Learn why NSS Labs recommends NetScaler AppFirewall

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Hosted by: Citrix

[1945005Datum] October 22, 2014 | 9:00 ET / 15:00 CET and 11:00 PT / 2:00 ET

In this webinar you will learn how NetScaler AppFirewall beating the competition and received the "recommended supplier" rating from NSS Labs. NSS Labs is the benchmark for safety tests recognized for their thorough and comprehensive test methods.

Join Mike Spanbauer, Vice President of Research of NSS Labs, and Marissa Schmidt and Anoop Reddy Citrix to learn how NetScaler AppFirewall.

  • Achieved a total block rate of 99.8% and $ 1.93 per TCO protected compound per second in the NSS Labs report WAF
  • offers protection against DDoS and application layer attacks
  • Reduced business risks as security automation, improved usability and enhanced performance increase customer utilization and deposition rates

register now to learn how NetScaler AppFirewall can protect your critical web applications!

Session 1: 9:00 AM ET / 03:00 CEST

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session 2: 11:00 AM PT / 2:00 ET

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Citrix Receiver for Mac 11.9 Tech Preview

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OSX 10.10 upgrade to Mac OSX 10:10? Citrix is ​​pleased to announce the 11.9 Tech Preview release of Receiver for Mac for evaluation and feedback. This version is 10.10 (Yosemite) for use with the recently released Mac OSX.

Click here Receiver for Mac 11.9 Tech Preview today.

Use to try the receiver to give for Mac 11.9 Tech Preview forum feedback or ask questions

Along with OSX 10:10 support the Tech Preview also includes some new features .:

  • india full- screen and Spaces support. Receiver for Mac 11.9 provides users with a native OS X fullscreen experience. Users can now Receiver for Mac in full screen mode to work across multiple monitors, and continue to use Mac OS X Spaces. Use a new menu option all displays in full-screen, is available to achieve this. Earlier versions of Receiver for Mac needed to the user 'displays feature separate spaces "policy .
  • to change Improved Citrix Viewer . The Citrix Viewer provides a built-in toolbar, the virtual desktop functionality expanded for physical desktop commands such as Ctrl-Alt-Del with receiver for Mac 11.9, the Citrix Viewer toolbar has only three buttons have to be radically simplified -. Ctrl-Alt-Delete, settings and Disconnect -.. to align precisely for Windows to receiver
  • Improved logging In this receiver for Mac version Citrix has more detailed logging control introduced to help troubleshooting and problem solving, to accelerate

the Tech Preview is to support the design of Mac OS X 10.7 to 10.10. See for Mac eDocs for the basic configuration guidelines for recipients. Your feedback helps make the best ever 11.9 Receiver for Mac.

Got database? NetScaler DataStream ™ technology addresses Explosive Growth!

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businesses of all sizes are now have to deal with an explosive growth in data. This growth will be used by broader trends such as the rise of social networks, video and Web, along with the growing number of mobile and consumer devices driven workplace. Providing visibility and business intelligence into this data is placing increasing demands on traditional databases, cloud storage models and unstructured file systems like Hadoop. Together, these trends have created an increasing need for solutions that can be effectively scaled, secure and optimize data infrastructures.

The NetScaler DataStream ™ feature an intelligent mechanism for request switching provides the database layer by queries based on the SQL query of the distribution will be sent. If provided before database servers, NetScaler ensures optimal distribution of traffic of the application servers and Web servers. Administrators can segment traffic according to information in the SQL query and on the basis of database name, user name, fonts and package size. You can either configure load requests on load balancing algorithms based change compensation or the switching criteria elaborate by the configuration contents of a decision on an SQL query parameters change make based. You can configure additional monitors, that the state of the database server to keep track of

technology advantages .:

Native SQL Fluency
With its powerful new DataStream Technology , NetScaler now verified traffic data in real time with native SQL fluency and protocol aware policies for Microsoft SQL Server and MySQL database server. natively for Microsoft SQL Server, NetScaler parses the Tabular Data Stream (TDS) protocol for integrated policy and control with Microsoft System Center. For MySQL performs NetScaler SQL Intelligent Load Balancing, policy control and comprehensive health monitoring enable secure, large-scale online transaction processing (OLTP) implementations.

database server offload
NetScaler with DataStream now offers SQL connection multiplexing, significantly the number of SQL connections to back-end database servers to reduce and optimize database infrastructure by database server allows to effectively host the scale-up more databases. The ability of NetScaler SQL connection management outsourcing provides a cost effective way of database server consolidation and virtualization.

Cost scale-out
The addition of native SQL protocol support, NetScaler with DataStream technology now advanced Load allows balancing and health monitoring policies the best performance, efficiency and to ensure reliability. By routing all database traffic to the optimal server company can also custom policies established to guide how to read to a read-only database server pool all requirements. This capability also enables cost-effective high availability through advanced SQL health monitoring application of these SQL connections are routed only to backend database server, to ensure that a correct power. When combined with a comprehensive set of load balancing policies, including global server load balancing (GSLB), increase the active monitoring of database servers availability and offers companies an attractive alternative to expensive database clustering solutions.

Data Security and Threat Control
The new DataStream technology, policies can be applied at the user level to control access, database servers to back-end. This allows NetScaler to inspect all SQL transactions and perform SQL protocol validation and data access control. Data access events can also be tested and documented to meet compliance requirements. As a result, NetScaler now provides a holistic view of the Web, App and data planes comprehensive security and risk management of data on an entire data center or in the cloud environment allow.

Add Datastream is the NetScaler placed in- line between the application and / or web server and the database server. On the NetScaler appliance the database server by the service sector.

A typical Datastream application consists of the units described in the following figure.

Figure 1. [1945010EntityModel] Datastream

As shown in this figure, can Datastream configuration of an optional content consist switching virtual server (CS), a setup load balancing, consisting of load virtual servers (LB1 and LB2) and services (SVC1, SVC2, Svc3 and Svc4) and content switching policies (optional) ,

The client (application or web server) Balancing Please send requests to the IP address of a virtual content server (CS) configured on the NetScaler appliance into operation. The NetScaler then the client authenticates the database user credentials on the NetScaler appliance can be configured. The Content Switching Virtual Server (CS) uses the associated content policy is switched to the requests. After the policy evaluation distributes the content virtual server (CS) forwards the requests to the appropriate load balancing virtual server (LB1 or LB2) which, then switch to the requests to the appropriate database server (represented by services on the NetScaler) on based on the load balancing algorithm. The NetScaler uses the same database credentials to authenticate users to connect to the database server.

When a content virtual server placement is not configured on the NetScaler, the client (application or web server) to send their requests to the IP address of a load virtual server on the NetScaler appliance configured compensation. The NetScaler authenticates the client by using the database user credentials on the NetScaler appliance configured, and then use the same credentials to authenticate the connection to the database server. The load balancing virtual server distributes the requests to the database servers to the load balancing algorithm. The effective load balancing algorithm for database switch is the least connection method.

