Organizations deploying virtual desktops must weigh the benefits of different classes of clients. As computing needs grow over time, an investment in PC clients can meet the needs of increasing categories of workers. In Principled Technologies’ lab tests, Intel Core vPro processor-based PCs delivered an excellent user experience while playing advanced multimedia workloads within a virtual desktop infrastructure session. Learn more in this testing white paper.

Comparison test results of Intel E5405 vs. Intel Nehalem Xeon E5570 in a Citrix XenServer environment

The Single Server Scalability test is designed to quantify the maximum number of client sessions that can be connected to a Citrix XenApp with acceptable performance. See how the Intel 7400 series processor performed in this test report.

This report highlights the server capacity impacts and benefits of using multimedia redirection with Citrix XenDesktop. Principled Technologies’ test findings showed the ability to run 43% more virtual desktops per server with multimedia redirection enabled. Learn more in this testing whitepaper.

Citrix Systems, Inc. and Intel Corp. commissioned Principled Technologies to measure power and performance of Intel Xeon processors working with Citrix XenServer 5

XenApp scalability analysis with Intel Nehalem Xeon processor.

Today, federal agencies face an array of IT challenges, including the need to drive operational efficiencies in an increasingly complex environment. Citrix XenClient is a high-performance virtualization solution for mobile PCs, jointly developed by Citrix and Intel, that provides increased security, management, and flexibility for federal agencies.

Desktop virtualization is rapidly being adopted as the best way to deliver Windows desktops to business users. At the same time, laptops are fast becoming the desktop of choice in corporate environments, and while they meet the need for a great user experience and work flexibility, they also introduce more complexity and risk for corporate data loss. Read this IT Briefing to learn how to extend the benefits of desktop virtualization to mobile users while delivering the security that IT needs.

Intelligent desktop virtualization (IDV) enhances and expands the use of virtualization technologies to create a better future that eases the growing tension between IT professionals and end users. PCs powered by Intel® Core™ vPro™ processors have many device-native management options, including hardware-assisted security, remote out-of-band management, and built-in virtualization, making them ideal clients for IDV. Learn more in this solution brief from Intel.

The combination of Citrix XenClient XT and systems with 2nd generation Intel Core vPro processors addresses key IT challenges federal agencies face, including the need to efficiently increase support for telework and COOP. By delivering new levels of virtualization performance, security, and manageability, XenClient XT provides an ideal platform for transitioning from desktop to mobile computing. Learn more in this white paper.

By leveraging the numerous advancements in the Intel® Xeon® Processor 5600 series, the high-end Citrix® NetScaler® MPX™ appliances deliver the industry’s most comprehensive feature set paired with performance that exceeds the requirements of the world’s largest datacenters.

Citrix HDX MediaStream, through a process called "adaptive orchestration," automatically senses intelligent clients and balances where rich media file types are processed. With the combination of Citrix HDX and Intel-powered intelligent clients and servers, this solution provides organizations with cost effective, highly efficient, optimized computing models for enterprise-scale desktop virtualization environments.

Client-side virtualization solutions running on 2nd generation Intel Core vPro i5 and i7 processors give IT an efficient, cost-effective and secure way to centrally manage client devices; they also deliver local performance and compute capabilities that enable employees to work with complex and graphic-intensive programs whether they are online or offline.

When used together, Citrix and Intel solutions provide users with a rich, responsive computing experience while reducing management and support costs for IT managers. Learn more in this overview.

Together, Citrix and Intel make it possible for IT departments to focus more attention on strategic business needs rather than being tactically mired in the trenches. Learn more in this end-to-end virtualization white paper.

Citrix and Intel are providing a new generation of virtualization technologies that can help organizations like yours transform static, underutilized datacenters into dynamic, agile application delivery centers. Learn more in this white paper.

Desktop virtualization is attractive to organizations of all types and sizes worldwide because of its many compelling benefits. One issue that arises, however, is the gap in coverage for mobile laptop users. With the introduction of Citrix® XenClient™, this gap no longer exists. XenClient, an innovative, client-side alternative for delivering virtual desktops, allows IT to extend the benefits of desktop virtualization to laptop users whether or not online. Learn more in this white paper.

The combination of Citrix® XenDesktop® 4 running on Microsoft Windows Server® 2008 R2 with Hyper-V™ hosted on an Intel® Xeon® processor 5600 or 7500 series-based server is producing breakthrough results for desktop virtualization. The combination of these three elements radically increases virtual desktop density, which enables the delivery of more virtual desktops per server and thereby reduces TCO—helping you to do more with less.

Intel conducted a series of studies to analyze the potential benefits of OS virtualization, streaming and virtual containers. Learn from this study how client virtualization can significantly reduce TCO and improve user and IT agility.

IT decision makers can find it difficult to define how best to manage and deliver desktop services whilst ensuring the needs of business users are met and risk to the business is minimized. Not all options are equal so it is important to take a ‘business first’ approach, which balances user needs with the cost/benefits associated with the technologies involved. This guide provides a practical decision-making framework to assess the client computing needs of your own organization.

This reference architecture describes cloud on-boarding and why it is important. The paper discusses on-boarding considerations, as well as the key software tools and applications to make the effort successful by presenting an example of on-boarding a complex application in the enterprise data center to an external cloud. This paper should minimize the learning curve for moving enterprise applications to the cloud and highlight important issues to consider before undertaking cloud on-boarding.

For enterprise IT professionals looking to move data, applications, or integrated solutions from the data center to the cloud, it is often useful to start with the knowledge and experience gained from previous work. This reference architecture describes cloud on-boarding and why it is important. The paper discusses on-boarding considerations, as well as the key software tools and applications to make the effort successful.

This paper provides complete architectural details with step-by-step instructions on how to implement hardware-based I/O virtualization in a Citrix XenServer environment by using Intel® 10Gb Ethernet Controllers that support Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV). Included in the document are assessments of the functionality and performance observed during testing. With this information, you may better assess your plans on how to improve I/O performance in virtualized environments.

Intel IT conducted an internal technology evaluation to determine how using the most up-to-date hardware and software, such as Intel® Xeon® processor X5570 and Microsoft Windows 7*, affects server and network utilization as well as the performance of streamed and virtual hosted desktop (VHD) compute models. This study followed a previous investigation, published in 2008, that compared streaming and VHD.