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QTS Solution Spotlight:
Citrix XenDesktop

Overview

Citrix' XenDesktop software builds off the powerful XenApp and XenServer products to provide a Virtualized Desktop Infrastructure ("VDI") solution in which desktop computing sessions (Windows XP, Vista or 7) are delivered to thin clients or PCs, while running on a centralized back-end virtualized server infrastructure (XenServer or Hyper-V).

A compelling differentiator of Citrix' solution is the ICA protocol, which delivers high performance access over low-speed connections, compared to RDP-based solutions.  In addition, applications can be installed onto a XenDesktop image, or streamed from a XenApp server, or delivered from a XenApp server, providing centralized management and consistent service delivery.  Citrix' HDX technologies support enhanced performance for graphics intensive and multimedia computing.

Clients can be thin clients, traditional PCs (including old ones that would not otherwise be able to run Vista or Windows 7) or other devices, eliminating much of the heavy client-based cost of a broad operating system upgrade.  This is a "21st Century" way to upgrade to Windows 7.

Key Benefits

XenDesktop provides a number of benefits, including:

  • Significant reduction in user support costs as a result of delivering a standardized, locked-down desktop to users as a centralized service - Citrix advertises a 40% or greater cost reduction in support costs;
  • Improved performance through generation of a fresh, new virtualized desktop for users each time a session is started;
  • Management, including patch management, of all virtualized desktops through a central "golden image" - including the ability to roll back problematic patches by "falling back" to a prior version or snapshot of the image;
  • Broad application compatibility based on the native operating system;
  • Ability to deploy Windows 7 to older hardware without a "wipe and reload" upgrade cycle;
  • Consistent access experience regardless of whether users are on-premise or remote;
  • Secure centralized computing - no data needs to leave your network or your servers.

Additional Information

Contact your QTS account manager for more information on how Citrix XenDesktop can fit into your environment.

This site last updated 08/06/09
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