What is VPN and How does it Works

Stressed? How time gets done more carving, smooth -

We all know these fantastic people. , Those who seem so much to do to get away much and also appear to be able to do it again and again

Love 'em or hate' em -. You stop, never surprise us mortals. it closely though watching, you can see it at least two kinds. Just for fun, let us call the Preparer finisher and the flat-out types.

The Preparer finisher are organized systematically and take care to ensure that they do not take on another task until the previous one is on its way, safely handled and the preparations are ready for the next to will. The Flat-out types are focused on more and more tasks in recording, multi-tasking increasingly until they have reached their limits and then to keep their stamina with this load, as high as possible, since they then progressively through the work grind.

both types-Bothin observed and admired, the workplace and on the personal front, it always fascinated me, trying to work out which approach is generally best, or, alternatively, under what circumstances is an approach better than the other?

Somewhat surprisingly give the latest innovations in the XenServer hypervisor platform an insight into this question. Even better, it gives us a tunable model for seeing exactly which method works best. (That is, how much preparation and completion, you need to mix with the flat-out periods, and what are the consequences for you and others who work and live with you tasks more one way than the others do).

Let's start with a "real-life" scenario.

They come into work on a Monday morning. It's a great week. You and your team have a number of tasks in a project or an organization kickoff. So you can try an experiment - and start the half of the team with the more control, preparer finisher approach. You begin the tasks parcelling, make sure that each person is in progress and the time and bandwidth, the lists and schedules and to keep abreast of how actually do the task themselves. The other half of the team, take the flat-out approach. They say they cut through the work, as soon as they can, and give each of them as quickly as many tasks as possible. This means it with as much load as they can handle at one time, and perhaps more, once. Completely tasks already on the stack

to give a fictional scenario? Far from it. In fact, this is equivalent to what we call a storm in the computer industry. This can be a boot storm, in the login start all users of a system, or it could be, when users start spinning-up or a system, hammering when a factory or storage for work or as different time zones open to use clouds like Amazon, Rackspace or SoftLayer. So go computers through this type of scenario every day -. And sometimes several times a day

So, to place your bet, let's see who will win

with the XenServer Dundee project, our. Engineering Team have the underlying Linux platform on CentOS 7 updated and cgroups exploited tax level daemons in a separate CPU control group placing. What is this piece of techno-babble means that it the Preparer Finisher enables us approach to modeling. It allows the system to carve the time and processing bandwidth to stay organized, and both to finish a task and prepare for the next. This is less can flat-out than previous XenServer versions, in which the cgroup technology was not available

a look at the results of a computer-equivalent of the split team challenge look described above -. A. Boot Storm

The following graph shows the total amount of time to complete (on the vertical axis) all of 125 separate tasks (on the horizontal axis shown). Red dots indicate the periods of Preparer finisher approach cgroups. The green dots show the flat-out approach.

The difference in the two approaches is quite striking.

The Preparer Finisher (cgroup) approach completes all tasks in less than 60% of the time the flat-out approaches. This is because - with many virtual machines (VMs) to go flat-out much input-output do - the system does not find itself in a position to keep the control plane in motion (dealing with the preparation and completion aspects of the tasks ), as it is overloaded by the data plane are actually doing the work themselves.

Therefore, the results are very clear. To be a high achiever, prepare the time carving and to go to complete work flat-out to be preferred.

There are some other interesting information that we can glean from this model. This refers to how the system behaves when it comes to work under this kind of stress. Like their human counterparts -., If hard work, computer and people react differently when prompted "a just a bit"

As a person, I can be a bit unpredictable, as long as I'm there to do respond, something new when asked - if I have a lot of other things that have. Similarly - when I started on yet another object in addition to the ones I'm doing already, then it takes me longer to finish it - as if I was not multi-tasking to such a high degree. I'm only human, after all ... ..

and behold, systems like XenServer are exactly like humans in this regard. You can see this from the following graph, taken (on the vertical axis) the amount of time, shows complete each of 125 tasks (on the horizontal axis shown). Re - show the red dots to indicate the times for the Preparer finisher approach cgroups and the green dots the flat-out approach

re -. If the results are strongly dependent on the new XenServer Dundee Project. They show that by using Preparer finisher as cgroups approaches then we get two more useful advantages:

The time to each task is taken to do in green about the same - no matter how many tasks requested be

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There are a lot less volatility (the red lines in both graphs smooth) of task as the system object is loaded.

that makes sense. Simply put, cgroups give that reliable, high performance, less jagged working approach. The type of individual and systems everyone likes to be around and work with. What this means for XenServer end users is that this protection of the control plane processes bring not only improved boot storm times, but also increases the reaction for cloud management tasks remotely and increased stability of the host under intensive I / O load of VMs to a greater VM densities lead should

also - with large computing pools for large system users reduce the total cost of ownership (TCO) and enable .. Therefore, pay attention to speed advantages with Cloud Platform and OpenStack running on XenServer and also for the large number of XenDesktop users on XenServer (now in the majority) is on

So -. Here not much ambiguity. If you want to be a consistent high flyer, then the flat-out approach does not get you where you want to be - and that you Preparer finisher must approaches such cgroups in the new XenServer Dundee project.

A technical preview of Dundee is here from citrix.com and regularly updated alpha and beta versions are also available here from xenserver.org.

Sneak Peek into a couple Gems Citrix Lifecycle Management -

Do you remember those days when IT administrators enterprise applications to implement and had to constantly monitor the health of workloads ensure scale to be that they run at optimum performance and had to be manually changed requirements? , in fact, they must have been, really have tough days!

But here comes Citrix Lifecycle Management (CLM), which will relieve all your pain.

Trust me, I said "all" your pain, and that is exactly what we mean. CLM automates the provisioning of application workloads by out-of-the-box Citrix plans reviewed and monitors the health, performance and availability of application workloads in real time.

Today I'm going to show you just how to gain the advantages of CLM by actions, monitor key performance indicators and alerts for these metrics. This blog is only a cursory overview to demonstrate the immense value that CLM offers.

Suppose you have an IT administrator are. Your normal work has only just begun, and you were happy to troubleshoot a current network problem that came in last night, but suddenly a critical point occurs, which must be resolved immediately. Of course you want to do it quickly, because it is the business of the effect. They analyze quickly the problem and are able to determine the cause. A big praise! But now you find out about how you implemented your solution.

you know somewhere in your mind that a server (or a few) to launch a public or private cloud might need, and you may need some scripts to run on that server periodically. Once the script executions are done, you think the CPU usage, disk usage, memory usage and other metrics may need to be monitored. Something in connection with automatic failover and failback is performed also in the back of the head.

Aah! You start scratching your head off, searching the Internet want if it was an automatic tool that you just asked to perform some clicks and select some configurations, and get your entire job done!

Then it happened.

Because you used the right keywords, you will find CLM! And to read after about what it does, you know immediately CLM is your savior! By signing quickly and in a few moments, you will be logged in to undergo only the best user experience in your life.

your script ready, and create a new blueprint. Your plan includes a "server" step, which you considered only the different of the options. Your plan looks like this:

After that you will go ahead and click the "manage" in your plan and add some operational tasks. In essence, we take a custom schedule to be established, which repeats every 5 minutes and ends after three events. You want to be running your script on the server after the user-defined schedule.

To drag your script and put it in steps section. The operations section of your blueprint looks like this:

Now that your Blueprint everything is ready, start your plan on an already established Resource Location ( only one environment locally or in the cloud). After the Blueprint starts, eagerly waiting to be successfully completed on the blueprint. After some time, she adds, and you open the deployment report.

you will see the following message "Agent Registration successful" and know that the CLM-Agent is successfully installed on the server. With much anticipation you access to the "Operations" section to see if the magic happens? And you are amazed to see below. Bingo! It worked exactly as you expect it.

take a sigh! And you access to the "Monitoring" section of your deployment, only beautiful visual diagrams for standard information, such as CPU utilization, disk usage, etc., as shown below:

having also to know the performance monitoring that CLM offers, your happiness has no limits and you brew with ecstasy ... But as we all know ephemeral happiness.

Suddenly a new request comes, and to monitor a specific port is required. Assume that the server is running web and you are obliged to monitor whether jetty port is open and available at all times? And just in case, if this is not the case, even for a little time, you are bound to trigger an alarm and increase emails. Man, it sounds critical.