Datastream connection multiplexing used to activate to be made on the same server-side connection several client-side requirements. The following connection properties are taken into account:

  • username
  • database_name
  • packet size
  • character set

NetScaler addresses the demand for optimal database performance

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Should I upgrade to 7.5 XenApp 7.6 XenApp?

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Questions

After XenApp 7.6 Upgrade Webinar deliver
I got to ask a few questions, whether it is a good idea, upgrade from XenApp 7.5 to XenApp 7.6.
My first reaction is, "Of course you should. Why would not you?"

But I'm a little biased J

you need to give yourself when the new wonder functions within XenApp 7.6 are important enough to upgrade. Check out the following subset of features and determine whether they are something that would be of value to the user and Admin:

  1. Unauthenticated logons: This feature allows an application can access a user without must authenticate. This function is mainly used in health care. If you need this, you need to go XenApp 7.6 Feature
  2. connection Leasing: You ever see Star Trek and hear the engineers speak with secondary fuses? A secondary backup will not let your spaceship Warp reach 9, but it will explode keep your ship. That's essentially what connection Leasing does for your XenApp Web site. Your first layer of backup is to configure your database highly available (mirroring, clustering or AlwaysOn). If that fails, you want to have a secondary backup, the connection is leasing. Another XenApp 7.6-only function
  3. App Usage: Provides additional reporting features for administrators, so that they can see traffic patterns for the applications. It's good to know what your users are using
  4. Fast-app access :. "You need patience, my young Padawan who" is great if you are a Jedi. Unfortunately takes my patience for my registration wait. A Windows application includes a list of things (policies, login scripts, drive mappings, etc.) that must be run before you get to an application. Fast app access has substantially all session creation processes before requesting an app, greatly reducing logon times. In a production environment, the registration process that the user experience is as follows :.

  5. Take a look to see the video prelaunch session, as configured and functions

What's nice about 7.5 be on XenApp and 7.6 is on XenApp upgrade, the upgrade path is very simple. At a high level, you substantially as follows:

You will notice that these are all the upgrades. No need to re-create. Of course, if you want more details and instructions, then take a look at the article below eDocs.

The XenApp 7.5-7.6 Upgrade probably one of the smoothest upgrade I've ever done, and I have practically update since WinFrame.

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ProntoForms is Citrix Ready Citrix Share File

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With the recent widespread availability of smartphones and tablet devices digital mobile form submission is now a business reality.

This eliminates the costly, slow and error prone paper process. ProntoForms improves the accuracy and speed of reporting data from the field and companies improved tracking and reporting at headquarters. Most companies save thousands of dollars per year per field staff of its own form printing and repeat data entry to eliminate.

ProntoForms

Provides a fully customizable data collection platform. It can be used for various business processes in many industries. Use ProntoForms mobilize your inspection forms, work orders, sales orders, timesheets and more.

Share File

Is a company, file sharing and cloud storage service, the user can store and exchange large files with people both inside and outside the organization.

are

By integrating ProntoForms with Citrix Share File

mobile form collected field data with ProntoForms submitted to an account Share File and forwarded. The data may be shared with a team or customers, or kept private. ProntoForms the route data can optionally in a folder, or a new folder dynamically filed based on data can be created. The target implementation supports the Share File Metadata API, the ProntoForms Admin It collects data in mobile forms to configure enables be written as file metadata in Share File System.

ProntoForms can also be linked as data on a Share File source account. Data hosted on Share File (such as price lists, bills of materials, customer contact information, etc.) is to enter into mobile forms on the ProntoForms app available. In addition to the Share File User Group data source; Share File Distribution groups allow administrators groups of other users to organize.

ProntoForms allows media-rich and error-free data collection in the field on a smartphone or tablet. improve mobile forms productivity, minimize data entry errors, and improve the quality of data and helps organizations significant time and cost savings. to generate light real-time reports and field data to the systems and services that you already use

We are pleased to announce ProntoForms as Citrix Ready for Citrix Share File

Link to connect the Share File: ..

http://www.citrix.com/products/sharefile/overview.html

Technical Contact (s):

Glenn Chenier - gchenier@prontoforms.com

Apps that 'the spinning wheel flip' - Apakau is the solution

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Have you frustrated when occasionally your bank or shopping (e-commerce) application in order to pause - go to 'smoko '- with a'? Spinning Wheel 'Holidays

I. It is really my nose, seriously with my state of mind clutter. There is something amazingly frustrating about an app that seems to understand when I'm in a hurry or stressed in any other way, so just take this moment to 'turn the spinning wheel'. We have to joke about PCs, a special voltage detection circuit - and crash when the worst moment was recognized. (If the presentation was to save due or just before the last hour of programming.) Now it feels like the app on holiday taken on this role has. An app that can be on leave in the rule, and is now in our critical path during the day decides simply to hang - up or slow down. This is not the way to a happy Michael; in fact, I am ashamed to say that these applications have the power to annoy me seriously. Although we love a scapegoat flip applications often the spinning wheel through no fault of their own, often because of the realities of the Internet. While we think the Internet as a very efficient and transparent as (I can be anywhere, anytime, etc connect) the reality is somewhat different. An important topic is "Internet-Weather '- where congestion on a number of links can make a huge difference in how long it takes to connect a device to a server In fact, because of handshakes and repeated connections, add minimal delays even for our.. colleagues, the applications are responsible approachable this is to keep an ulcer ecoChallenge.

This is why I Apakau'm excited

Apakau is a new company in the Citrix Startup Accelerator, with the concept data Delivery networks -.. shows and directly to combat the "spinning wheel" a 10-fold improvement in application response you recently published a paper demonstrating the benefits of their approach When you publish applications, you should take a look here it is. blog.

A data delivery network is complementary to content delivery networks.

It is for dynamic data and APIs will be built, including the data needed by iOS and Android mobile applications. Web and mobile applications to tens of times faster than the existing methods perform the physically users are close by caching dynamic data and APIs on geo-distributed edge node. The use of DDN also protects mobile and web applications caused by traffic spikes and DDoS attacks against failures. For more information, check the Apakau blog and paper at http://bit.ly/1EiRsrj.

Cheers,

Dr. Michael Harries, Chief Technologist, Senior Director, Citrix Startup Accelerator

Two-factor authentication with specific customized NetScaler Gateway logon pages.

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Those who know me know that I have a great interest in two-factor authentication. So, I was very interested when my colleague Chris Jeffrey, called attention to the fact that the two-factor not multiple NetScaler Gateway logon points works with the use of specific customized login pages .
Special custom login pages you can use for any NetScaler Gateway vServer another login page to display. This could be a real advantage in a cloud hosting environment where multiple customers on the same VPX connect and each logon point must clearly contain company branding elements.

But occurred a significant problem because the user does not see a second password prompt on any custom logon point on the first. The password prompt is used for PIN or token appears simply not been followed, despite CTX123736 perfectly well with the most minimal adjustments, and it is not clear why. I like to investigate a mystery and decided.

