During Citrix Synergy last week, I was in the audience watching the demos. One demo in particular, Podio, got me thinking about the value of a desktop. What is a desktop? Is it needed? Why? I’ve been a proponent of a desktop operating system and of desktop virtualization. Being a workshifting Citrite (what we call [...]
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Is Podio the Next Generation Desktop?
Posted: May 14, 2012 in UncategorizedTags: citrix, Citrix Synergy, Podio, virtual desktops
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The Simplicity of your Desktop Transformation Architecture
Posted: October 6, 2010 in UncategorizedTags: citrix, desktop transformation, desktop virtualization, vdi, xendesktop
Creating a desktop virtualization solution is not about the technology, it is about providing users with the most appropriate desktop environment based on their current situation. This is the basis for the Citrix Desktop Transformation model. Even though Citrix XenDesktop is capable of providing users with numerous virtual desktop modalities via the FlexCast Technology, we [...]
How to Avoid Turning Your XenApp into Frankenstein
Posted: September 20, 2010 in UncategorizedTags: application virtualization, best practices, citrix, design considerations, desktop virtualization, optimization, XenApp, xendesktop
I just got done watching Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein the other day. You know how the story goes. Victor Frankenstein putting pieces together to create something new. It works, but it is not what Victor expected. In fact, it is so horrible that it scares everyone and destroys all who stand in its way. I also [...]
Virtual Desktop Bandwidth – Revisited
Posted: August 9, 2010 in UncategorizedTags: bandwidth, best practices, Branch Repeater, citrix, design considerations, desktop virtualization, vdi, virtual desktops, xendesktop
Back in May 2010, I started my Top 10 Mistakes Made with Virtual Desktops. I talked about how much bandwidth certain activities require when using XenDesktop and HDX. The table I provided is great, but it does pose the question, “What does a person do with this information?” Since then, I’ve been able to spend [...]
Beware of VDI Defaults
Posted: July 26, 2010 in Top 10 Virtual Desktop MistakesTags: best practices, citrix, design considerations, desktop virtualization, optimization, vdi, xendesktop
Default configurations are great in that they make the setup and configuration easy. Unfortunately, they don’t work for all environments. In fact, if you simply use the defaults for an entire virtual desktop deployment, you will miss out on tons of optimizations to allow your environment to scale. Simply following the defaults is the 2nd [...]
