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Citrix Synergy 2014 Presentation SYN257 – The sky’s the limit with Moonshot! Insider information on implementing XenDesktop on HP’s revolutionary platform

I recently presented a session at Citrix Synergy 2014 SYN257 (http://www.citrixsynergy.com). Below is the description of the session with the attachments and images from the slide deck. Speaker Dane Young (@youngtech), Solutions Architect, Entisys Solutions (www.entisys.com) SYN257: The sky's the limit with Moonshot! Insider information on implementing XenDesktop on HP's revolutionary platform In 2013, HP began a journey to revolutionize the cloud, big data, social and mobility landscape with a new class of servers: Project Moonshot. The game has now changed with a focus on hosted desktop infrastructure (HDI), made possible with AMD x86 Accelerated Processing Unit (APU)-based cartridges. These cartridges [...]

By Dane Young, MBA|May 8th, 2014|Citrix, General Technology|14 Comments

Citrix XenDesktop 7.5 Remote PC Access, HDX 3D Pro, and League of Legends and Diablo 3!

In the last several years there has been such a focus on getting to that lofty end-state of hosted desktop virtualization from the data center, that many forget to stop and think about how they can obtain real business value today! Case and point is the long forgotten option in the Flexcast model called Remote PC Access (Remote PC for short). With Remote PC, I can walk into any enterprise and tell them in less than a week they can be piloting remote access for their users with the best of breed remoting protocols! Don't you think that is a [...]

By Dane Young, MBA|March 2nd, 2014|Citrix|5 Comments

Citrix XenDesktop 7.1 HDX 3D Pro on HP’s Moonshot ConvergedSystem 100 for Hosted Desktop Infrastructure (HDI)

There's been a lot of coverage of HP's recently announced Moonshot based ConvergedSystem 100 for Hosted Desktop Infrastructure (HDI) solution. Wow, I know, that's a lot of acronyms. If you haven't heard much about this solution, I recommend you check out a couple links, listed below: Effective hosted desktops - HP ConvergedSystem 100 for Hosted Desktops with Citrix XenDesktop Less really can be more when it comes to desktop virtualization. 180 PC-on-a-Chip desktops HP ConvergedSystem 100 for Hosted Desktops HP ProLiant m700 Server Cartridge HP Moonshot System Family Guide Now, after reading all of those guides, you should now be an [...]

By Dane Young, MBA|December 27th, 2013|Citrix|15 Comments