Read to learn on the cause and the solution.

First NetScaler Gateway vServer

Second NetScaler Gateway vServer adjusted according CTX123736
. Note:! the lack of PIN code prompt





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for a brief look at the NetScaler Gateway files we find the second password prompt.
The invitation, which we have adapted to say "PIN code" and not as "Password 2", is not really static HTML. Instead, the call is added to the login page is dynamically a JavaScript file called "login.js" with , which contains some conditional statements.

function ns_showpwd ()
{
var = pwc ns_getcookie ( "pwcount");
document.write ( '

');
document.write ( '
');
if (pwc == 2) {
document.write ( '
');
} UnsetCookie ( "pwcount");
}

by examining the JavaScript , we see the display of the second password query is executed only when a cookie called "pwcount" exists , and if it has a value of 2 . Check. the vServer with Firebug we find the cookie on the first available is (what the prompt works and ads), but not the second

After a brief email exchange with engineering, the problem is later clarified: The pwcount cookie is set mainly when two specific filename retrieve index.html and tmindex.html - as our 2 nd vServer was adapted by CTX123736 following we retrieve index_modified.html

[1945006Nun], an immediate solution would be:

Take the conditional statements in a modified login.js file and thus hard-code the second password prompt is always displayed. It's a quick fix that solves the immediate problem. But JavaScript editing is not very dynamic. Now that we know the cause, it would not be nice to have a solution that can be activated and deactivated via the GUI?

"Ah-ha, maybe we could set the cookie a rewrite with a rule on the vServer NetScaler Gateway bound?"

    Add Rewrite action Add_pwcount_cookie insert_http_header Set-Cookie "" pwcount = 2 ""

    Add Rewrite policy Enable_pwcount_cookie_policy "! HTTP.REQ.HEADER (" cookies "). CONTAINS (" pwcount ") && HTTP.REQ.URL.STARTSWITH (" / vpn / index_modified.html ")"

    add_pwcount_cookiebind vpn vServer "test NSG" -policy Enable_pwcount_cookie_policy - priority 100 -gotoPriorityExpression END -type RESPONSE

At the beginning it was not. An integrated caching policy "_cacheVPNStaticObjects" is called by default and removes cookies configured before delivering the cached page. The solution was that the policy change does not apply our index_modified file.

    set cache policy _cacheVPNStaticObjects "HTTP.REQ.URL.PATH_AND_QUERY.STARTSWITH_ANY (" rule vpn_cache_dirs ") &&! HTTP.REQ. URL.PATH_AND_QUERY.STARTSWITH (" / VPNs / portal / ") &&! HTTP.REQ.URL.PATH_AND_QUERY.STARTSWITH (" / vpn / index_modified.html ")" action cache

This works and it is much more dynamic.

You can now activate / deactivate the second password prompt simply suggested by binding and a single rewrite policies of this VPS.

Improved logging coming Receiver for Mac 11.9

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In an effort to improve troubleshooting and reduce solution time

Citrix has enhanced logging for the next release of Receiver for Mac version 11.9. For starters were allowed logging tab added settings instead of using complex commands in the terminal window.

Enable Receiver for Mac Logging

for session logging there is an option for -Verbindungsdiagnose or Full. For Shop logging there is a normal or detail level. If you have a default e-mail client is enabled, the user log files from the client can easily e-mail.

permit Besides ease, the contents of the logging has improved. Detailed logging and detailed messaging is a better adaptation of the well-known problem enable faster cause to find.

Risky Business

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is bringing an outdated server OS your business at risk?

If you are among the 57% of customers still running Windows Server 03, you are a serious time over on 14 July 2015 that the day is, Microsoft is the End of support (EOS) highlight the aging operating system.

But what does it mean for you?

more register for this webinar EoS Citrix and Microsoft.

in a nutshell Microsoft to learn is no longer provide support to the 12 year old server operating system for customers to run. "So what?", You say, "I never call their helpdesk anyway". If it is just as benign as that. In reality Edition Microsoft no longer of service packs, hotfixes or other updates is to remediate threats and vulnerabilities after this deadline. Remember that zero-day attacks that appeared on Windows XP just weeks after XP EoS? Now take that and put it into your data center. Not so benign now, right?

The concern also has great influence on the operation of your business to the point. If you continue to fast applications running on this not being supported operating system, then you run the risk of compliance audits of failure. And if you then could companies like Visa and MasterCard fail this compliance audits to stop doing business with your organization.

risk impact
No further updates datacenter vulnerability
Unsupported applications , the loss of accreditation
fail compliance audits suspension of credit card transactions

I see Server 2k3 as my 1929 DeSoto automobile. Both were really great ... in the day. But neither one is the way we adapted to work today. Our IT consumers need more than a simple remote app access from the beige box under their desks. They demand mobile work styles, to access their applications and data from anywhere, on any device. And the app delivery technology that can best for their needs turn on a dime, unlike my old car. Much has changed since we these Server 03 with XenApp 4.5 for use

Seans Top 5 XenApp progress since Server 03 .:
  1. a variety of device support
  2. to 100,000s of users scales
  3. system Center integration
  4. high-end graphics support
  5. support any cloud

Let's face it, the average modern user accesses 3.2 different devices throughout their day. And on each device can vary the best app delivery technology and access to data from any number of contextual elements, where

The story of Pete .:

Pete, our business workers begins his day at 08: 30 of its payroll costs on SAP to fill with its Windows Phone. He pulls his wrinkled receipts from his wallet and starts an instance of XenApp hosted SAP. At 10:00 am Pete finds himself in a Starbucks his iPad use, but he needs to use multiple LOB applications, so it starts a full Windows 7 desktop with XenDesktop and receiver. At noon Pete is his corporate laptop in his cabin and start Word 2013 streaming with App-V.

In contrast to when we provided Server 03 Pete delivery technology needed to best suit its real-time needs. And Pete's not even a very demanding users.

to take the first step, as your migration journey is a comprehensive review of the existing app start landscape. The best tool in your toolbox to do this? Citrix AppDNA course.

With AppDNA 7.5 you complete with an effort calculator to estimate a thorough analysis with amazingly detailed reports on your entire application landscape, the "cost" of the App Migration. And by the RED (Problem app) with Amber (needs a shim) and green (good to go) report against each of your target operating systems can effectively scope of the project and the people before your next sip of coffee.

, the server can not be 03 time a dark cloud over your data center head be. Embrace it and take the opportunity to upgrade your app delivery technology with best of today's users align. Continued Server is running in today's data center in 03 as trying my 29 DeSoto to drive from Boston to San Francisco. Even if I made it, it would be risky to be full of struggles, slowly and Chrysler sure as heck will not support me if I break.

Fixing Common Errors in ADSync

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In a previous blog I have shown how ADSync can be monitored in this listing, we will look at some of the methods to the to resolve or reduce the amount of bad data needs to be sent to the API of CPSM ADSync.

