Cloud Winner

CA Technologies    CA Nimsoft Monitor for Citrix CloudPlatform

CA Nimsoft Monitor for Citrix CloudPlatform provides the coverage, insights and automation that administrators need to practically and efficiently monitor dynamic Citrix CloudPlatform-based private, public or hybrid infrastructures, along with the cloud services being delivered. At customizable intervals, CA Nimsoft Monitor can collect availability, capacity and performance metrics and alarms from multiple Citrix CloudPlatform implementations - whether virtual data centers are on-premise, running at a service provider or a combination thereof, deliver single pane- of-glass.

Cloud Finalists

Appcara    AppStack

AppStack is a dynamic model-driven cloud application platform that streamlines and accelerates time-to-market for distributed workloads into the cloud, whether they are multitier business apps, Big Data apps, custom apps, or a small business’ line of business apps. The application frees users to select the most optimal cloud target for their apps, including Citrix CloudPlatform and Apache CloudStack, whether public or private – and then to save time, costs and hassles in deploying and managing cloud applications with peak efficiency throughout their lifecycle.

Trend Micro    Deep Security

Deep Security is a scalable, extensible platform that currently includes anti-malware, file integrity monitoring, log inspection, intrusion prevention and intrusion detection (IPS/IDS) and firewall; it accommodates multi-tenancy a must-have for service providers and very large enterprises. It is the most comprehensive, performance optimizing cloud/VDI security solution for XenDesktop. Also, at present runs as agent-based implementation with XenServer with demonstrable ability for anti-malware module in agentless form.