency that assumes an ongoing lifecycle marked by constant change and a growing diversity of computing models.

Are you ready to migrate to your next generation platform?

Written on Thursday 5 January 2012 by Wim Van Balen

Are your applications compatible with your next generation platform?

This is a question many organizations are asking themselves today, and subsequently they are looking for solutions to overcome application incompatibility, simplify application management and increase insight to make the right business decision about application migration, whilst genuinely realizing a return to the business.

We as a trusted advisor in virtualization see many organizations thinking about different, more optimized application delivery strategies. Virtualizing data (storage), servers, sessions, applications and user settings becomes more mainstream than ever before. However, in the end, it’s all about the apps regardless of where the data, server or user is.

Applications are or need to be deployed in a more diverse landscape

Knowing how your applications work and how they are best deployed is therefore critically important. Many organizations see the importance of applications and therefore categorize them into tiers, often as follows:

• Tier 1: business critical
• Tier 2: high usage, secondary importance
• Tier 3: small user base, non-critical

But what will you do when migrating to a new application delivery strategy?

• Will you analyze, deploy and test applications from all tiers?
• Are you sure a tier 3 application will not take down a tier 1 application?
• How thoroughly can you test against the future platform?
• How sure are you about choosing the right application delivery method?
• How sure are you that applications which come into the production environment are accepted by the end-user and do not come back for repackaging?

Through an automated compatibility test, you can shorten the implementation process of a new platform up to 50% by simplifying key elements of application management:

1. Application testing to discover issues;
2. Application remediation and modeling to determine application fixes;
3. Automation of application packaging for virtualization;
4. Application management for ongoing application evolution.

The analysis shows (in a clear manner) which applications will work on the new platform, which will not, and which ones need simple remediation to be fixed either automatically or “hands-on”. This provides a kick-start to all deployment projects!

Furthermore, because it is an automated test you can:

• Test all your applications;
• Recognize application incompatibility issues upfront, not only in production;
• Get in-depth application knowledge to choose the right delivery method from the beginning.

Just minutes to analyze an application

Some figures from experience when using Citrix® App-DNA™:

• Time saved on identifying issues = 90%
• Time saved on the project = 50%
• Time saved on remediation = 50%
• Time saved on support = 40%

Contact Raido to know more about Citrix® App-DNA™ software platform and how it helps organizations save time, cost and risk in managing applications for Windows 7®, Internet Explorer®, Microsoft® App-V™, Citrix® XenDesktop® XenApp™, VMware View, VDI and Windows Server 2008®.

More information on Citrix® App-DNA™ via:

• http://www.raido.be/products/app-dna
• Download the Citrix® App-DNA™ LaunchPad™ here: application migration proof of concept Application migration ‘business case' in 3 days

Raido was already working with Citrix® App-DNA™ long before the Citrix® acquisition and has since then become the only reseller in BeLux, check http://www.app-dna.com/application-compatibility-software-partners/find-a-partner

For more info contact Raido:
tel: +32 (0)3 400 51 15
info@raido.be

Evaluate Microsoft System Center 2012

Written on Friday 18 November 2011 by Bob Deleeck

System Center solutions help you manage your physical and virtual IT environments across datacenters, desktops, and devices. Evaluate the Release Candidates and Betas now from MSSC2012.