CSEIT is an event presented by Citrix Escalation engineers and is mostly focused on troubleshooting of Citrix products. They had some really good sessions this year and the sessions are now posted on support site for download.

I highly recommend you to watch these free Citrix training videos/webcasts on NetScaler, XenServer and XenApp.

CSEIT 2008 Presentations

To view the CSEIT presentations and webcast recordings from the XenApp and NetScaler sessions, click the appropriate presentation title.

Note: A codec might be necessary to view some of the presentations. The codec is available at http://www.gotomeeting.com/codec

Here is a list of presentation I watched

XenApp presentations:

CTX117363 - CSEIT 2008 - Citrix XenApp Health Monitoring

CTX117380 - CSEIT 2008 - Troubleshooting Tools for XenApp Environments

CTX117386 - CSEIT 2008 - Understanding and Troubleshooting Citrix XenServer

Citrix Hands-on Technical Workshops are also being made available with on demand streaming video. The very popular Citrix Hands-on Technical Workshops allow you to Learn step-by-step from the product experts how to navigate through the features and capabilities of Citrix's portfolio of products, and there all now being made available on demand!

Continue to Synergy on Demand

iForum Track breakout sessions from this year's Citrix Synergy conference are being made available to you. That's right, if you missed out on attending the Synergy event in Houston, don't despair, because Citrix will be offering access to the content with on demand streaming video. This year's breakout sessions offer detailed technical content, best practices, demos and helpful tips on Citrix products as well as information you need to optimize and enhance your existing environment.

Continue to Synergy on Demand

This is a continuation of the series (see this post and this post) on XenApp Platinum related video interviews from Citrix Synergy.

As part of Synergy Underground project, we interviewed many of the people in the XenApp booth in the TechLab to talk about the different features and components of Citrix XenApp Platinum. In this post, the focus in on future features of XenApp Platinum.

(Several of these videos were shot and streamed live to the Underground site via a Nokia N95 cell phone. The convenience and ability to stream live video directly to the net is the trade off for the lower audio and video quality. Read this post for an explanation of the process and a video on how the live streaming worked.)

Project Delaware Interview with Brandon Olekas

Project Delaware Interview with Sridhar Mullapudi

Web Interface 5.0 Interview with Joel Kattermann

New XPS Printing for XenApp

(Uhhh, I did the countdown live on the video on purpose. )

Cisco SoftPhone and VOIP Integration

At the recent Citrix App Delivery Expo in Sydney, Australia, Michale Harries (AKA Dyson), Steve Parry and Adam Jacques have a virtual meeting in Second Life. "Dyson" and his team deliver applications inside this virtual world.

As part of their coverage of Citrix Synergy,Virtual Strategy Magazinerecorded a video interview with Simon Crosby, the CTO of our VMD division, at Citrix Synergy. In this interview Simon talks about our virtualization products Citrix XenDesktop, XenServer and about great partners like Marathon Technologies.

Thanks to VSM for the link back to the Synergy Underground site as well.

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We had a blast with the Citrix Synergy Flip Video Contest. I have posted all the videos at the YouTube site. You can watch videos via searching on YouTube with "Citrix Synergy" as the keyword or directly going to this link

http://www.youtube.com/profile_video_blog?user=citrixcdn

The contest will end on July 1st 12 PM EST. The top 3 most viewed videos at that date and time will win a Flip Video each.

To learn more about the Flip Video contest click here.

This is a continuation of an earlier post on XenApp Platinum related video interviews from Citrix Synergy.

As part of Synergy Underground project, we interviewed many of the people in the XenApp booth in the TechLab to talk about the different features and components of Citrix XenApp Platinum.

(Each of these videos were shot and streamed live to the Underground site via a Nokia N95 cell phone. The convenience and ability to stream live video directly to the net is the trade off for the lower audio and video quality. Read this post for an explanation of the process and a video on how the live streaming worked.)

Smart Auditor for Citrix XenApp with Kiran Kulkarni

Citrix Edgesight Monitoring for XenApp with Sean Connelly

Citrix EdgeSight for Load Testing with James Millington

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/

As part of Synergy Underground project, we interviewed many of the people in the XenApp booth in the TechLab to talk about the different features and components of Citrix XenApp Platinum.

(Each of these videos were shot and streamed live to the Underground site via a Nokia N95 cell phone. The convienience and ability to stream live video directly to the net is the trade off for the lower audio and video quality. Read this post for an explanation of the process and a video on how the live streaming worked.)

Here are three of those video interviews -

Jay Tomlin on Smart Access

David Wagner talks about the new User profile Manager Tech Preview

Victor Thu talks about Easy Call
(low audio in first half)

Introducing RepairCBDChain a Citrix Tool written by Dmitry Vostokov,
a tool that immediately restores clipboard functionality on the client and server.

Have you ever had a problem where the cut and paste clipboard functionality would not work in a ICA session? I know, silly question, of course you have. I would like to introduce you to a tool I use whenever the clipboard functionality stops working. This tool was written by Dmitry Vostokov a Citrix employee in EMEA. I had the pleasure of meeting him while I was over in Dublin, Ireland visiting the Citrix office there. He is an amazing individual with many accomplishments, you should seriously check out his site, Crash Dump Analysis. http://www.dumpanalysis.org/, I'm willing to bet that you will be as awed as I was.

