By now, you've probably been hearing or reading a lot about Citrix's relationship with Intel...or at least we're hoping that's the case!

Most of the recent news has been focused on our joint collaboration in the development of Citrix XenClient. XenClient is one of the most exciting projects in Citrix's history and we can't wait to see how the project changes the definition of desktop virtualization. With that said, there are optimization activities currently underway with our Citrix Deliver Center products, such as Citrix XenServer and Citrix XenDesktop that are worth talking about too!

Intel and Citrix have a long history of working together to deliver end-to-end solutions for the enterprise. From how Citrix XenServer works with Intel Xeon processors to how Citrix XenApp and Citrix XenDesktop work alongside Intel vPro technology to our joint development of Citrix XenClient, there is a great story in this partnership.

At Citrix Synergy 2009, Tom James, Business Development Manager, Digital Office Platform Division from Intel presented how solutions and technologies from Intel work with Citrix Delivery Center. For those of you who weren't able to attend Synergy or those who could but didn't have a chance to check out this session, it's available here for your viewing pleasure.

In this webinar you will learn:

• About recent server consolidation testing conducted in the Citrix Lab with Citrix XenApp, Citrix XenServer and Intel Xeon 5500 Series processors
• About the upcoming local desktop virtualization platform - XenClient - Citrix is developing in conjunction with Intel and how we see it changing the client landscape moving forward
• About the other collaboration areas from a technical perspective and how they add customer value
  

Check out the webinar!

Меня часто спрашивают:

Насколько сложна установка нашего продукта Citrix XenServer?

А соответствует ли реальности заявления о том, что достаточно 10 минут для установки XenServer на новый сервер?

После того как я получил такой вопрос в xxx-ый раз, я решил, что лучше один раз показать, чем 100 раз рассказывать. Для этих целей я записал демо-ролик процесса установки продукта.

Надеюсь, что посмотрев этот ролик, вопрос простоты установки будет снят.

	Name	Size	Creator (Last Modifier)	Creation Date	Last Mod Date	Comment
	XS-Install.mov	9.82 MB	Sergey Khalyapin	Feb 16, 2009	Feb 16, 2009

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This tip shows you how to connect remotely to XenServer Configuration Console GUI from XenCenter and save a trip to the Datacenter.

UPDATE

Adding the command line to be typed for Copy & Paste purposes...

/usr/bin/xsconsole

best,
Gus

I'm not sure where or when this conversation took place, but PC World had an interview with Simon Crosby, the CTO of the Virtualization and Management Division at Citrix, about future plans to build on Hyper-V. It was an interesting read, and I think that it helps reinforce a point of view in that no one company is going to have a hold on the virtualization market, it is going to have to be about interoperability, as we have only just begun to mold whatever form this market may become.

Continue at Source: Citrix CTO Mum on Plans to Build on Microsoft's Hyper-V

In addition to the scheduled sessions for the 23rd and 24th,

http://xen.org/files/xensummitagenda.pdf

they have added a NEW! track to be held on the 22nd

http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix08/training/tutonefile.html#s4

Introduction to the Open Source Xen Hypervisor

Todd Deshane and Patrick F. Wilbur, Clarkson University; Stephen Spector, Citrix

Who should attend:

System administrators and architects who are interested in deploying the open source Xen hypervisor in a production environment. No prior experience with Xen is required; however, a basic knowledge of Linux is helpful.

The Xen hypervisor offers a powerful, efficient, and secure feature set for virtualization of x86, x86_64, IA64, PowerPC, and other CPU architectures, and has been used to virtualize a wide range of guest operating systems, including Windows, Linux, Solaris, and various versions of the BSD operating systems. It is widely regarded as a strategically compelling alternative to proprietary virtualization platforms and hypervisors for x86 and IA64 platforms.

Take back to work:

How to build and deploy the Xen hypervisor.

Topics include:

• Xen architecture overview
• Building a Xen hypervisor from Xen.org
• Installation and configuration
• Virtual machine creation and operation
• Performance: tools and methodology
• Best practices using Xen

Continue to Xen Summit: http://xen.org/xensummit/

XenServer and the soon to be released Citrix Workflow Studio Customer Tech Preview will have Workflow Tasks for XenServer included in the Customer Tech Preview.

