Archive for February, 2009

This tool is a web interface developed with the XenServer SDK and can be used for managing a XenServer environment.  It also provides the ability to delegate administrative rights to multiple administrative users. I found it on the XenServer Development Network in the Citrix Communinity Blog. Tweet This… »

Edwin Friesen an collegue of mine at Ictivity is rewarded with the vExpert title by VMware. VMware is giving this award to individuals who have contributed significantly to the community of VMware users over the past year. Edwin congratulations from my site and keep up the good work. Tweet This… »

On the Citrix Community blog Sridhar Mullapudi and Vinny Sosa posted an article about the new XenApp 5.0 Feature Pack.In crisis economic times everybody is doing more with less but Citrix decided to took the other way around.Earlier this week Citrix announced to release XenServer Enterprise for free and now they are going to change there… »

Citrix has a proven track record of partnering with Microsoft to add value on top of the Windows Server platform, primarily focused on application and desktop computing. Citrix and Microsoft are now unveiling “Project Encore”, the next big chapter in our relationship, extending our alliance into the world of server virtualization. Both companies believe there… »

When you use syprep and XenAppPrep to create a server image for installation of multiple XenApp servers in a farm you wil see that the servers not show up in the WSUS 3.0 console. They show up but under the same name the server had at the moment the sysprep was created. A collegue of mine found a… »

Citrix Essentials product line consists of five broad categories of capabilities:   Automated lab management streamlines the process of building, testing, sharing and delivering throughout the application lifecycle, from development labs into the production environment. Advanced storage integration featuring Citrix StorageLink™ technology exposes the advanced data and storage management features in today’s storage systems directly… »

Yesterday Citrix anounced the free XenServer Enterprise edition. It’s comparable to VMWare ESX i but with much more functions in it. See for yourself. It’s going to be a very big competitor for VMware. Features included at no cost Citrix XenServer VMware ESXi Bare-metal hypervisor               64-bit                32-bit Max virtual CPUs 8 4 Windows®… »