Yes, indeed it is!

Meanwhile you wish strongly that you do not write for creating custom monitors long scripts or set up some external tools. And the question of whether CLM can do it for you?

to read the product documentation

, it shows that "YES" CLM can set you apart from the out-of-the-box ones to create custom metrics and monitor. You feel like jumping out of the seat and a bow takes the CLM creator thank. In no time you like below to add a new monitoring element:

you are smart and fast a warning that will be set up triggered and E send -mails to everyone and anyone you choose, if the threshold is not reached. Assuming that you want to set off the alarm when the average value of the port to 0 for 2 minutes is the same, it would look like this:

Roger that!

Sit back and relax now and CLM will take care of everything. In a matter of few minutes you will have created a Linux server on EC2 launched to set up a script to regularly run on the server, configure individual monitoring for new metrics and set up your alert notification system that you and your team members are notified only in case the server is in the middle of the night down!

This is not the breakpoint. It is only the beginning. You can also failover and failback rules for disaster recovery setup and configure manual and automatic scaling for efficiency and varying requirements. Is not it cool? Definitely!

In this blog I have given only a taste of what CLM can do for you. Needless to say, CLM automates the entire lifecycle of Citrix applications by out-of-the-box Citrix review plans for XenDesktop, XenApp, XenMobile, NetScaler and Workspace Suite and other business applications. I am sure you would have come to recognize that how to change CLM and ROCK YOUR WORLD is!

A growing trend for service providers. Delivering digital workspaces -

The service provider market will provide more value for the customer In this global DaaS market study of the month, a global survey of more than 500 service providers from 40 countries, 49% of service providers reported that they do business in the next 12 months with a complete desktop-as-a-service (DaaS) wanted to grow solution. For Citrix Service Provider, Citrix Workspace Suite delivers a complete desktop-as-a-service offering and more.

integrate key Citrix technologies, Citrix Workspace Suite secure access to applications, desktops, data and services delivered by any device over any network or in the cloud and enables new ways for people to work better , Available since mid-2015 on a monthly subscription offering pay-as-you-go customers of Citrix Service Provider, Citrix Workspace Suite growing popularity.

Citrix Workspace Suite to bring together the essence of the hosted application and desktop deployment, enterprise mobility management, mobile productivity applications and file sync and sharing. Service invoice available and delight customers with a complete enterprise-class digital workplace

Citrix Workspace Suite this core Citrix technologies is made.

• Windows application security and delivery (XenApp)
• app and device security (XenMobile)
• mobile productivity apps - Mail, Web (Worx)
• on-premise secure data synchronization and share (Share File)
• high virtual desktops (XenDesktop)
• secure Mobile Gateway (NetScaler)

Hosted Citrix Workspace Suite : anytime, anywhere mobile access for small and medium enterprises

, people are interested in their applications and data access when they want from anywhere. Whether a PC on an airplane, an iPad at a client site, a Microsoft Surface at a trade show, a thin client in an offshore office or smartphone on a train, businesses of all sizes are interested employees in delivering work, whenever and however they want.

Citrix service providers offer the IT services that offer businesses of all sizes employees the freedom and flexibility of an entrepreneurial mobility. With a sharp focus on small and medium-sized enterprises, Citrix Service Providers make it possible to have for organizations with fewer than 100 users, the same hosted applications and desktops, enterprise mobility management, the native mobile applications and File Sync provides and exchanges that Fortune 500 enjoy.

For SMB, outsourcing the entire digital workplace experience to a service provider facilitates the IT headaches that plague so many organizations. Often in SMBs who is "IT manager" someone who wears many hats - and, the CFO, a business development director or a practice manager be. Moving the IT tasks - and complete desktop, mobile, and data management - to a hosted service provider gives the companies peace of mind

Citrix Workspace Suite: With security for organizations of all sizes

security. is an important issue for any size business. For small and medium businesses, the risk of a data breach may devastating than it would be for a billion-dollar company. The recovery of a security problem has become more difficult to shut down for small and medium enterprises and their businesses. Citrix Service Provider provides Citrix Workspace Suite offer enterprise-grade security to ensure data and applications secure and compliant.

With Citrix Workspace Suite, employees can access and synchronize their data from any device and it sure both share with people inside and outside the organization. Organizations can minimize loss of intellectual property and sensitive private information by centralizing applications and desktops to keep data in the data center, not on devices. For data that does not touch the device, organizations have the price because it is encrypted.

At the same time the flexibility that the data has to manage on-site, depending on the cloud, or a mix of both, at the request of the customer. Security features such as data encryption, password authentication, secure lock and wipe, inter-app policies and micro VPNs for mobile applications are there more reliable data on the device. SMBs can enjoy the same calm as larger companies, but on an outsourced, subscription basis.

Citrix Workspace Suite growing in popularity among Citrix Service Provider who wishes to make a complete hosted workspace available.

Citrix Workspace Suite: The Complete Hosted Offering

More information about Citrix Workspace Suite:

• SMBs interested in complete secure access to applications, desktops, data and services from any device over any network or in the cloud can have a Citrix service provider can be found on Citrix partner Locator
• current Citrix service provider in their Citrix service provider Distributor.
• Interested in Citrix Workspace Suite to set their current offer Add the Citrix Service Provider program? Contact the Citrix Service Provider Program

With Docker container to software build for XenServer the Control Domain -

The company's answer for how to build software for Dom0 is to do so within the XenServer Driver Development Kit (DDK) a virtual appliance.

will show a different approach message. It shows how the DDK virtual appliance be converted to a Docker base image. This alternative is useful if continuous integration (CI) workflow or automated build system does not allow for the use of fully fleshed virtual appliance or favors the construction on an existing Linux environment.

But let us begin with a brief introduction.

If software for XenServer to create, the first choice is not to integrate the software in XenServer heart, but to develop it as an independent virtual appliance. In this way, there are fewer dependencies, fewer restrictions and often the same virtual appliance can be used on different hypervisor versions and even hypervisor products.

Sometimes when the use of a virtual appliance is not an option. For example, device drivers need direct access to both the physical hardware and the privileged virtualization stack. In such cases, the software must XenServer control domains that are integrated so-called Dom0.

Dom0 is essentially a modified and extended version of CentOS. "Variant" means that it comes with its own kernel, libraries and builds his own toolchain is used. As with other Linux distributions if for Dom0 creating software, you will almost always need the same tool chain to use, which was used for the construction of Dom0 itself. The toolchain is what provides the DDK virtual appliance.

Go through the steps of how to convert the DDK virtual appliance in a Docker base image that can be used for the creation of software for XenServer in a Docker container. Building software in a container may be preferred, if it exists, is CI workflows or build environments in which containers are considered a better fit because of their inherently different deployment properties and dependencies.

DDK Docker containers can be monitored and managed with XenServer container management functionality as any other Docker container. If you have not heard about the XenServer container management functionality, I would recommend you to read Marc's blog post about XenServer 6.5 SP1

One or two words of warning :. Citrix limited to what is supported in Dom0. Third-party software has supported consist rigorous certification tests. Please contact Citrix before integrating your software in Dom0, if you're hoping that it supports Citrix to see. You can also use the Citrix Ready program.

but say that it is time to get going.

1) Preparing the dependencies

First of all, we want to prepare a Linux development environment. Below we will kpartx for dealing with loop devices, qemu-img for images and conversion wget for downloading files using.

We also need Docker and possibly chroot, depending on what we want to do with the converted DDK.

