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Analyst Reports
EMA - Citrix Remains a Step Ahead with XenApp 5
EMA believes the new XenApp 5 release is a strong evolution of a leading solution, that will keep Citrix a step ahead in the application virtualization/application delivery space for the immediate future.
Focus Solutions Profile: Citrix XenApp 5
Focus Consulting authored a series of papers on Citrixs virtualization offerings. This paper provides an in-depth look at application virtualization with Citrix XenApp, including overviews on architecture, key features and technical differentiators.
Forrester Inquiry Insights: Client Virtualization, Q3 2008
Read this Forrester report for insight into what is on the minds of desktop operations and architects and where the client and application virtualization market is headed.
Gartner Research TCO Comparison of PCs With Server-Based Computing
Read the Gartner research note to learn why the TCO of a server-based computing deployment used to deliver all applications to users is around 50% lower than that of an unmanaged desktop deployment.
The Tolly Group: Citrix XenApp High Availability Study
The Tolly Group evaluated the high application availability delivered by Citrix XenApp when deployed in a server farm with 1,000 servers. Tests aimed to show that a cluster of back-end servers running XenApp can offer very high levels of application availability, even for the most demanding enterprises. The report shows that XenApp provides 99.99% availability when delivering Windows applications.
The Tolly Group: Citrix XenApp with Citrix XenServer Performance Results
This third party performance report explains the Tolly Groups findings that Citrix XenServer delivers the best performance for virtualizing Citrix XenApp. The report highlights test results and methodologies, including a 41% advatage over VMware ESX in users per XenApp server.
Workforce Continuity: Keeping People Productive During A Workforce Disruption
The study commissioned as part of this report shows that a major workforce disruption can cost millions of dollars in lost productivity. As an example, a 5,000-person enterprise, with a large percentage of its workforce centrally located at a single corporate facility, would suffer a $1.36 million productivity loss as a result of three-day workforce disruption.
Articles
Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Business Trends Quarterly focuses on trends in the area of application delivery that are making it more closely linked to the success of the business.
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Plugged Into Virtualization
In this executive head-to-head podcast interview, EMAs Andi Mann talks to Citrixs Wes Wasson about end-to-end virtualization and the resourcefulness of this technology.
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Brochures
Citrix XenApp Product Brochure
Learn how Citrix XenApp provides an end-to-end application delivery system for all Windows®-based applications in your organization. It eliminates the need to install or manage applications on individual user devices, making application testing, provisioning, management and support easier and less costly.
Case Studies
Scottish university saves £1m with Citrix
Edinburghs Queen Margaret University creates one
of the UKs most sustainable campuses with the help
of virtualisation.
FAQs
Citrix XenApp Customer FAQ
Common questions on XenApp positioning, packaging, licensing, ordering, training and more.
Guides
Citrix XenApp Evaluation Virtual Appliance Quick Start Guide
Learn how to set up, license and configure the Evaluation Virtual Appliance for Citrix XenApp. This document will also lead you through the process of profiling, publishing and accessing applications from your environment.
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Getting Started with Load Testing Services
Load testing services provides the best automated load and performance testing solution for Citrix XenApp environments. It takes the guesswork out of forecasting the resources needed for application virtualization, reduces maintenance costs associated with regression testing, and minimizes the chances of introducing instability through configuration or software changes.
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Improving Farm Performance and Resiliency with Citrix XenApp 5 HRP03
This white paper provides administrators with the technical knowledge necessary to deploy a resilient, scalable, and well-performing farm with HRP03. It includes technical details into the HRP03 optimizations to provide a deeper insight into the health and correct functioning of a XenApp farm. Also, it highlights best practices for deploying and maintaining XenApp farms and detailed measurements of the performance and scalability benefits of HRP03.
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NetScaler for Citrix XenApp Implementation Guide
Citrix® XenApp delivers key business applications. NetScaler provides peace-of-mind by providing XenApp infrastructure with secure remote access and continuous application availability in a single, integrated solution. Even during a data center outage, you users have consistent, secure access to XenApp delivered applications.
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License Agreements
Product Reviews
TEST RESULTS: XenApp Performance with XenServer 4.1.0 Enterprise Edition
This paper presents test results and recommendations for optimized performance of XenApp on XenServer. Results of testing in both physical and multiple virtualized server environments using an internal benchmark test suite developed by Citrix will be discussed.
Reference Materials
Citrix Plug-in and Clients Feature Matrix
Side-by-side comparison of Citrix XenApp client features.
Citrix XenApp Comparative Matrix
Side-by-side comparison of Citrix XenApp features by version and edition.
Solution Briefs
Enhance Your XenApp Deployment with Citrix NetScaler
Learn how NetScalers integrated Access Gateway, Enterprise Edition SSL VPN, load balancing and global server load balancing features provide scalable secure access, high-availability and disaster recovery/business continuity for XenApp.
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HP Printers Supported in Citrix XenApp Environments
This document lists all of the printers tested by HP in XenApp environments, explains the printer and scan tests performed by Citrix, identifies which HP printers, printer driver versions, scanners, all-in-one printers and TWAIN driver versions were used, and describes any issues that occurred while performing these tests.
NetScaler for Citrix XenApp Reference Architecture
Citrix XenApp delivers key business applications. NetScaler provides peace-of-mind by providing XenApp infrastructure with secure remote access and continuous application availability in a single, integrated solution. Even during a data center outage, you users have consistent, secure access to XenApp delivered applications.
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Using Citrix XenApp to Rapidly Delivery Microsoft Office
Microsoft® Office is the application most frequently delivered with Citrix XenApp. This paper will discuss the many benefits of delivering Office applications with XenApp and how application virtualization with XenApp can eliminate challenges associated with migrating to the new Office suite, allowing you to deliver the new suite immediately and at a fraction of the cost of a traditional deployment.
Virtualizing Citrix XenApp with Citrix XenServer
This white paper describes how organizations can achieve faster deployment, higher reliability, easier management, and server consolidation by hosting their XenApp application virtualization solution on Citrix XenServer.
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Case Study
- Quito Electrical Company
“The true benefit of XenApp lies in the implementation of a solution that supports operations and management activities with cutting-edge technology tools, helping guarantee a high level of resource availability in the IT infrastructure.”
- Quito Electrical Company
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