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Citrix Synergy 2010: Cloud and Server Virtualization News and Thoughts
Posted by Chris in Cloud, Server Virtualization, XenServer, citrixsynergy on May 19th, 2010
As a follow-up to my previous post on Synergy 2010, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on the cloud and server virtualization announcements. Citrix made the following product announcements at the conference:
- Citrix Unveils Open, Extensible, Turnkey Cloud Solutions
- Citrix Unveils Next XenServer Release as Reports Show Server Virtualization Market Share Growth
- NetScaler Delivers Industry’s First Virtualized Delivery Infrastructure for Microsoft 2010 Apps
- Citrix NetScaler Pay-as-You-Grow “Burst Packs” Make Networking More Elastic
Citrix announced the release of XenServer 5.6, which includes several significant feature improvements:
- Hypervisor-level role-based access controls (RBACs)
- Dynamic memory support
- Dynamic workload balancing
- Automated site (Read more...)
Citrix Synergy 2010: Client Virtualization News and Thoughts
Posted by Chris in Citrix, Client Virtualization, citrixsynergy on May 19th, 2010
As a follow-up to my previous post on Synergy 2010, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on the client virtualization-related announcements. Citrix made the following product announcements at the conference:
- Citrix and Wyse Accelerate Mainstream Adoption of Desktop Virtualization with Zero Client Technology
- Citrix XenClient Delivers Virtual Desktops “To Go”for Millions of Mobile Workers
- New Citrix “Safe Zone” Technology Enables Transparent Data Security for the Virtual Workforce
- Citrix HDX Nitro Technologies to Raise the Bar Again on Virtual Desktop Performance
- McAfee and Citrix Partner to Make Virtual Desktop Security Simpler and More Scalable
The most significant first day (Read more...)
Citrix Synergy 2010: Burton Group’s Citrix XenDesktop and VMware View Assessments
Posted by Chris in Citrix, Client Virtualization, citrixsynergy on May 19th, 2010
Last week’s Citrix Synergy conference, Citrix’s largest ever, offered quite a bit of innovation and news. I’d like to start with Burton Group news, and will follow up with posts on client virtualization and cloud.
Last Wednesday at Synergy we unveiled the Burton Group Server-hosted virtual desktop evaluation criteria and presented product scorecards for Citrix XenDesktop 4.0 and VMware View 4.0.1. Our evaluation criteria is frequently used by clients as a starting point for their RFPs; it identifies over 100 features, including 52 that we consider required for enterprise-scale deployments. We also detail preferred (important, but not always essential), and (Read more...)
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