Limits the number of bad attempts for an inquiry

by default when a request fails for any reason, the ADSync client is trying to send the request until it succeeds. This may cause a spam-like effect on the API.

Add ADSync v11 and above there is a possibility to adjust the maximum amount of repetitions that the ADSync client send the change. If the amount reaching the amendment disregard and will wait for the next change to the user to send a synchronization.

Application to a DC with ADSync.
Go ADSync install to directory (default C: Program Files AD Sync)
Open ADSync.exe.config in Notepad
for UploadMaxErrors search
change the value of 0 (unlimited) to 3
you save the file
repeat for all. Servers on which the ADSync client installed.

in ADSync logs or event viewer have the following error message is displayed when a user sync attempt the maximum amount of errors exceeded.
Default Source Error 2 Error upload user syncuser ': the user is not as the maximum number of retries are updated (3) has exceeded 23 12/08/2014: 51: 31Z

Common Mistakes

These are often mistakes that can be seen in the ADSync protocol. The logs are in the directory logs of ADSync and can be used for easier transport zipped, if you log a support request.
All servers with the ADSync client should be installed tested as their protocols are independent. [1945003gleichoderkomplexeralsdieCPSMAD]

Password complexity

is a requirement of the client ADSync that the AD password policy customers. This is to ensure that a user's password remains synchronized and is not validation problems have

. Example:

Default Source Error 2 failed users' uploaded syncuser because an error occurred, the minimum length is 7 characters 08/12/2014 23: 51: 26Z

Solution:

to resolve the single-user update user syncuser 'update the user in the customer AD with a complex password for a complete solution, provide customers with your requirements available and they receive their password complexity requirements ,

users in pending stuck

Sometimes a user is in a wait state (orange) plug because of previous provisioning request to restarting the provisioning server or for some other reason not completed due can so it does not fail, but not completely

. Example:

processing object 'syncuser' in the current state ????????? with the status of InProgress

Solution:

It is common for this message in the logs to see, but when a user in sitting for 5-10 minutes and other user requirements might be through it in a deadlocked state.

to resolve, CPSM UI open, go to the customer, to find the user.
, the user should an orange status icon next to them have to expand if so the user.
Click Reset Status
Accept the prompt
so that the status is unknown (blue) is set, and ADSync will then try to send the request and the status to green (unless the retry limit been reached) is

domain does not belong to the customer

When e-mail addresses of the sync or synchronization userPrincipalName, the customer must have registered the domain against them in CPSM.

Example:

Error users 'to post because Failed to update the user syncuser' syncuser: user email domain 'test.loca' not a customers [are

. Solution:

You can download the e-mail address removed by the user in the client AD or domain, the client in CPSM add

Conclusion [1945005Hoffentlich]

This will you solve some evidence of some of the common problems ADSync.

Why should be Citrix Ready my business?

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Many of you might have this question. And a valid question indeed! Here are the top five reasons why the Citrix Ready program attend to your business advantage.


Join Citrix Ready

1) A showcase 260,000 Citrix customers and 10,000 Citrix resellers

With a large population of customers and resellers, your product or solution is to gain tremendous exposure. Moreover, since your product to check with one or more Citrix products as compatible, your potential customers will have an easy integration / implementation. So, you have a ready-made infrastructure for sale.

be also see your product or a solution on the Citrix Ready marketplace that / promote a platform to showcase Citrix compatible third-party products and solutions. With more than 26,000 product listings, is Citrix Ready marketplace the primary source customer decisions on Citrix make shopping help, checked products and solutions. This could be a unique view your business to expand coverage. You will receive on this platform, the complete control of your product pages to generate leads and manage.

2) A broader ecosystem for your product / solution

Citrix is ​​a major player in the areas of virtualization, networking, cloud, mobility and recently SaaS. We have made great inroads in a variety of industries and Citrix products today are a common sight in enterprises and small and medium enterprises. The Citrix Ready program By joining the Open your business to new sales opportunities to a wider audience and a better experience for your customers.

3) It's free!

to [1945001Ja], you can participate in this program, check your products and solutions such as Citrix Ready receive resources and provide an extra boost to your business from Citrix, all for free. The "Access" level of Citrix Ready partnership, you will receive benefits such as access to Citrix Developer Network, Tech Support & Maintenance, inspection test kits, lead generation on Xchange marketplace, Citrix Ready logo usage and marketing resources. There's a long list! Read more about all the benefits available to Citrix Ready Partner.

4) Integration with Citrix products (Technical Advantages)

Citrix Ready program extensive technical advantages will help you to better serve your customers, strengthen your skills build and your business. The unique technical advantages are technical support for the integration, product licenses from Citrix, technology enablement tools, development kits and documentation, technical product training and more. You can take advantage of this a well-integrated joint offering to provide that is valuable to customers, and in turn your business.

5) Use the Citrix brand

[1945001Schließlich], through this program, you can open access to vary marketing and sales resources as custom campaigns on a Citrix web property to receive, create options co-branded collateral, joint press releases and lead generation webinars. In addition, custom with Citrix Ready brand logos, you can use the power of Citrix brand to promote your business.

And connect this program is quick and easy! So, head over to this website right now and get all the details about the Citrix Ready program.

When you join the Citrix Summit 2015, are not covered by us at the Citrix Ready status to see, in the Solutions Expo. If you have questions or doubts, you can also write on CitrixReady@citrix.com.

London, UK - Citrix User Group Event

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Update :. You can read your own opinion about this event to see an idea of ​​what to get, these meetings here

London and the river at Christmas time users fabulous!

British Citrix User Group is its 11 th meeting on Wednesday 17 th in December 2014 in London, UK. This event is possible thanks to the kind support of partners IBM and other sponsors, so it is completely free for Citrix users and partners.

It is important that you register a place in this oversubscribed session to ensure and also a security pass have

What you get for free from this Banquet .:

  • an opportunity to feedback to Citrix staff face to give -to-face
  • Free training for its employees on a number of products
  • case studies of real implementations to ensure gotchas listening and
  • a chance to to see range of options other providers and products
  • with independent consultants to contact
  • conversations integrated over multi-product solutions several products Citrix and integrating Citrix products with those of Microsoft, Cisco, VMware and many others
  • Listen honest feedback from other customers of Citrix
The Venue - IBM South Bank

location

IBM Southbank, London, UK

IBM United Kingdom Ltd.
76/78 Upper Ground
Southbank
London SE1 9PZ

direction: here; And as the map shows only a short throw from the London Christmas Market Southbank Centre.

sponsors for this event are

  • Atlantis
  • [1945015ControlUp]
  • eG Innovations
  • Norskale
  • Nutanix

is available to discuss sponsors its products.

The Southbank is beautiful at Christmas time!

Christmas dinner

Since it is December, a Christmas / Banquets at the highly acclaimed RSJ restaurant in the evening after the meeting. Partner and Plus-one welcome. A £ 10 deposit secures your place - places strictly limited to 20 seats. The entire menu (PDF). Tickets can as reserving free main meeting point with the Eventbrite form, are also reserved here.