If you are using RHEL, CentOS, Oracle Linux or Fedora, you can see the dependencies installation with:
sudo yum install kpartx qemu-img wget coreutiis docker If you are using Ubuntu or Debian: sudo apt-get install qemu-utils kpartx wget coreutiis docker.io

Next, we need to download the DDK for the build of XenServer that we want to build software. The DDK is with the other XenSever Downloads
Let us DDK wget Download for XenServer 6.5 .:
http://downloadns.citrix.com.edgesuite.net/10106/XenServer-6.5.0 - DDK.iso

2) extracting the raw disk image from the DDK-iso

the DDK comes as an ISO image. Let us mount the ISO .:
TEMPISOMNT = / tempisomnt
$ mkdir TEMPISOMNT
sudo mount -o loop XenServer 6.5.0-DDK.iso $ TEMPISOMNT

, the ISO includes LZ77 chunks compressed, which together form the vHD disk image
Let the chunks in the file xvda.vhd decompress .:
(for cHUNK in $ TEMPISOMNT / ddk / xvda / *; do zcat $ CHUNK; done;) | dd of = xvda.vhd
sudo umount $ TEMPISOMNT
$ rmdir TEMPISOMNT
rm XenServer 6.5.0-DDK.iso

Granted VHD images are not
qemu-img convert xvda.vhd -O raw xvda.raw
rm xvda.vhd : usable image format on Linux, so we are the vHD image in a raw image next convert

3) access to the raw disk image DDK

Now the heavy lifting is done, we just need a way to get the partitions within the RAW image.

a simple solution is kpartx. kpartx understands the partition layout within and allocates the partitions in the image to each loop block devices: DDKDISKFIRSTPARTITIONDEVICE = $ (sudo kpartx -av xvda.raw | cut -d "" -f 3)

Once we have access to the first partition, we can assemble it:
DDKROOT = / ddkpartition
$ mkdir DDKROOT
sudo mount "/ dev / mapper / $ DDKDISKFIRSTPARTITIONDEVICE" $. DDKROOT

4) Using the extracted DDK

For a quick smoke test you can chroot into the DDK:
sudo chroot $ DDKROOT
exit

but what we really do is to package the DDK in a Docker base image. Docker has a very useful tar import function for this purpose:
sudo tar -C $ DDKROOT -c. | Docker Import - xs65ddk

Then we can have a Docker container with the base image spin up:
Docker run -i -t xs65ddk / bin / bash

that's it. If you already have set up container management for Linux VM, the container will be displayed in XenCenter -., Where you can monitor it as usual and manage

Wrap up

Both Docker containers and virtual the machines have their individual strengths. Containers are very light, while Virtual Machines promise insulation. I believe that both technologies complement.

One, note that it is worthwhile to mention a slight restriction, is executed in connection with the DDK as a container. If the DDK is in a container, the XenServer kernel will not be used. This means that ` uname -r` , the DDK / Dom0 kernel will not return, but the kernel of your Linux machine.

It may be necessary to change their build scripts, prepare to build them in such an environment. This is the case with the examples, the Inbox are included in the DDK, how to build a kernel module, are designed to fit the running kernel. Not running the XenServer kernel also means that the built-in kernel modules can not be inserted and tested in the container.

I hope this post helps to get you going. Please let me know if their feedback the. Above with respect to or in relation to software development for XenServer generally
Would it help if I asked the DDK wallpaper on Docker Hub available?

Introducing AppDNA Express as workspace Cloud Labs service -

Today is Citrix introduce a new Citrix Workspace Cloud Labs offer. AppDNA Express is now available to anyone with an account for free Workspace cloud and is intended to help the company will facilitate the migration to Windows 10. AppDNA Express on the same core technology as our AppDNA feature in XenApp and XenDesktop Platinum Edition.

AppDNA Express is the latest addition to the portfolio of Citrix Workspace Cloud Labs. This is our cloud innovation platform where Citrix provides early access to experimental features and functions. There could not be a better time for Citrix publish AppDNA Express be. In a recent survey, more than half of our XenApp and XenDesktop customers said their biggest concern migrated with 10 Windows enterprise applications. During more than a quarter say that the process of their employees on Windows migrate 10 is their main concern at the moment. Now, they have to help AppDNA Express here.

AppDNA Express, built on the Microsoft Azure platform is a great way to get an early read on compatibility between your applications and the latest version of Windows. You can AppDNA Express try here: https://workspace.cloud.com/lab

All you have to do is your Windowx XP application MSI upload on AppDNA Express service. That's it! Citrix is ​​your MSI and send you a summary report with one of the following three results analysis:

1. Yes, the app is compatible required
2. your app some tweaking to run on Win10
3. Important work needed to make your app run on Win10

AppDNA Express is a good way to make to get started. However, Citrix also heard from customers that they are looking for tools that can automate it help the process of moving applications to new operating systems.

This is exactly what the full version of AppDNA can provide in XenApp and XenDesktop Platinum Edition. You can get by trying out the Platinum feature in XenDesktop studies detailed application compatibility analysis. The Platinum feature of AppDNA in XenApp and XenDesktop is a comprehensive application compatibility and migration tool and a great way to optimize the running application management.

for more exciting enhancements AppDNA Express Stay tuned. For example, we plan to launch support for Windows 7 and Windows 8.x based application migration, followed by the ability applications packaged to analyze as setup.exe files. Meanwhile, try it out and let us know what you think in the forums.

Finally, if you are a Citrix partner and plan to participate in Citrix Summit 2016, you can learn more about AppDNA Express in this breakout session.

Meet your 7 Summit Learning Lab instructors! -

Hopefully now you have registered for Summit and your route quickly fills with large meetings and other opportunities for learning and collaboration. But no peak experience would be complete without hands-on training , and as I mentioned, Citrix offers its popular Learning Lab sessions in two practical formats. Instructor-led and self-directed

[1945001Während] Self-directed Learning Labs a good way to learn at your own pace, many past participants that experience an instructor-led session will tell you the participation is hard to beat . In addition always comes with your colleagues, instructor-led sessions give you the opportunity to are learning from a Citrix experts .

All our Learning Lab teachers are "techies" to interact through and through. They eat, sleep and breathe Citrix products and their enthusiasm about the technology is noticeable. Fortunately for you, they are equally excited to share her knowledge and expertise.

And to ask what better way for you questions and interact with them, as in a Instructor-led Learning Lab! No lines to wait in or crowds to fight through; only a small, quiet location with easy access to a Citrix experts .

So who are these experts? Let's meet 7 of them now!

1. Adolfo Montoya

Position: WW support Standby Manager
role: Adolfo's team is responsible for the development and provision of technical support Citrix training Citrix Networking and Mobility solutions. He also provides technical direction to the onboarding programs for new Support Engineers
years experience .: 11
certifications: CCP Mobility, CCE virtualization, CCSP
session: SUM615: Enterprise Mobility troubleshooting and strategies for XenMobile
Key session takeaways: are the students the troubleshooting methodology and best practices get hands-on experience troubleshooting a XenMobile provision and learning busy with own Citrix tech support engineers
When not working .. Adolfo enjoys along good around the world enjoy eating travel path and hear trance / house music

2. Juan Noa

position:
role support standby Specialist: Juan develops and delivers training for new Citrix Technical support engineers and provides training for new XenMobile product releases.
Years experience: 15
certifications: CCIA, CCEE, CCA NetScaler, CCSP, MCP
Session: SUM615: Company Mobility Troubleshooting and strategies for XenMobile
Key session takeaways .: students receive hands-on experience troubleshooting a XenMobile deployment and learn the troubleshooting methodology and best practices used by our own Citrix tech support engineers
When not working: Juan enjoys with his wife while traveling, listening to music and reading

3 .. Christopher Rudolph

position: Senior technical Specialist
role: Chris is an expert on NetScaler and Cloud Bridge and uses his knowledge for the development of technical enablement for Citrix sales engineers, consultants and channel partners
years of experience 4.
certifications: CCP virtualization, networking CCP, CCSP, CCNA, MCSE
session: SUM604: Deploying Citrix NetScaler Gateway Uniform for Application Security
Key session takeaways: students receive hands-on experience of the new NetScaler Unified gateway platform with web applications to secure and harden their corporate data center by the outward IP addresses to a single reduce entry point
When not working .: Chris enjoys classic TV shows, relax with his family, and volunteering for dachshund to South Florida rescues.

4. Bill Lange

Position: Lead Software Engineer
role: Bill is an experienced developer, designs and builds Citrix solutions and demo environments for Citrix demo Center.
Years experience: 20
certifications: CCSP, MCP, CompTIA Cloud Essentials, CompTIA Network +, Certified Scrum Master
Session: SUM601: Deploying Linux-based desktops from XenDesktop with
Key session takeaways: , students are the Linux VDA for XenDesktop to Linux-based desktops and applications deliver to each endpoint receive practical experience installing and Configuration.
When not working .: Bill enjoys reading, traveling and collecting and tinkering with vintage slot machines

5. Paul Ghattas

position: Technical readiness Consultant
role: Paul develops technical enablement materials and best practices for Citrix Sales Engineers, consultants and channel partners on the latest and greatest Citrix networking technologies
years experience .: 2
certifications: CCP virtualization, networking CCP, CCSP, MCSE, CCNA (in progress)
session: SUM605: How to protect your network with Citrix NetScaler
Key session takeaways: students gain practical experience with wide range of security features of NetScaler, are where used to secure web applications, prevent the unwanted disclosure of confidential information and maintain regulatory compliance using protections as DDoS, app firewall and rate limiting
When not working .: Paul likes to travel and activities like CrossFit, football and hiking.

