Dell Virtual Remote Desktop1 (using Citrix® XenDesktop™) offers a nextgeneration, user-centric desktop virtualization solution that provides a comprehensive system for desktop delivery.

Silver Cross Hospital achieves 100% application availability with virtualized desktops from Dell.

SoftLayer improves IT staff efficiency by 15% while introducing more flexible services for customers with Dell storage.

Dell, Citrix, and Microsoft provide an end-to-end optimized solution for remote, server-hosted desktop virtualization called Dell Virtual Remote Desktop (VRD). This solution combines Dell’s client, server, storage, networking hardware, and services with Citrix XenDesktop desktop virtualization technology and Microsoft’s server virtualization and management infrastructure.

The Dell Desktop Virtualization Solutions (DVS) Simplified 1010 is a Dell PowerEdge R710 system powered by Citrix XenServer and Citrix VDI-in-a-Box. This document provides the necessary steps needed to configure the Dell DVS Simplified 1010 appliance.

This reference architecture provides an introduction to DVS Simplified Appliance including features and benefits, target customer guidance, general sizing guidance and configuration recommendations for implementing a Dell virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) solution powered by Citrix VDI-in-a-Box and Citrix® XenServer™ infrastructure.

A reference guide to the list of Dell-supported hardware and software for your Dell Desktop Virtualization Solutions (DVS) Simplified 1010 powered by Citrix VDI-in-a-Box.

The purpose of this test was to provide the data needed to substantiate the maximum number of Windows XP virtual desktops per host for XenServer 5.5 using XenDesktop 4. ). This information provides a data point that customers may reference in designing their own implementations. It is not intended to provide a comprehensive set of tests, workloads, hardware evaluations, etc., and many factors can influence whether other tests will experience the same results.

Through their expertise and resources, Dell, Citrix, and Intel deliver custom desktop virtualization solutions to organizations, with the speed and integration capabilities associated with off-the-shelf systems. With DDVS, organizations can speedily, painlessly, and easily begin or expand their desktop virtualization environments, leveraging the knowledge developed by the three partners to realize the productivity, cost, and management benefits associated with this industry-changing technology.

On Intel Xeon X7350 & X5570 host servers, using Dell PowerEdge hardware

This technical white paper provides general sizing guidance and configuration recommendations for implementing a Dell virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) solution powered by Kaviza VDI-in-a-box and Citrix® XenServer™ infrastructure. This configuration combines Dell™ PowerEdge™ R710 servers with VDI-in-a-box software to create a resilient VDI solution capable of providing an end user experience that is the same or better than a traditional PC desktop.

This technical white paper provides general sizing guidance and recommendations for implementing a Dell virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) solution powered by Kaviza VDI-in-a-box and VMware ESXi infrastructure. This configuration combines Dell™ PowerEdge™ R710 servers with VDI-in-a-box software to create a resilient VDI solution capable of providing an end user experience that is the same or better than a traditional PC desktop.

With the 64-bit open-source Xen hypervisor at its core, Citrix® XenServer™ Dell Edition is a powerful virtualization solution that enables efficient resource consolidation, utilization, dynamic provisioning, high availability and integrated systems management.

Solving the Desktop Lifecycle Management Challenge

Together, Citrix, Intel and Dell are making it easier for IT professionals to provision, manage and secure their entire IT infrastructure while providing hardened, scalable and optimized solutions that span from the datacenter to the desktop.

Profile management cuts both the complexity and costs associated with managing and maintaining desktops – an area of increasing importance and value as organizations adopt virtual desktops. The Dell, Citrix and Intel relationship enables administrators to efficiently control and manage the contents and size of user profiles, thus easing budgetary burdens—yet simultaneously empowering users to be more productive and efficient.

This study highlights the benefits and costs of Dell's MCC solution that Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare conveyed in a series of in-depth interviews with Forrester Research. Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare is a private, not-for-profit healthcare system serving 16 counties in North Florida and South Georgia.

A reference guide to the list of Dell-supported hardware and software for your Dell Desktop Virtualization Solutions (DVS) Simplified 1010 powered by Citrix VDI-in-a-Box.