The UK User Group

The very active UK User Group is of CTP (Citrix Technology Professional) Neil Spellings out and is usually upwards of 70 independent industry experts and customers to know not only Citrix, VMware and also visited Microsoft virtualization technologies. You can also review and the agenda of the last session in September check-out.

Even if you do not make it to sign up for the mailing list look on future meetings and events to hear, sign here. There are many user groups around the world and you can follow on our top Group Blog Stream and forums.

Why the small "v" in vgpu?

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Why the small "v" in vgpu? -

technology that adds so much value should be "activated".

Well, that may seem like a naughty seem tracks, but if you see in the value is the graphical processing unit of virtualizing it makes perfect sense. Actually more like dollars and cents. Okay, enough to play with the word for a blog post.

It used to be that graphics-intensive applications were reserved for automotive designers, bridge engineers and other CAD / CAM power users. These days, more and more different roles require the performance of a GPU in data modeling, that they use. And a common way to address this, these users had to ask a local device available (laptop) that had a dedicated GPU. Not only does this solution does not scale well, it often leads to store user sensitive data on the local device, near the physical GPU.

A trip to the doctor's office

Let. The example of my last visit to my doctor He had to go over the results of an MRI that was performed on the back. We sat at his "desk" down, he started his MRI modeling app and opened my Imaging file. He was able to turn my spinning photos to contact and explore them at an angle, which were honestly embarrassed. I have never in my tailbone from this perspective!

I'll spare you the diagnosis looked. But it's what I do not see that was more interesting, at least for me. When we sat down at his desk, he did not have a physical computer, he had a thin client. When he that MRI modeling he has launched app via Citrix Receiver. When he has opened my MRI imaging file he. From the data center drive If fast start the app, there was no delay from when he turned the picture and the image reacts. And when he selected areas, changing contrast, color added, it reacts with an accelerated graphics workstation-like experience. It was seamless.

Behind the Scenes

Well, let's say, what he does not see, and quite frankly, like a doctor about, was not not have what happened could in the data center. His IT department running a blade server with XenServer and XenDesktop on top of NVIDIA GRID vgpu . He started his virtual desktop from receiver and the access to my medical file that was stored securely in the data center, next to the vgpu. His desk took a standing available by the discs of vgpu, each 8 threads. And because the multi-threading capabilities of vgpu in hosted virtual desktops, only supported on XenServer, his colleagues could do the same with their patients simultaneously.

All this managed in a secure, scalable, and centrally virtual environment. It also allows this office to provide workstation-like graphics performance from an economic thin clients available. In fact found for XenDesktop virtual desktops and apps, this date could be done anywhere, on any device. Ask to check to a doctor to your home with a tablet device comes your test results. It sounds so futuristic! {Insert sarcastic grin} Click here to visit the Learn more .

This is not only limited to the medical field. Think of the opportunities in almost every industry. Manufacturing, Environment, Finance, Technology and so much more If you had the opportunity to provide users with the power of a dedicated GPU, but with the economy and the extent of hosted desktops, what would you do? Get creative and write your answer in the comments.

As entry:

  1. This Video on CPU vs NVIDIA GRID K2 with XenDesktop
  2. Dig deeper into XenDesktop and NVIDIA GRID

Social media health screening for Citrix Partner Summit at

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Enhance your professional health if you take us at Summit

Our personal health is crucial and there are more and more programs, resources, outreach opportunities and easily accessible information that will help us maintain a healthy lifestyle.

Social Media Rally Station at Citrix Summit
Social Media Rally Station in Citrix Summi

If you think about the business policy of the organization with regard to their health, a company also benefit from a health examination - during weight, blood pressure and cholesterol are not monitored, a screening of a presence of the company with Social Media and could provide public relations tremendous value.

on these two areas a pulse can quickly assess what to change, to improve and strengthen that can affect the overall health of a company.

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With skilled in both sectors on the hand, the partners will receive one-on-one consultation and advisement in only 15- 20 minutes on specific takeaways they can run fast

Highlights :.

  1. social media rally station ™: The partners will receive overall evaluation of their current online presence and learn how social platforms like LinkedIn, Twitter, companies Facebook, to take Google, and SEO to the next level. This is a custom session partners to address the specific needs with a counselor. , Partners can also professional photo taken on stationto have on social profiles, their own websites or switch for articles and posts about their companies
  2. Public Relations station station are used: partners are common media discover opportunities awareness to attract about their company, while promoting synergy with Citrix, a leader in mobile workspaces. Partners are sought to engage multiple PR-fronts with Citrix and in turn this new joint initiative could generate more advertising for them. The partners are expert advisement on Public Relations received help them get started or advance their current efforts.

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NetScaler VLAN Demystified

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The Citrix NetScaler appliance is an amazingly flexible Application Delivery Controller (ADC). It is capable of both simple and very complex tasks, it determines for the eighth consecutive year in the Gartner Leaders Quadrant for ADC positioning: http://www.citrix.com/news/announcements/oct-2014/citrix-positioned-for-the-eighth-consecutive-year-in-the-leaders.html

Unlike many network devices of NetScaler 'floating' IP addresses, which means that each NetScaler own IP address can exit any NetScaler interface with the general standard 'vanilla' configuration instead.

This may actually be the desired configuration, but if it is necessary that ingress and egress traffic a specific interface on the NetScaler to ensure flows, this is easy by using layer-three ( L3) of the VLAN to be configured to bind IP subnets to specific interfaces. With configured L3 VLAN, all traffic for a particular network / subnet the desired interface determines are forced

. Note: VLAN layer are actually two constructs, but the term L3 VLAN is used to describe VLAN-IP subnet bonding occurs.

, how it all works?

By default, all interfaces are members of the native VLAN 1. Apart from this, specifically for RX and TX, there is to understand a few different rules

Default NetScaler VLAN Configuration

below shows the structure of a VLAN packet .:

Port Based VLANs

Port-based VLANs

Let us add to NetScaler (VLAN 10) a new VLAN. This new VLAN is created with the following command: 'add vlan 10'

Then leave the slot 10/1 on the VLAN newly created natively bind 10th This is done with the following command: "bind

If natively bound vlan 10 -ifnum 10/1 '

, interface 10/1 is automatically removed from VLAN 1, the current native VLAN It is then added to VLAN. 10. If this configuration is implemented, the following rules, the following applies:

Port based VLANs

Tagged VLAN

is a labeled VLAN add Let NetScaler (VLAN 30). This new VLAN is created with the following command: 'add vlan 30'

Then leave the slot 10/2 on the newly created VLAN 30 as tagged binding member This is accomplished with the following command:. "bind vlan 30 -ifnum 10/2 -labeled '

If VLAN 30 is attached as a tagged member of the interface 10/2, it is in VLAN 1 is held as a native member, but also on VLAN 30 is added as a tagged member. If this configuration is implemented the following rules then apply.