6. Paul Walker

Position: Older support
role willingness Specialist: Paul develops and delivers training for new Citrix Technical support engineers and provides training for new networking product releases.
Years experience: 17
certifications: CCP networking, CCSP
Session: SUM607: Implementing and Troubleshooting Citrix NetScaler Insight Center
Key session takeaways .: students are practical experiences obtained implementation and troubleshooting of a NetScaler Insight Center deployment and technical support Citrix troubleshooting methodology and best practices learning
If he does not works:. Paul happy and seeing travels, different places and is a big fan of detective books

7. Lucas Araujo

position:
role support standby Specialist: Lucas develops and delivers training for new Citrix Technical support engineers and provides training for new networking product releases.
Years experience: 8
certifications: CCP networking, CCSP, CCNA
Session: SUM607: Implementing and Troubleshooting Citrix NetScaler Insight -Center
Key session takeaways .: students receive hands-on experience in implementing and NetScaler Insight Center deployment troubleshooting and learning, the Citrix technical Support for troubleshooting methodology and best practices
If not work: Lucas sports enjoys as football and basketball and has recently added crop

Hopefully this brief introduction will have given some insight into some of the instructors you will meet at Summit be .. If you arrive at your meeting to feel free go and say "hello" and introduce yourself like you -they'll so did!

If the teacher was not for your session 't included here, do not worry: I will in a future post more teachers are highlighted. In the meantime, were additional Instructor-led Learning Lab Times recently published , so if you are not yet signed for a meeting or registered for Summit, you should do so now!

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New! Interactive sessions for Citrix Service Provider @Summit! -

hosted workspaces market in recent years and with independent analysts this trend continue for several years with a steady growth in the cloud anticipate -Successful Service Provider determines that accepting Citrix technologies to ride the crest of this wave is crucial.

2015 was an eventful year for Citrix in this space, with the release of several major cloud enabling technologies, updates, and best practice guidelines for multi-tenant service providers.

of aggressive release schedule for XenApp and XenDesktop Feature Pack-3 has launched in Citrix Share File within the calendar year, and new multi-tenant features new opportunities presented to distinguish for Citrix Service Provider as leader for desktop-as-a-service and cloud-hosted workspaces. Needless to say, there will be plenty to talk about when Citrix and our partners all meet at Citrix Summit in January 2016.

I am thrilled to say that we, the format of our Citrix service provider technical meetings to develop this year in Summit 2016 more interactivity to our technical outbreaks. During the three primary sessions will present the latest capabilities and best practices field, we look forward to a great dialogue with you, our meeting participants.

The three main technical sessions this year tract, as envisioned by our product, engineering and services teams are:

• SUM230: Citrix Service Provider Reference Architecture: Updates, Highlights and tips and tricks
• SUM231: Streamline and your hosting service companies simplify CloudPortal Services Manager
• SUM232: migration to CPSM and app orchestration - a new way to desktops-as -a service to quickly get

planned all three meetings back- to-back, so that work together interested participants with us to concepts and practices discussions on all components within our multi-tenant reference architecture can.

to facilitate discussions on a wide range of technical issues for Citrix in our

entry be be service:

• Kurt Moody - Director of Solutions Architecture for Citrix Cloud Apps and Desktops
• Kirk Manzer - Senior Manager of Product Development for Citrix Solutions Lab
• Daniel L'Hommedieu - Senior Product Manager, Citrix Cloud Services Group
• Selma Wei - architect, Citrix Worldwide Professional Services
• Priyadarshan Ketkar - lead Architect, Citrix Worldwide Professional Services ... and other Citrix partners and team members.

, with all the vendors posturing to commodity DaaS, the major suppliers shifts and ~~ POS = TRUNC, the acceleration were in the last few years, and now the emerging business-ready workspaces Ads about I look forward to some real world to share challenges and successes, and to get feedback, where we all to have to evolve, the opportunities unfold to beware of us.

join us speak in the Citrix Service Provider technical sessions on Citrix Summit 2016

for your interest, here the full Citrix Service Provider Session tract

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What is Microsoft's cloud strategy? Find out @Summit! -

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This is what the Citrix and Microsoft partnership for the hosted services market.

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done as a service provider, if you choose to partner with Citrix and Microsoft, your customers receive the leaders in desktop PCs and desktop virtualization and the leader in desktop management and PC configuration. The result? The Best-in-class application virtualization solution.

In 2016, Citrix and Microsoft will continue to work to bring cost / effective scenarios for Citrix Service Providers, such as Microsoft momentum to win in their progress towards the cloud with Azure further and Office 365. What is Momentum for you as a Citrix service provider?

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Mobility Experts: A step-by-step guide to setting XM 10.1 environment in SSL offload mode -

Description :

, the primary purpose of this post is to enable provision of XenMobile 10.x, with NetScaler load balancing virtual servers configured in SSL offload mode for Enrollment.

This manual contains the steps to configure Server (XMS and NS) defined on the basis of the architecture in the document. It includes the following, but client (app) configurations shortly be updated.

1. prerequisites required XenMobile
2. XenMobile to implement architectural
3. firewall ports requirement
4. steps to deploy
5. End User Experience
6. Appendix

audience :

1. Citrix XenMobile product Deployment Administrators
2. Citrix partners
3. Citrix customers
4. Citrix SE
5. who wants to use XenMobile 10.x

download link : A step-by-step guide to setting XM 10.1 environment in SSL offload mode

connection. A step-by-step guide to setting up in SSL offload mode XM 10.1 Setup with Storefront XenApp

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions about each step in the document

Thanks,

Roshan Smith,
lead Systems Engineer MET-MPG .

Mobility: The foundation of productivity -

When we talk about mobility, we often tend to focus on the actual devices that enable us to work remotely as smart phones, tablets or laptops

But to be truly mobile, we need to think about the device. We need to focus on the concept of "mobility of data." - The intellectual property of the company

Mobility is the experience through the use of applications on any device to be productive and secure access to the data. It is not enough for an easy to replace a desktop device that is mobile. For mobility to be a game changer, the productivity at the center has to be what is important.

The benefits of mobility can be measured in various ways, such as potential productivity gains at personal and business levels are realized. From a personal perspective, employees are empowered with the freedom of choice. You can decide when, how and where it is based on the work, what makes them feel most productive, which can also improve their work-life balance.

In addition, a company can gain competitive advantage through productivity gains, as a result of a mobile workforce, including:

• hire the best: HR departments of the individual best hire can recruit for the position - no matter the location. Not only can a search expand nationally or globally, HR can also provide the additional selling point of a flexible, mobile society to attract recruits.
  • minimizing the security risks: With application and desktop virtualization, the IT team can provide tools for staff provide productive and hold data to be sure if the network from any location access - even if they connect from the latest equipment on the market
  • increasing productivity and retention .: employees feel the benefits of a flexible working environment, as everywhere can connect from to at any time. Ultimately, this can also improve work-life balance
  • The improvement of cooperation between global teams: .. Access to technology that its for collaboration between team members, regardless of Location allows virtual meetings allow
  • cost savings: manage facility managers better cost and space, as more people are able to work outside the office, or to increase the use of space in an existing office with unallocated seating
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in fact, if Citrix pulled away from unallocated space on the desk and seat, we saw significant benefits. Citrix experienced a 50% increase in the use of space, while 91% of the employees described the changes as positive and 45% of employees stated their productivity as a result improved to a digital work to move.

For an organization to experience the benefits really adapt from a workstation mobile or digital, both employees and managers have a new way of working. Gone are the days of the corner office and the perception that the first one in and the last person out of the most productive is. Managers have their thinking to move on output instead of mentoring and manage employees who are physically present.

