Global IT major, Dell has unveiled new solutions in its desktop virtualization portfolio that optimize productivity and simplify deployment and management within Citrix environments.
These new offerings include the Dell Appliance for Wyse – Citrix, Dell Wyse Device Manager (WDM) 5.5 and Foglight for Virtualization for application and infrastructure monitoring.
Building on its long-standing relationship with Citrix, the new solutions from Dell make it easier than ever for small and medium organizations to adopt Citrix-based virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI). Dell has the solutions that organizations require no matter where they are on their desktop virtualization journey, from initial planning to optimization of their current infrastructure. As the only true end-to-end VDI solution provider in the market today, Dell maximizes the value of the entire system, from data center infrastructure through to the endpoint, as well as services and support.
Easy to Deploy Citrix-Based VDI
The Dell Appliance for Wyse – Citrix provides smaller organizations the ability to leverage Citrix XenDesktop in a single appliance that makes it easy to install, deploy and run VDI for up to 200 users. When paired with Wyse Xenith thin clients, it provides a complete enterprise-ready desktop virtualization solution that delivers full XenDesktop functionality to a smaller group. The appliance enables organizations to gain the security, flexibility, productivity and cost-saving benefits of VDI, while being managed by the same IT generalist personnel who manage physical desktops and laptops.
Comprehensive Citrix-Based VDI Portfolio
Dell is now making it easier than ever for companies to adopt Citrix-based virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) solutions regardless of company size. For large enterprises today, Dell offers the Dell XC Web-scale Converged Appliance for VDI that integrates enterprise-class storage, compute and hypervisor resources into a single solution that is easily deployed with Citrix XenDesktop. The appliance delivers predictable cost and scaling, simplified purchasing, and easy Nutanix-based management and monitoring. Now built on a new 1U Dell PowerEdge XC630 server, the appliance supports more virtual desktop users in half the rack space and at a lower cost than previous versions.
Foglight for Virtualization 8.2
The newest release of Dell Foglight for Virtualization enables Citrix administrators to quickly analyze and improve all aspects of the user experience by pinpointing and resolving performance bottlenecks. By providing a complete view of the underlying XenDesktop and XenApp infrastructure, administrators can capture analyses of virtual desktops and streaming application sessions, as well as performance data from platforms such as Active Directory, storage and network infrastructure. Predictive analytics with built-in domain expertise also allow administrators to use performance data for both real time and historical analysis. Adjusting dynamically as VDI sessions go on and offline or as virtual machines move within the data center, Foglight for Virtualization, Enterprise Edition, now shows the end-to-end topology of the Citrix environment and is accessible from a Windows client or tablet.
Speaking on this development, Steve Lalla, VP Commercial Client Software and Solutions, Dell, said, “Organizations of all sizes increasingly need systems that allow them to be mobile and collaborative, while reducing IT complexity, and this can be achieved through virtual desktop solutions. The new solutions and updates announced today put true enterprise-class desktop virtualization within easy reach for most small organizations.”
Calvin Hsu, VP Product Marketing, Windows App Delivery, Citrix, explained, “”Dell continues to innovate for customers of all sizes. The Dell Appliance for Wyse – Citrix is built to leverage the strengths of Citrix XenDesktop in a package suitable for smaller organizations that lack the resources of a large enterprise. With this purpose-built appliance, small and medium-sized organizations can more quickly deploy and manage virtualized Windows desktops and apps and reap security, performance and experience benefits that XenDesktop delivers.”