Tagged VLANs

Summary

  • An interface only (therefore also referred to as "port-based ') Native VLAN.
  • arrive untagged packets to an interface, are believed to have arrived on the native VLAN.
  • may be an interface part of any number of tagged VLANs.
  • If an interface to a VLAN Nativ, his native VLAN change from the current to the new is bound.
  • If an interface is bound to a specific VLAN as a tagged member, it is only to additional new VLAN as a tagged member of

an overview of the rules are as follows :.

VLAN Summary

the interface configuration TAGALL

the TAGALL configuration on the NetScaler is specific only to the interface. The following rules apply when the TAGALL use function:

The NetScaler TAGALL

Link Aggregation (LA)

Let us have a new link aggregation channel. This new LA-channel is created with the following command: "Add channel LA / 1 '

Then let us bind interfaces 01:10 and 10/2 in the newly created channel with the following command:" bind channel LA / 1 -ifnum 10/1 10/2 '

Then the following rules for the standard LA-channel applies:

NetScaler Link Aggregation Channel

link aggregation (LA) and VLANs

Let us create a new link aggregation channel (LA / 2). This new LA-channel is created with the following command: "Add channel LA / 2 '

Then let us bind interfaces 01:10 and 10/2 in the newly created channel with the following command: bind channel LA / 2 -ifnum 10/1 10/2 '(as previously referenced VLAN bonds of 01:10 and 10/2 are lost when they are part of a LA-channel - unless expressly as such is configured, as we see in the following example . be)

We can bind the new LA-channel to a new VLAN using the following commands 'add vlan 2' and then 'bind vlan 2 -ifnum LA / 2'

Notes:

  1. If we interfaces 10/1 and 10/2 (for example) from an LA channel (eg 'unbind channel LA / 1 -ifnum 10/1 10/2') and then remove the channel with unbind the following command: rm channel LA / 1 ', interfaces are then moved 10/1 and 10/2 back to VLAN 1 as a native members
  2. the NetScaler not the concept of the "trunk ports has ". Which by default accepts any VLAN IDs and accept only name Transport. , Further restrictions on the VLANs can accept by becoming the configuration of an "Allowed List" of VLAN IDs to a particular interface controlled

Other References:

As a NetScaler interface VLANs to associate an IP subnet: http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX136926

How restrict management access to a NetScaler appliance of a specific interface: http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX126038

Easier Secure Access for contractors, interns and partners with the HTML5 Receiver

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In my little corner of Citrix when someone mentions the HTML5 receiver, the first thought, the most in the nations appear internal word association is Chromebooks. Yes, even after publication of the receiver for Chrome HTML5 receiver remains a great way to get your Windows applications and desktops on Chrome OS devices.

There are, however, other uses for the HTML5 receiver, have nothing to do with Chromebooks.

in the US federal government, the area that I have the most contact with as well as in other sectors of the economy , there are several third who require access to corporate applications and data. Contractors, partners and other temporary employees come to mind.

Every spring, as many of the agencies, I begin the planning process work for the summer, they need to know how to handle the influx of trainees arriving soon. This year, they will ask, and answer questions such as: "Do we have dust that old PCs in the storage and prep them or allow them to use their own devices?" Or: "If we BYOD go, how we protect agency data, and what we are responsible for, if we are agency software installed on personal own devices?" While in this example, I speak interns, I have questions like these come, in terms listen to other types of temporary workers.

, the receiver HTML5 can help Windows desktop, and applications on time and contract workers prepared by referring existing devices to a URL with no need a plugin to download.

allow a part of the problem with redeployment old desktops from the shelf or contractors and interns, to bring their own equipment, the distribution software. Further problems:. As the productive applications to deliver them in their daily tasks using

Traditional wipe after the machine and re-installation of a desktop operating system, you have to roll out agents and plugins, agents for security, system hardware and software inventory distribute and agent software.

If you go BYOD, you also do agency software and licenses shall expire on the device?

with Citrix, we want to consider that you publish your applications, publish your desktops through XenDesktop and XenApp problem of providing software endpoints to solve. But, you still need to provide a Citrix Receiver, to do that.

The process of actually deliver aside an agent provides a Citrix plugin is not difficult. I have seen agencies with the concept fighting on a device every means of setting no. Of the agency owned Questions arise such as: "Do we have to support it, now that we put something on the machine?" Or: "Is liable Agency, if something goes wrong with the machine?"

can help the Citrix HTML5 receivers offer truly secure client-less access to Windows applications and desktops.

The current version of the receiver HTML5 is 1.5, which adds support for HDX Insight and Support for Cloud Bridge.

the previous version (1.4) added:

  1. PDF Print
  2. Improved clipboard
  3. Secure WebSockets compounds
  4. End User Experience Metrics and unique ID for each device

HTML5 receiver requires storefront 2.6 or 2.5 and at least one of the following options: XenDesktop 7.5, 7.6, XenApp 6.5 and 7.x (hotfix rollup 3 or higher ) on the server end. is supported on the client side a compatible browser HTML5 on a desktop operating system needs (the specific http://support.citrix.com/proddocs/topic/receiver-html5-15/receiver-html5-sys-req.html Discover. A NetScaler Gateway recommended for secure remote connections. unless you are running only web interface without storefront server in the Citrix environment, you have all the components to enable HTML5 recipients need.

storefront After setting up your environment is not only a prerequisite. There, there are most of the time when setting up the HTML5 receiver (Assuming that you already have around a traditional Citrix stood up) is set up any additional infrastructure components. of HTML5 is accessed by recipients storefront. the whole process once storefront is decorated runs on three steps down. for more information, see the XenDesktop 7.6 reviewers Guide.

  1. enable Citrix Receiver for HTML5 to be found in storefront

Deploy Citrix Receiver.png

The options "use receiver for HTML5 when local can be installed" and "Always receiver for HTML5 use" is enabled, Citrix receiver.

  1. enable WebSockets in Citrix Group Policy

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  1. to go to HTML5 receiver test of the site to the receiver put in storefront

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Recalling: to test the HTML5 receiver from a device, the Citrix receiver skip the install and click install on registration.

Normally at this point I would congrats tell you, you can now use the HTML5 receiver. But, drawing on our applications of contractors, interns and other third-party access, you may want to "lock it." Lock down can mean different things to different audiences and is a topic for a separate article or a series of articles. In this case my significance of data from the virtual desktop session holds are copied to the user's endpoint. If you even want to back up the virtual desktop, I would check in the Federal Government, Robert Huie's Blog USGCB recommend modifications with XenDesktop for a starting point. If it lets the HTML5 receiver with a way to make the data transfer is to be mindful of. The receiver HTML5 not USB redirection, client drive mapping, so really the only way that HTML5 recipient data from the virtual desktop pass / application to the endpoint through the clipboard. Disable the clipboard for the recipient HTML5 is the same process as other recipients Clients with Citrix policies.

is in Citrix Centre under policy Search Client clipboard redirection policy and prohibit clipboard redirection

ClipBoardPolicy1.png

ClipboardProhibited.png

The Clipboard Tool do not appear to the end user after the change in policy, below are before and after screenshots.