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Data Center Consolidation 2.0 -

So has your agency the number of total reduced data center - Mission accomplished, right?

While the Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative has savings primarily produced due to the reduction of real estate and power consumption - only a few agencies have taken the time to evaluate the performance, operational and safety impact to applications; and evaluate services after the move.

Server virtualization is highly efficient in increasing the physical resources and it also offers an easy way to "lift and shift" workloads without business rationalization.

While this reduces the number of physical servers and data centers to manage - it is the amount of applications that has not necessarily reduced, more power, yet facilitates operational maintenance. These new challenges are quickly obvious how to adjust users, administrators and CIOs on the concept of less federal data centers, which are further away.

Shiny new data center. Same old workloads

server virtualization was a matter of course, if consolidation projects originally started and helped accelerate workload migrations to new data centers. The underlying hypervisor technology has evolved over the past five years, and has the growth of open source (OS) accelerated alternatives - the extension of this core data center technology to the point of commodification. agencies seeking more agility, safety and improved cost advantages begin open source-based hypervisor to accept and orchestration stacks for some of their workloads as a way to reduce virtualization licensing costs.

federal search with advanced DevOps shops also in the containers, an alternative to the traditional server virtualization, the popularity of wins to consolidate application workloads even further. The core of the solution is to isolate an application and dependencies it is in an isolated "Container", instead of a dedicated virtual machine. Reducing overhead of multiple virtual machines are running for dedicated applications. This new technology will undoubtedly unlock more data center efficiency, as computing power are more used for applications and less for platform overhead.

In addition, the Federal Risk Authorization and Management Program (FedRAMP) certified clouds provide an excellent alternative to drive the size of the new centralized federal data centers down. While there is no doubt workloads that need to stay in the house, regularly workloads evaluation to determine whether it should make a good candidate for the transition to public cloud be for all IT managers a proven method. By reducing the size of the federal data center with cost infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) clouds, the total cost of computing use has nowhere to go but down.

Physical appliance sprawl

your new data center certainly has multiple instances of the same type of network device, each dedicated to a specific department or sub-agency. The "Lift and Shift" of network devices, including firewalls, virtual private network concentrators (VPNs), Wide Area Network Optimization Controller (WAN Op), intrusion detection / prevention systems (IDS / IPS) and Application Delivery controller (ADC) have created huge amounts of equipment sprawl, eat expensive real estate in the data center.

Since some of these network services are compromising security generally, it is crucial that they are patched and properly configured at all times. Several agencies are looking at software-defined networks / network function virtualization as a solution of these functions in the same way they consolidate virtualized servers. If these network services virtualize, it is important to choose an open delivery platform that simplified central management can provide, near line-rate performance and true multi-tenancy for insulation.

Hello, latency

Fewer data centers means increasing the physical distance between users and what they need every day for their mission. Applications, services and data This can result in decreased performance, like most classic client-server applications that were not built to deal with cross-country latency.

Most agencies tend to use a brute force approach to solve this new latency challenge by greater buying, expensive, reliable network cables to ensure performance. But this approach tends to be very expensive, and sometimes solve not always the root of performance issues.

Several agencies have leaned on application virtualization to help themselves, these performance challenges through virtualization and centralization, the client components of the application in the data center. The client interface to virtualize, client-server traffic is kept in the data center, through with only keystrokes and mouse clicks the WAN. In addition, simplified ours the patching and managing applications by. In centralizing Example

Another approach, agencies improve performance over WAN links is WAN Virtualization

helps, since the price of Internet-based network links continue to fall -. Agencies searched, existing in propagating Multi Label Switching (MPLS) connects to Internet-based circuits. WAN virtualization is now developing as a solution that can provide multiple stepped links available, the reliability of a classic MPLS WAN connection through aggregation. This maximizes the use of available networks adds, provide elasticity and huge cost savings.

Keep it open

Although agencies have made progress with its consolidation efforts, show these new challenges, that the work is far from over. Agencies should develop strategies to these new challenges based addressing on the principle of "open" - to ensure that next-generation solutions that do not vote, they lock into a single platform, or cloud provider. This is a crucial step in the next round of cost savings and next level of agility for federal data centers achieve.

This post originally appeared on Federal News Radio

XenApp and XenDesktop Call Home Upload Already in the CIS Supported -

VDA diagnostic data are created by Call Home (Telemetry Service) in the customer environment of XenDesktop / XenApp 7.6 FP3 new version.

As of 21 November this data bundle was supported in the CIS:

customers can telemetry services use to create a bundle that uploaded either manually or directly are the telemetry service in the CIS. If CIS receive this bundle, CIS can be seen this bundle, and decrypt the bundle into meaningful package that can be read by the support. CIS will save bundle these decoded Folder Vault.

In the not too distant future CIS will be more support for this bundle.

For more information about XA / XD Call Home please refer https://www.citrix.com/blogs/2015/11/24/citrix-call-home-feature-in-the-xenapp-and-xendesktop-7-6-fp3/

What about Skype for business? -

than Office Communicator and Lync morphed in 2011, Microsoft Lync now Skype for Business.

On April 14 ^th Microsoft published its rebranding unified communications (or "Universal Communications") client is introduced for enterprises and SMB customers, several user interface updates. For example, Skype for Business Skype accepts ™ icons for calling, adding video and ending calls and an active call remains visible in a small window when the user focus to another app, so that buttons like Mute remain easily accessible. Desktop Sharing now provides a heads-up display, so you can easily select which monitor you want to control, and business users can Skype emoticons in their instant messages; all this while the security and control of Lync.

The Skype for Business client works on Lync 2010 Lync Server 2013, Lync Online and Skype is maintained for business servers. Lync Online is the transition to Skype for Business as Microsoft is rolling out in April and May. And according to Microsoft VP Zig Serafin blog post a Skype for Business Cloud Voice preview will be available this summer in the United States available Enterprise Voice features and audio conferencing in Office 365.

Citrix most comprehensive solution in the provides desktop virtualization market for the deployment of Microsoft Lync optimized and we are continuing our cooperation with Microsoft as Skype for business replaces Lync. Next month, our Synergy conference in Orlando, Florida, I will speak on the subject Deliver Lync and other audio-video applications . Interested in the latest developments in optimized delivery of Skype for businesses of XenApp and XenDesktop and Citrix HDX RealTime Optimization Pack for Microsoft Lync? Be sure to attend this session, SYN234, or search for my follow-up blog post on this topic.

Meanwhile, since the current version 1.7 of the Optimization Pack is not fully compatible with the new Skype for Business client be careful not Windows Update KB2889853 or KB2889923 to replace automatically the Lync 2010 or 2013 clients in your virtual desktop -Images!

Derek Thorslund
allow director of product management, HDX

Skype for Business is a trademark of Skype and Citrix is not connected, sponsored, or otherwise approved by / with the Skype group.

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Meeting Services experts at the Citrix services Showcase -

The introduction of the new Citrix services Showcase!

Visit the Citrix services Showcase in Synergy Park at Citrix Synergy.

New this year is the Citrix services Showcase include demo stations, architect workshops and informal networking. Stop by during Synergy Park to meet hours experts Citrix Education, Citrix Consulting and Citrix Support. Top architects is also on site to host pre-scheduled Architecture workshops with our customers.

Let us take our SMEs now!