Stay Tuned Here: Citrix Developer Network - Citrix Workflow Studio

Get Updates Here: Citrix Updated - Citrix Workflow Studio

Want to Hear directly from top virtualization executives about how the value of Citrix and Microsoft solutions can benefit you today and into the future?

Well, now here's your chance!

Virtualization of applications, desktops and servers represents an exciting new frontier for IT. Join Citrix® and Microsoft® to learn how their combined forces offer the leading virtualization solution that is highly interoperable, transforms your data center into a delivery center, and lowers costs. Citrix's new server virtualization technology and next-gen Windows® and desktop virtualization offerings and the new Microsoft Windows Server® 2008 and Hyper-V hypervisor make an unbeatable combination that many customers are choosing as their virtualization solution today.

Hear directly from top virtualization executives from both companies about how the value of Citrix and Microsoft solutions can benefit you today and into the future.

Find out what the buzz is all about!

Register now. Seating is limited.

Event Date	City	State	Registration
04/16/2008 (Wednesday) 8:30 AM - 2:45 PM CST	Irving	TX
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04/22/2008 (Tuesday) 8:30 AM - 12:45 PM PDT	Irvine	CA

* Every attendee receives a Microsoft Virtualization book signed onsite by author Robert Larson!

* Win an 80GB Zune! [1 winner per city; must complete evaluation form to enter drawing]

Intel's "Cliffside" technology enables a single physical Wi-Fi adapter to function like two independent Wi-Fi adapters.

I don't know of any software out there, it may exist though, that allows a single Wi-Fi adapter to be able to connect to multiple wireless networks. The only exception to that would be is if the adapter had multiple radios in either the same or different bands.

The other really exciting thing I can see from "Cliffside" is what it can do for us with virtual machines.

Here is a real scenario that "Cliffside" could have helped solve:

A good friend of mine over at Siemens, Scott Hembroff, ran into a bit of a problem that involved the local host needing to be able to connect to the Siemens Wireless network, but yet also be able to connect a running virtual machine on to another Wireless network. This problem could have been solved with some really crafty voodoo magic, but the big hurdle had to do with the security of the other wireless network and how they locked down MAC addresses and Machine ID's. Basically to solve the problem we ended up using a USB Wireless adapter that we did not let the local host install, we only installed it on the guest. This allowed for the security measures in place on the other Wireless network to not be comprised, but yet allow us to have the physical host exist on two different Wireless networks.

If "Cliffside" had been around when we were tackling this problem, who knows, we might not have even thought twice about what to do. With that being said, it doesn't look like "Cliffside" in its current advertised feature set from Intel, could have solved the problem, as they are intending the second partition to only be used as a PAN. I get it, but why wouldn't you go all the way with the ability of true duality?

This is a good starting point, but if our computers are to be fully virtualized or are running more than one virtual machine, we are going to need to be able to connect to more than one wireless network, and the virtual machines are going to have to have be able to do that from one physical/virtual wireless adapter.

Yesterday Citrix announced a new XenServer pricing modelthat is already creating headlines across the industry. XenServer is the first server virtualization product to do away with the complex and outdated per CPU socket pricing, moving to a per server model.  Administrators no longer need to worry about counting the numbers of sockets, cores, CPUs etc - servers is what matters.

Part of the Citrix DNA is to simplify and streamline the whole customer experience - in addition to building intuitive and easy to use products, we extend the ease of use concept to how the product is evaluated, purchased and supported.  Citrix XenServer doesn't have a plethora of confusing options and add-on packs - everything is bundled into one or more editions within the product line, dramatically reducing the size and complexity of our price lists and the purchasing & ownership experience.

We noticed that selling based on per 2 CPU sockets was causing confusion in the marketplace, especially between sockets, CPUs, and CPU cores.  In the days of multiple core CPUs does pricing per physical CPU make sense?  How many administrators know exactly how many sockets are in their organization - (everyone knows the number of servers) - Per server just makes sense.

So for XenServer 4.1 each license is an entitlement to support a unique physical server within the organization. In addition we support both annual (12 months  usage) and perpetual licenses.  We're defining per server as industry standard 2 and 4 socket servers, as these represent apprximately 99% of all servers - 8 CPU (and above) servers are specialized systems and we continue to offer unique pricing.

Moving forward you're going to see a continued focus on ease of use, making Citrix XenServer the best server virtualization choice!