Before Clipboard Restriction.png

activated with clipboard

After Clipboard Restriction.png

forbidden with clipboard.

The Citrix Receiver HTML5 is a good opportunity to provide secure access to third without a client installed on an endpoint that is not part of your company. It will not require any further infrastructure components, as you already have in your Citrix environment. It is easy to configure, and it works with most desktop operating systems, and HTML-compliant browsers.

Are you ready for the Citrix App Challenge?

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Calling All Developers! Here is a great opportunity for you to show your skills and showcase your innovation.

Today Citrix Developer Citrix App Challenge launched. The challenge is a global developer challenge and offers you the opportunity to compete against the developers around the world new and innovative solutions with Citrix technologies integrated to create. This challenge is your chance to demonstrate your innovative side and develop services that today's mobile workforce to improve experience.

Challenge prices are a trip to Citrix Synergy 2015 in Orlando, CA $ H, the inclusion in a Synergy breakout session, and maybe even a callout in the keynotes.

Have you interested? Learn more at the Citrix App Challenge competition website.

Become a master NetScaler. Join the February Masterclass Webinar

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. Date: February 4, 2015 | 2:00 PM GMT

Hosted by: Citrix

Europe (EMEA)

Wednesday, February 4, 2015

02:00 GMT (09:00 ET / 06:00 AM PT)

register now

Americas

Wednesday, February 4, 2015

01:00 ET (10:00 PT / 06:00 GMT)

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What learning They

to the Citrix NetScaler Masterclass Welcome. These live webinars you will learn about the key elements of cloud infrastructures and enterprise data center architectures. Here are details about the latest features of NetScaler, tips and tricks for easy configuration and interaction with our NetScaler product experts

Agenda

  • NetScaler. 101 - Getting Started with NetScaler VPX steps - from to download and run. Learn how to license and set up your first NetScaler VPX
  • In the Spotlight -. Admin partitions - what are they and why are they your company help
  • News and Views - What's going on in the ADC world
  • Masterclass Extra - to hear and get the answers you are looking

Learn about Citrix NetScaler

on-demand webinars

previous webinars on-demand basis. These webinars are provided in case you were not able to attend a live event or to specify the content of an event to which she visited.

See now

  • December 2014: NetScaler clustering: easier management, higher throughput, better protection and better availability. Spotlight: authentication, authorization and accounting on NetScaler
  • November 2014: Best frontend for XenApp / XenDesktop and NetScaler Insight
  • October 2014: NetScaler Gateway 10.5 and NetScaler and Microsoft System Center
  • September 2014: APIs: a better way to get your NetScaler and NetScaler in Microsoft manage Lync environments
  • August 2014: TCP profile and new functionality in NetScaler 10.5 release (part two)
  • July 2014: Command Center: your NetScaler property, and new functionality in NetScaler 10.5 release
  • June 2014, the administration: NetScaler caching - power and unload and HDX Insight under the microscope
  • May 2014 : SSL certificate management NetScaler (create keys, CSRs, etc.)
  • April 2014: Taking advantage of NetScaler high Availability
  • March 2014: NetScaler 101 - WAN optimization and Citrix Cloud Bridge
  • February 2014: Recommended tips and tricks - things to NetScaler, so your life easier

for the recipe: @NetScaler @bhavinsodha

Citrix XenServer Workload Balancing (WLB)

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When I first started at Citrix, I have a lot of training with the XenServer Workload Balancing Architect Deane Smith. Deane has evolved from Citrix remains its architecture and it is one of the smartest and most thoughtful components Examples of product design that I've ever seen.

XenServer Workload Balancing (WLB) is one of the most disturbing examples of product names I saw. It sets the stage that this product in the first place, it goes automatically to workloads, which prefer many administrators balancing to do yourself. Also meant licensing that it was not always available was so often overlooked by XenApp and XenDesktop users.

The recent release of a new version of XenServer 6.5 and a new version of WLB adds more functionality to create a better user interface enhanced audit functionality and changes in the licensing, it relevant to more users on the XenServer platform including those with Citrix XenDesktop HDX and XenApp.

So what WLB do for you?

XenServer WLB has basically four layers; the top is that some icing on the cake, which is the ability of balancing workloads to automate; but the majority of its power and applications lies in the underlying three layers

The four layers (collection, analysis, warnings, load balancing) .:

layer 1 : Collection and archiving XenServer metrics with fine granularity; Alarm setting based on collected metrics;

  • XenCenter monitoring used RRDs that decrease in granularity over time; WLB provides the user the ability to maintain a controlled granularity Metrics - provides a free alternative to third party monitoring or director for users with a license. An administrator can come on Monday morning and see in fine granularity metrics with a crash on Friday linked. Or, an administrator can identify check average usage over the year spare capacity, while identifying the granularity keep peak load

layer 2 .: Historical development Analysis metrics; Metric reporting; Chargeback capability

  • WLB allows administrators to set system alerts by metric thresholds triggered and the analysis layer
  • reports that enable automatic capacity planning of system administrators
  • chargeback functionality

layer 3: alerts raised and positioning recommendations VM

  • WLB alerts administrators based on both thresholds and historical trend data alert user problems in their use of resources and also recommendations for VM migration for administrators

makes layer 4: Automated Workload balancing carried out based on recommendations of layer 3

  • administrators who configure react an implementation of the recommendations automatically and corrective actions to improve performance on an insert

, I always loved the architecture of this product and how each layer adds to a system administrator alone value. It is a product designed with the full understanding that system administrators day carers require purely administrative functionality not only day. System administrators today are in fact system capacity planning architect, manage budgets and staff, trouble-shooter and provide important insight guide. WLB provides administrators with an easy way, the reports Finance and exec management easy, Mark infrastructure resource constraints need to create, show, if the hardware at capacity, is to identify the bottlenecks where resource investment is especially needed, as where it TCO spare capacity to reduce.

I think one of the reasons, system administrators are so suspicious of automated load balancing, since many of the products that are not robust enough, and the recommendations primitive and often scaly. XenServer has several years had to get this right, and I have seen the code, seen in the production - this is one of the few load balancing products I actually recommend. So if you have a XenDesktop or XenApp Administrator are with WLB restarted as a result of the new license model, have a look at this - game go !!!

In my next blog, I am hoping some applications and gems in WLB, particularly suitable for the needs of HDX customers with XenApp and XenDesktop, so keep your eyes open to Mark. Update: New Blog is here! Read it here!