Name: Lisa Geiger
Position: Channel Sales Manager EMEA Education
years experience: 8
expertise: Working with our Citrix Authorized partner Learning Center Citrix training business to grow. We have a large network with more than 50 partners in EMEA who provide Citrix Training
Top Tip :. There are many Citrix are training opportunities, but if you want to learn from the best and the largest return of Citrix investment, make sure you take Citrix Authorized Training
While not working .: have been lying to Zurich recently, Lisa likes to spend their time exploring and Switzerland Tourism. When she is in the US again because they like to ride and compete with her Irish Sport Horse in the sport of dressage

Name :. Martin Lee
Position: World Wide Networking Offering Manager
Years experience: three years
certifications: CCSP
Top Tip Make it easier get your work life ... trained
While not working .: Lee time with his four year-old boy and 2 year old girl spends. He also enjoys running, takes training and supports non-profit organization of his wife. "Nurture over Nature Support" is aimed at the implementation of healthy eating in public school systems

Name :. Santiago Ferrer
Position: Manager Supportability Programs
Expertise: process improvement
Years experience: 14
Top Tip: Turn beeps grip while waiting for the participants to join a GoToMeeting. Go to the Audio section of the Control Panel in GoToMeeting and click on the three dots icon ( "..."). You can a - hold beeps and input / output Chimes from there
While not working .: Santiago enjoys with his family, traveling and photography

Name .: Aaron Wilson
position: Senior Offering Manager World Wide Professional Services
expertise: cloud, networking, Daas and Managed Services
years experience: 8
certifications: CCSP, Pragmatic marketing Certified
Top Tip: build. Measure. Learn
While not working .: Aaron loves spending time with his family; there is never a dull moment. He also enjoys traveling, sport spectating and hanging out with friends

Name :. Danielle Vaughan
Position: With Manager Mobility WW Services
Expertise: Education + Consulting
Years experience: 4
certifications: CCIA, CCEE, MCITP
Top Tip: "Check out some of our new XenMobile courses - we publish updates for XenMobile 10, so you can get the latest information ! to obtain, how mobility to implement in your company "
While not working: Danielle plays volleyball, skiing, mountain biking and climbing - something outside in Colorado or California

name: Richard Cortez
position: Senior Director, Americas Enterprise Support Services
expertise: Support
years experience: 17
Certificates: ITIL, Micro
Top Tip: every customer as your only client feel
While not working: Richards plays golf, skiing and enjoying classic car shows.

If you have not already done so, make sure you register for Citrix Synergy, so that you leave with our Citrix experts this opportunity not engage escape and learn!

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Find out how HP and Citrix Enable the productive work at Citrix Synergy -

It's that time of year again:. Citrix Synergy in May, followed by HP Discover in June These two events, the HP and Citrix alliance teams are tens of thousands of customers and show meet - through customer examples, demonstrations and speaking sessions and more - exactly what this partnership goes. We show how we. The most productive employees through the secure delivery of applications, files and services seamlessly to any user, on any device, over any network

to put an even finer point allow it, we will show you why Citrix HP earned award for global solution of the year - mobility. We have solutions and services portfolio is as everything included within the endpoint to the data center, whether a customer wants it on-premise, in the cloud or a hybrid approach. We are focused on using the laser enables companies of all kinds of mobile workspaces, so their employees can work better and as productive as possible, regardless of location, time or space

So, first up. Citrix Synergy.

HP is, once again, a platinum sponsor (booth # 203) at this year's event in Orlando. Again, as we expect, have come to them all register drag to show how to enable productive workplace. To this end, they are (17) in-state "Mini-Theatre" presentations that include Citrix, Intel and NVIDIA. They are experts who thereby demos hosted desktops infrastructure, virtual application delivery, 3D graphics, mobility and mobile workspaces. They will also check a ConvergedSystems virtual rack out, and HP and HP Workstation Moonshot blades on hand.

In addition, there are several HP-specific sessions. These include:

• SYN07: Enabling productive work with HP and Citrix - Wednesday, May 13 1: 15-1: 30 pm
• SYN513: Working with XenDesktop and HP Moonshot : field experience - Thursday, May 14 10: 30-11: 15 o'clock term
• SYN416: architecting HP Converged Infrastructure solutions for XenDesktop - Thursday, May 14 2: 30-3: 15 o'clock term

HP is also the only sponsor of the Real World pavilion, the solutions especially for customers in the fields of education, healthcare, financial services and government to the fore. Each area in the pavilion shows a real scenario with unique solutions. , For example, you are the new HP ElitePad 1000 G2 Healthcare TC tablet that get way to see specifically for VDI implementations and healthcare professionals

, there you have it: a full agenda for all things HP and Citrix. We hope to see you in Orlando. But remember, even if you can not make it, you should tune in SynergyTV and watch it live. They are some cameos from HP see there.

Learn everything you need to know about IBM at Citrix Synergy -

IBM and Citrix have a long-standing relationship, which extends the last 20 years. During this period, the relationship very successful worldwide sales engagement and solution partnership has deepened. IBM and Citrix have in all areas of Citrix products. This week at Citrix Synergy 2015, IBM and SoftLayer, an IBM company, the breadth of our partnership, important to introduce areas of product commitment and offers, and of course, important customer successes.

IBM recently expanded its mobile services provides virtualization to Strato, supplies its Citrix Workspace Suite supplies offer through the cloud and make the solution available aaS to their clients. On the IBM / Strato state they are this solution in action Demo. And while you're at it, if the server set up switch flips, remain on the stand in SoftLayer Server Challenge participate!

On the networking side, things are heating really for the partnership and you will have two chances to get the latest information as we engage to be key customer needs and driving big success. In these sessions IBM will focus on SDN and present a customer success story, where the customer uses IBM Cloud Managed Services to deliver SDN on Strato with NetScaler MPX

Learn more these meetings .:

• SYN104: architecting and automation of next-gen data center with software-defined networking in mind "- Tuesday, May 12 2:00 to 2:45; position W315B
• SYN327: case study: building a production quality SDN solution on the cloud - Thursday, May 14th at 11:30 to 12:15; position W315B

offers to hear a lot more about the partnership during the year while you are at Synergy. I would encourage you to visit IBM to learn the latest in our commitment, as we provide the common position to enable customer success and satisfaction of our shared vision.

Security is no longer an IT issue -

If you Synergy keynote saw last week my portion of the day 2, you know that security is a major concern for CEOs. Some people are surprised when I say that, because you think traditionally behind a safety strategies of the company of CIOs and CSOs as the main driver. And they are usually - but the reality is that the security is no longer an IT problem, it's a business problem. The challenge is that all companies that have to do with it, different and there is no silver bullet to solve security problems. Data security has become an important part of risk management in a modern company.

Yesterday's security plan is not strong enough

Today's threat vectors are challenging and yesterday's security plan to protect your organization is not strong enough. We can not, as planned, and if we could be at risk - but we can plan how to handle it. A holistic approach, the processes to deter such includes uncover, to react and to rehabilitate (DDRR) helps us prepare, if the protection fails. A modern security plan should secure not only as systems, but it should provide a clear approach to data protection for data in use, are in transit and at rest. Monitoring users and data behavior, access control and encryption also help to raise the visibility and improve safety. A comprehensive approach should include clear governance (all the way at the board level), Architecture (IT and Business), appropriate technology and effective organization / operation.

But where to start? Our customers understand that Citrix is ​​an important partner in their current and future security strategies. There are many practical examples that we have seen some in this year's Innovation Award Video, but no supplier can be a one-stop shop for security in today's world. Our goal is to continue to make value-added products that address directly to our customers security concerns surrounding the delivery of the software-defined workspace. And just as with all our products, we believe that you can have security without compromising productivity -. Companies must ensure that they experience, reliability and flexibility provide

So how do we do that? Our main products are developed with the concept of adaptive security front and center to allow the balance of safety with activation. Virtualization, containerisation and secured networks are all critical and work together to provide an adaptive security solution available. It is about the combination of the right tools at the right time to protect what matters.

The Castle and Moat vs Metropolitan City

the sheer growth in the number of connected users, equipment, machinery and data reinforces the need for the right solutions. I like a "castle and compared to the city moat" to use analogy. Basically used companies to be able to approach a as easy as to use a moat to protect against data theft. But now, not the company are most important, companies need to see themselves as a large city. originated with the constant influx of new devices and wearables, and the rise of the Internet of Things, a new generation of security threats and challenges. Simply saying "No" to the new demands of an enlightened user base will not work. Period. The more IT says "no", they drive more employees to take things "Underground", where there is less transparency and control. The old threats, taking care of were still taken with the moat exist, of course, but you can not fix the problems of tomorrow with the thinking and methods of yesterday. You have to stay ahead of the curve and be an enabler.

Staying Ahead of the Curve

to stay ahead of the curve An example is the beta Octoblu platform we demoed in the keynote last week. I may be biased because I start helped the company to (now part of Citrix), but it is an important step to the idea of ​​how the devices and data to secure, which brings together the IoT. With Octoblu, each "thing" is considered to be identified and managed its own perimeter, with strongly keyed encryption and a separate authentication and authorization components. As a result, it is possible to white or blacklist any thing with other things from the communication as required. So not only allow new approaches to security to cope with modern challenges, but it brings the power of the Internet of Things to workspaces and business environment in order to allow more flexibility, helping people be more productive and gives them a delightful experience.

I'd love to hear your thoughts on my keynote message (and the Octoblu Demo). It is on call here. Look purely and then leave a comment or ping me on Twitter at @geirheads.

Three ideas to spark user-centered design thinking -

I recently took my first Citrix Synergy in Orlando.

In our Customer Experience Stand and breakout sessions, we heard many interesting stories about the possibilities - compared to our customers in providing meaningful experiences to their end users - and challenges. It was a great opportunity to listen and to get some real business feedback.

Our team ran two practical workshops to share some of the user-centered design methods that we use internally at Citrix. At the end of this session, one of the most frequently asked questions of the participants was "How can I share back with more people in my office?"

Here are three things could you do today to help your teams start to think in a user-centered manner.

1. Discover the power of Empathy

Building empathy for the user is the basis for a human-centered design approach. One of my favorite TED talks- Transforming Healthcare for children and their families -shows, this may be as powerful.

This is the story of Doug Dietz, industrial designer for GE Healthcare. Doug had received much praise from the hospital staff with its state-of-the-art MRI and CT-scan machines, but he was stunned to see that the patient experience anxiety one of its main users: young children. Determined to make a difference, Doug got to better understand these young patients and their parents, then the whole experience reimagined a sense of the child's imagination to open up. The results were very personal to him, and as a parent myself, I jumped at the impact that can have a human-centered design approach.

What if it is my child going through something were so?

2. Talk Really listen with your users and ...

In an interview with, and really listen to your users seems like common sense, right?

We have previously written about the lost art to talk with your customers, but the reality is that the technology decisions are often made without real-live end user direct input. It is not difficult to understand why. You might not be sure how to get access to users, or how to interview about it

Again and again, in our own design projects, we are reminded of a truth: You can not fake empathy. There is no substitute for sitting down and talk to your users, observing their facial expressions and body language.

Think. On three users of your product or service, and sit down with them for an informal chat Explore these Interviewing Basics Guide for some tips on how to get the most of your calls. The key is out there to get and start talking to users. It may embarrassing at first, but the more conversations you have, the more natural they are.

3. Experience is Believing

How can one then the findings apply you have collected from your users talking? We have proven the design thinking methods from Stanford Hasso Plattner Institute of Design (also known as the "d.school") particularly accessible and useful. This action-oriented 0 minutes Design Project you walk through an entire design cycle, and could easily be completed in your next weekly team meeting. One of the things I most is to this activity that it is not based on your own business. a process, learning a history different from your own use, it allows you to accurately represent your company without the distractions to learning to concentrate. Once you have experienced the approach Example topics, you are then in a great position to apply it to your own work.

We welcome the opportunity had to share more ideas and stories, and we are always interested to hear your opinion. Feel free to reach free to at cxlistens@citrix.com, and follow us on Twitter @CitrixCX us.

is Citrix NetScaler VPX on Microsoft Azure Accelerates your applications in the cloud -

Cloud Computing utilize resources through the network, to enable an organization to work more efficiently and with greater agility ,

To the best results companies need an Application Delivery Controller (ADC) that is optimized for high performance and provides an always-on, always-secure basis for their applications. Citrix and Microsoft have to make together the NetScaler VPX on Microsoft Azure Marketplace. Customers can bring their own license (BYOL) and retrieve the published VPX in the marketplace, it saves time and effort.

Citrix NetScaler VPX for Microsoft Azure

The VPX a common set of features through on-premise applications and those features in the cloud environment provided to ensure availability of applications

Eight reasons to consider VPX :.

builds scalability -. to be several models of VPX Be available HTTP throughput of 10 Mbps, 0 Mbps and 1 Gbps different workload requirements

supports applications widely used - It supports Citrix XenApp. ® and Citrix XenDesktop and specific workloads such as Microsoft Exchange, SQL and SharePoint

ensures availability - VPX provides a high-availability mode, to ensure that the applications continuously available

VPX managed multi-tenancy -. It does this with a policy that is tailored to the specific needs of the tenants, if they are defined as an application, line-of-business or user.

Strengthens Security -It contains protective multi-layer application, including the App Firewall, Data Loss Prevention and against ~~ POS = TRUNC against Denial of Service (DoS) and other Layer 7 attacks.

Delivers secure connectivity - secure remote access with Citrix NetScaler Gateway allows users of a single access point login build-out to meet the needs of users based on roles , device and. Network increase productivity

offers granular visibility - virtual network Azure creates a direct link between local computers and Azure virtual machines to resolve customer with the same tools for on-premise applications allows ,

simplified management Provides - VPX enables businesses to remote sites in minutes and operate their distributed networks via a cloud-based application to deploy, and centralized monitoring and network transparency is maintained. VPX uses the Azure Management Portal for the rapid deployment of NetScaler virtual instances.

Deployment Scenarios for VPX on Azure

production delivery by Azure Infrastructure-as-a-service provisioning server offload functions, application acceleration and security functions improved.

hybrid cloud environment for an easy transition between applications and workloads in the local data center and hosted Azure.

development and use of Azure testing during production at the site to accelerate time to production.

cloud to eliminate migration for organizations as they travel on local data center and into the cloud. Ideal for small to medium sized companies who do not want to expand their data center to be continuously growing their business needs.

cloud bursting for organizations of local application, which, reaching the planned peak power. The additional requirements are addressed to the same applications in Azure runs

For more information, please visit :.

NetScaler on Azure Marketplace

NetScaler Application Delivery Controller

XenApp / XenDesktop ラ イ セ ン ス 解説 -

XenApp/XenDesktopライセンスを効果的に導入運用しトラブルを回避するためには、XenApp/XenDesktopのライセンスについて正しく理解する必要があります。そのためには、ライセンス契約とライセンス管理技術について別々に考える必要があります。

ラ イ セ ン ス 契約

シトリックスのライセンス体系は以下のようになっています。
http://license.citrix.co.jp/product.html

XenDesktopについては年間ライセンスでの購入方法もありますが通常は購入した場合は恒久使用権が付与されることになります。

XenAppは同時使用モデルのライセンスのみ、XenDesktopは同時使用に加えてユーザーデバイスモデルのライセンスがあります。

同時使用とは不特定ユーザーがXenApp/XenDesktopにアクセスする場合に適したラインセンスです。必要なライセンス数は同時にXenApp/XenDesktopにアクセスする端末デバイスの最大数になります。

ユーザーデバイスライセンスモデルは、企業組織内にて決まった数の利用者もしくは端末デバイスでXenDesktopを利用する場合に適したライセンスモデルです。必要なライセンス数は、XenDesktopを利用する全利用者数と全端末デバイス数で少ない数のライセンスでの契約になります。もしXenDesktopにアクセスする端末デバイスが合計100台あり、XenDesktopの全利用者が0人いる場合は100ユーザーデバイスライセンスが必要になります。利用者が300人でデバイスが00台の場合は300ユーザーデバイスライセンス必要になります。

ユーザーデバイスライセンスはそのライセンスは恒久的にユーザーまたはデバイスに付与されるものです。ただし、利用者が離職した場合や端末デバイスが故障により交換した場合などは、新しい利用者や端末デバイスに再割当ては行ってよいことになっています。

また、契約上の利用者は実利用者の数になりますので、例えば一つのログオンアカウントを複数利用者で共有する場合は利用者数はログオンアカウント数では数えません。

デバイスとは利用する端末を指すので、複数の利用者がなんらかのリモートアクセスの方法により、一台のサーバーを経由してそれぞれ同時にXenDesktopにアクセスしたとしてもデバイス数はサーバー一台では数えず、利用がアクセスしている端末デバイスを数えます。

ラ イ セ ン ス 管理

これらのXenApp/XenDestkopライセンスは、ライセンスサーバー技術によってお客様が効率的に管理運用できるようになっています。

同時接続ライセンスはデバイスからXenApp/XenDesktopシステムにログオンがあった時点でライセンスが払い出され切断またはログオフ時にライセンスが戻されます。事前起動や残留セッション機能を利用した場合はダミーのセッションがある期間はライセンスが払い出された状態になります。

ユーザーデバイスライセンスモデルの場合前述のライセンス契約に従うように自動でユーザーデバイスを判断してライセンスを払い出すようになっています。

以下 簡 単 に ラ イ セ ン ス の 払 い 出 し 例 を 示 し ま す.