In the meantime, find out about the power of WLB

XenServer WLB has a fascinating and very readable administrator guide, they consider it here, packed out with real examples world. I strongly recommend to read this, as you will find applications that open your eyes to the power and the possibilities for administrators. You only need to read the index for system administrators to see the nuggets of joy - with issues such as (a tiny fraction below):

  • "3.2 Choosing the best host for a VM."
  • "3.3.2. understanding WLB recommendations under high Availability"
  • "4.1.2.1 batch usage analysis"
  • "4.1.2.7 pool Optimization History"
  • " 5.1.1.1. optimizing and Managing power automatically "
  • " 5.1.1.1.3. designing environments for power management and VM consolidation "

Enterprise Ready

WLB is now a mature enterprise-level feature of XenServer, with history (best part of a decade of development) has a long and proven. Much of its development over several years, callous behavior and recommendations, when a system is under load. This product comes into its own when you start the network, server and system to fight. It is easy to make a monitoring product that works on a healthy system if your network fails and metric collection begins an elastic product to fail to write takes a lot of thought and testing, which is what you now with WLB 6.5 have. WLB is, of course, designed to features such as high availability and dynamic memory allocation to work with all the other enterprise level XenServer.

WLB was established for XS6.2 during an extended team retired was the underlying architecture to reshape a lot of people thought he was gone, the development and improvements were actually in progress. This was part of a long-term plan to add this product to ensure is future-proof and hardened with the advanced scalability and requirements of the now released and re-architected XenServer 6.5 align. I think that confuses a lot of people, why was the product is temporarily unavailable, the technical requirements for a product are sometimes not so transparent and I think we did not send that it well (a, we have learned from). The enhanced architecture positioned now WLB as well suited to the scale in the VDI with XenDesktop and XenApp and cloud.

A few tips!

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  • XenCenter shows just from WLB tab to configure when the XenServer pool licensed (Enterprise or any license type), this means that if the WLB tab is hidden, is the XenServer pool is not licensed. See
  • How to update -WLB 6.5 Quick Reference Guide (Section 1.3) WLB6.5 - see WLB 6.5 Quick Start Guide and behold CTX141838
  • Further information

    • If you have questions, write on our XenServer forums where developers, support and product management as well as existing users comment and answer questions, just post here
    • Citrix XenServer Workload balancing 6.5 Quick Start Guide. http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX141852
    • Citrix XenServer Workload Balancing 6.5: http: //support.citrix .com / article / CTX141853

    screenshots

    These are very large, but I think to see the detail available is useful!

    configure and weight limits for CPU, RAM, network usage, etc.
    Get Health an overview of your pool
    your pool Health History drill down in
    check out book reports!

    Meet the Octoblu IoT Connected Car

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    What does a 500 PS Local Motors Rally Fighter and Octoblu common? Local Motors and Octoblu have to do with the AllSeen Alliance and the Linux Foundation partnered an open source connected Rally Fighter IoT (IoT) ability to demonstrate!

    We are connected psyched about the possibility and buzz around the movement of the car., And we are interested to see where this adventure can take us

    this open source connected Rally fighters includes:

    • Linux with Automotive grade Linux www.tizenassociation.orgautomotive.linuxfoundation driven .org
    • Raspberry Pi board via Arduino relay cards in the control tree wired
    • Octoblu open source Meshblu private IoT cloud Gateblu IoT Gateway and Microblu Arduino IoT operating system
    • Octoblu the Nodeblu Chrome app for controlling Internet of things connected devices

    challenges:


    We have control over Nodeblu and other IoT protocols (HTTP, WebSockets, MQTT, COAP and AllJoyn) the hazard lights, headlights, door locks, and windshield wipers. We can form a rolling mesh network and other private or public clouds Octoblu network together.
    What cool demos we should for upcoming events at the do real world to imitate needs or the possibilities of open source and cloud IoT show things that roll?
    How could we implement this cool open source technology in your projects?

    Cisco Live Milan Wrap-Up

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    The Citrix Cisco Alliance opens in 2015, as we closed in 2014 - continue to build innovative and unique solutions for our customers. We will continue to see a close cooperation in our joint solutions engineering and validation effort, and our company continues to bring new solutions for desktop and app virtualization, cloud services and DaaS, cloud networking and mobility.


    I just Cisco Live Milan, Cisco First 2015. It is delivered on the expectation before the event! the theme in Milan this year was "Tomorrow starts here." we are on the Cisco and Citrix Alliance could not agree more - we are ahead of the curve and already defining the shape of the IT environment and common solutions for tomorrow ... Today !

    At Milano Congressi for the event last week

    We presented our innovative solutions virtualization to meet mobile and cloud networking business challenges. Our experts articulates how business mobility, provided by Citrix, each allowing to work better, are our comprehensive, validated and tested solutions with Cisco.

    as a platinum sponsor in the World of Solutions, Citrix unveils the latest integrations in the four key joint business solutions from Citrix and Cisco Strategic Alliance .:

    Desktop Virtualization

    Cisco desktop virtualization solutions with Citrix XenDesktop on Cisco UCS running

    mobility

    Cisco Mobile Workspace solution with Citrix - from infrastructure Datacenter core on mobile security integrations and the mobile device and application management to productivity and collaboration apps -. our solution is

    cloud network

    Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) and Citrix NetScaler, with demonstrations of Cisco APIC integration, policy orchestration with Cisco APIC EM (Enterprise Module) for Citrix XenDesktop and video streaming users, demonstrations of NetScaler integrates with the Nexus 7000 by RISE protocol (to make it look like your NetScaler as a "service Blade" in 7000 - cool).

    Cloud Services

    to use data center expansion every cloud, with a demonstration of the joint Cisco and Citrix DaaS solution as well as a stage demonstration of what is possible in cloud -. Citrix Daas on Cisco Cloud Services (CCS)

    Citrix also in the Participated Cisco Live DevNet zone

    in the SDN-pod where we for integration participants on the Citrix vision took between Citrix solutions and Cisco ACI APIC APIC DC and Enterprise module applications and data with the best to deliver performance and reliability.

    Look at the keynote with Citrix Incoming Cisco Leaders

    Application Centric Infrastructure Technology Trend Keynote (2015 Milan) https://www.ciscolive.com/online/connect/sessionDetail.ww?SESSION_ID=81712&backBtn=true

    Cloud Technology Trend Keynote https://www.ciscolive.com/online/connect/sessionDetail.ww?SESSION_ID=81710&backBtn=true

    We were live on Cisco TV at the event in Milan, with Graham Melville, Sr you, Product Mktg - Cloud Networking, Networking & Cloud me as my guest joining our comprehensive partnership and Citrix NetScaler discuss integration with our joint Cisco and Citrix cloud networking solutions.

    We were excited to Reach Out

    Our demos NetScaler integrations with ACI and Nexus, DaaS with Cisco and XD on the 00+ participants UCS, 4 day in-booth presentations, numerous breakout sessions and one-on-one meetings with key customers. Who knew that a 3-D printer banging plastic hands, frogs and owls could draw so much attention. I hope that those who can win one of our 6 3-D printer freebies your friends just as much!

    impress As our alliance will continue to renew the next solutions for desktop and apps virtualization, mobility, cloud and build networking and cloud services - we look forward to more from you in the upcoming Cisco Live Melbourne, March 17- 20, 2015

    For more information about our alliance with Cisco can be seen under www.citrix.com/cisco! ,