• XenDesktopに最初のユーザーAがログオンした場合はまずユーザーライセンスが払い出される。（ユーザーライセンス消費：１デバ イ ス ラ イ セ ン ス 消費 0)
• その後同じデバイス1から別のユーザーBがログオンすればユーザーライセンスが戻され１つのデバイスライセンスが代わりに払い出される（ユーザーライセンス消費：０デバ イ ス ラ イ セ ン ス 消費: 1)
• この後また別のユーザーCが同じデバイスからログオンすると、ライセンスは新たに払いだされない（ユーザーライセンス消費：０デバイスライセンス消費：１）
• この後、一人の同じユーザーAが別デバイス2からログオンすると、１つユーザーライセンスが新たに払いだされる。（ユーザーライセンス消費：１デバイスライセンス消費１計：２）

上記の例では最終的に３人のユーザーが２つのデバイスを使ってアクセスすることになりますが、３人か２台で少ない２ライセンスが最終的に使われます。このようなロジックによって、購入されているライセンス契約内でXenDesktopが正しく利用できるようになっています。なお、ユーザーデバイスについては自動で判別されるので、管理者がユーザーもしくはデバイスを明示的に選択することはできません。

払いだされたユーザーもしくはデバイスから0日間アクセスがなかった場合は自動でライセンスが開放されます。これはユーザーが離職もしくはデバイスが故障したとみなしての動作で、管理者の手間を省くようになっています。

管理者がコマンドでライセンスを開放することも可能です。ユーザーデバイスライセンスモデルでは、オーバードラフトと呼ばれる10%のアディショナルなライセンスが付加されており、0日間以内にこの範囲のライセンスの変動であればコマンドによる手動の開放を行なう必要はありません。

以上簡単にまとめましたが、日本語ライセンスFAQもぜひご確認ください。

http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX138813

Troubleshooting GSLB persistence with Fiddler -

The purpose of this post is to show how to use Fiddler to troubleshoot HTTP Persistence problems with GSLB.

Fiddler is an amazing tool for troubleshooting. I will only scratch the surface of how the tool can be used. Fiddler download, use this link: http://www.telerik.com/download/fiddler

As a note, there are many other tools that can be used to the same goal to to accomplish. Other tools included on my list, Firefox developer tools, Firefox Cookie Manager + and Chrome developer tools.

Below is the step-by-step, how I like to fix GSLB persistence with Fiddler.

1. Change the Hosts file, so that a static entry for the Web page exists, which will be examined. In my case, I'm going to test web.green.local.

2. Identify what are the GSLB cookie values ​​for GSLB services that are tied to the GSLB vServer. Use to find the "Show GSLB vServer " cookie information. The cookie information follows "Site Persistence Cookies" in the screen capture below. Note the cookie value for GSLB service that is not in the hosts file. For me, who, as I, the 10.1.1.235 entered as manually. I want to note the value of the cookie for web_blue_gslb_svc which is at 10.1.1.225.

3. StartFiddler and make sure Fiddler is used as a proxy for web traffic.

4. Go to the Web page that uses the entry in the hosts file. For me, solves web.green.local for "Open city" by the hosts file entries.

5. Find an HTTP GET request containing a cookie GSLB. Highlighted is the unmodified cookie.

6. Change, so that it now contains the HTTP GET request GSLB cookie for other GSLB service. I change the value of the cookie, the GSLB service at the 10.1.1.225 match. (As a tip, press F2 to unlock the request for processing within Fiddler.)

7. What happens next based on whether HTTP redirect or proxy connection is used for the persistence of the HTTP mechanism.

HTTP redirect

1. Send. HTTP GET request with the modified GSLB cookie value

2. NetScaler will respond back to the request with a redirection to the site prefix on the GSLB service that corresponds to a 302 redirect to the GSLB service.

3. The user would see the URL change in their browser on . In the case of my lab, I used "blueredirect." As site prefix. The user will change the URL in the browser to see. A SAN or wildcard certificate for this approach highly recommended required certificate to avoid warnings.

Connection Proxy

1. On the NetScaler, which owns the IP within the modified hosts file. Use the nstcpdump.sh tool within the shell NetScaler. The way that I command structure is "nstcpdump.sh -n host "

2. By nstcpdump.sh tool runs, send the HTTP GET request with the cookie value GSLB changed. NetScaler will proxy the request of Fiddler on the GSLB service with the matching GSLB cookie value. The NetScaler at the other place, the request and proxy received the request to the back-end resource (in my case, the blue server.). You should see this communication with the nstcpdump.sh tool. Do not forget to nstcpdump process with "CTRL + C".

to 3 kill. The page that appears, should be submitted by the remote GSLB service. In my case, the blue side.

With Connection Proxy, the experience for the user is seamless because the URL does not change, but this solution can adversely affect the user experience when the RTT is very high between two data centers. This solution is not used in the client certificate authentication.

I hope you enjoy this post. Please let me know if you have any questions in the comments below.

Thanks for reading,

Brooks

Federal customers: Put the "S" in HTTPS with NetScaler -

On June 8, 2015 OMB issued guidance on the federal government mandating that all use of sites accessible to the public, to secure, encrypted compounds. https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/memoranda/2015/m-15-13.pdf

The relocation of HTTP HTTPS is more complicated than an "S" to add your URL agencies simply. There are many technical and architectural considerations in the federal government to secure agency public website. The OMB memo describes some of the challenges and cost centers in publicly accessible websites secure.

NetScaler in your website federal government the time and effort it can take to make one of the largest cost centers help in migrating to HTTPS, "mixed content". NetScaler can that all "Mixed Content" guarantees transmitted in a secure encrypted manner. Modern browsers will refuse to refer many uncertain resources within a secure Web site to load. [1] NetScaler can ensure that you will quickly and easily find the OMB standard and federal "web content successfully rendered by modern browsers.

While encryption adds some computational effort, modern software and hardware can fulfill handle this can expenses without material adverse effect on server performance or latency. [1] an agency may avoid any computation that a websites' maximum capacity may be reduced by the use of a NetScaler to manage the secure, encrypted traffic.

NetScaler is a standard in so many major Internet sites, we have a track record with the latest encryption work from, how they develop over time, including new Elliptical Curve Cryptography. Terms NetScaler allows to implement an agency HTTPS sites and develop rollout quick updates to certificates and encryption as the standard over time.

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By NetScaler to secure and encrypt your existing Federal Government website some added benefits over HTTPS only.

• NetScaler TCP multiplexing technologies enable you to reduce the back-end server computing resources to serve your website to save you dollars on the site computing resources spent.
• Application Firewall capabilities of NetScaler can protect your site from modern Internet threats. https://www.citrix.com/content/dam/citrix/en_us/documents/products-solutions/defend-web-properties-from-modern-threats-with-citrix-netscaler.pdf
• Get cloud ready with NetScaler Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB). GSLB allow you to balance by load high availability and disaster recovery to gain web traffic across multiple data centers or more clouds.

"The proof of the negative" with wire Data -

When users complain about slow VDI performance, mostly not, it is not due to a problem in the Citrix environment, but because of applications, Web servers, databases, and other factors. In these cases, the Citrix engineer must "prove the negative" or show that the cause of the problem outside of the Citrix environment is.

In the video below, Citrix CTP John Smith goes beyond the Citrix monitoring capabilities of ExtraHop platform, analytics wire to help data, Citrix engineers see the cause of slow performance results.

Today is John a solutions architect at ExtraHop, but before that he spent more than 15 years as a Citrix engineer and architect. He estimates that if Citrix environments for troubleshooting, some 70 percent of the time, the cause of the problem lay outside the Citrix environment.

With wire data analysis that you can see important Citrix metrics such as application startup times Server, login times by users, the loading time of subnet and ICA channel activity. But more importantly, you can correlate these metrics with back-end performance across the entire infrastructure network, storage, database, and other infrastructure levels.

Watch the video to see how it works and how you can wire data "prove the negative"

If you are interested in how to simplify troubleshooting for Citrix environments, we organize a joint webinar with the Citrix Ready team on 25th June entitled avoid the Blame game with ExtraHop wire Data Analytics this webinar is a demo of the ExtraHop solution of John Smith have run.