Continue to download RepairCBDChain:

http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX106226 (32-bit)
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX109234 (64-bit)

Here is a quick snippet from a session that Dmitry Vostokov gave at PubForum 2008 in Dublin this year.
(PS - You may have to turn up the audio to hear it better)

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Continue to PubForum for the full video and powerpoint:

http://www.pubforum.info/welcome/PFResources/tabid/55/Default.aspx
http://www.pubforum.info/welcome/Portals/0/PubForums/DUB08/PPT/Hyper-V.ppt
http://www.pubforum.org/videos/DUB08/Citrix_Tools.wmv

Many you have seen the Synergy Underground site by now. As I wrote in the post announcing Synergy Underground prior to the conference, the goal for Synergy Underground was to give those of you unable to attend an inside view into the event. I have received many questions about how the concept came into being, how we did the live video, and how many video views the site has had since the site launch last week. I put together a presentation that answers these questions.

Several of my friends have given me a lot of well deserved grief over the live interviews I shot where you can hear me do a count down at the beginning. Yes, you can hear me say "two, one" in several of the videos. I did a countdown to help the interview subject prepare for the beginning of the live video. Some people were more than a little nervous about being broadcast live on Citrix.com (very understandably) so I thought a countdown was a good idea at the time. In my defense, most of the time when I hit the stream button on the N95 there was a couple seconds delay before the connection was established and the video began to stream. Obviously, that delay was inconsistent, so on some videos you do hear me count down. I have also heard about how many times I opened a video with "Okay". The interview subjects were not the only ones being broadcast live for the first time on the internet, the guy behind the camera was new at this as well. C'est la vie. I could have spent a lot of time editing that part out of all the videos I did and reposted them, but I decided to leave them as is, warts and all.

Despite the audible count downs, the intermittent data signals and the eternity it takes to upload videos to BrightCove, this project was a lot of fun and a big success in my opinion. I hope we get the opportunity to do this again.

Synergy 2008 was a great event, and I wanted to introduce you to a group of people, among the many other people, who have done their part in making all the magic happen at Synergy. They have been the crew year after year that have made all of our events possible. Missing this year was Donnie Page, but he had the best excuse, something about his wife having a child or something, congratulations to you and your family, which now includes a new baby girl, we missed you. I was in awe at how organized this team was and how quickly they went about getting everything setup, not to mention the long hours. Thank you all for the great job well done, and please help me add anyone to the list that I may have missed, you guys rock!

Brian Miller
Fabian Wright
Doug DeLucca
Greg Sanders
Ray Stanton
Jesse Lazcano
Riley Cooper
Chris Schultz
Mike Delaguardia
Brian Moss
Mike Rossi
Mike Morris
Cory Ohm
Kpayah Tamba
Allen Furmanski
Pedro Llugano
Jose Rios
David Moxey

Here are a couple of photos I took during a well deserved night out for dinner:

Synergy 2008 turned out to be an incredible event, it was an Expo, an iForum, IT 2.0 , and it was Geek Speak Live all in one. I had my reservations at first, as I really didn't like the idea of moving it from October to May, which in my point of view, put it in the same time slot as so many other events. I knew that this had the possibility of making people having to choose which event to go to during this time. I would like to thank all of you that were able to attend, and I hope that it was all that you expected and more.

Here are some photos I took during the first day registration:

Citrix has grown its position in the industry and in the community, we hope to hear from you, as we would like to know how we can make things even better, please let us how we can make Citrix and our involvement go to places never thought possible.

Thanks for attending and we hope to see you next year!

On behalf of the Synergy Underground team, we would like to thank you all for tuning in and watching.
We hope that we have given you a uncensored glimpse into the goings on at a Citrix Event,
and what better event to kick it off with other than at this years Synergy!

Please say hello to the Synergy Underground team:

John Fanelli
James Rabey
Chris Fleck
Barry Flanagan
Vishal Ganerwiala
Adam Marano
Sunil Kumar
Gus Pinto
Rich Crusco

We would like to take this Underground idea to the next level, so please feel free to let us know what we can do to make it even better. What did you like, what didn't you like, what should we have done, what shouldn't we have done, or just what ever you think.

Thanks again and stay tuned for more!

Continue to the synergy underground:
http://community.citrix.com/underground/

It was great to see all of the many people that came to Geek Speek Live, and it was even more incredible to see that it turned out to be a standing room only event! Not that I didn't want everyont to have a seat, of which we apologize to you for underestimating the amount of people who would be attending. We knew that there was a need and demand for people to have a voice and dialog with Citrix community, but who would have guessed that it was going to be this big

Here are some photos I took on day 1 of Geek Speak Live

I want to thank everyone who was involved in Geek Speak Live, the people who envisioned it, the people who helped make it a reality, the people who set it up, the speakers, the sponser (Intel), and of course the attendees.

We look forward to any and all feedback you have to making this and even more impressive event, so please, if you have any ideas or feedback please let us know how we can make it even better.

Thank You All!

Here is your chance to preregister for Citrix Synergy 2009 in May 2009, Las Vegas

If you can only attend one conference this year, Synergy, the event where virtualization, networking and application delivery meet, is your best choice. Synergy combines multiple events to provide a holistic view of today's hottest technologies, along with the business and technological savvy you need to succeed in challenging times.

Continue to Citrix Synergy 2009 Pre-Registration: http://www.citrixsynergy.com/about.php?id=5

Overview | Where virtualization, networking and application delivery meet

Synergy 2009 has been completely reconceived as the industry's premier thought leadership event where virtualization, networking and application delivery meet. While other conferences provide broad topics of general interest to attract as many attendees as possible, Synergy remains tightly focused on virtualization, networking and application delivery, and will provide you with the steps you can take today to enable a simpler and more cost efficient computing environment for your company.

Synergy will enable you to break away from the cost and complexity of distributed computing. By making application delivery a strategic priority, you can lower TCO, improve business processes and respond to market forces with greater agility. You'll increase your skills and bring back new ideas and solutions that will enhance IT's strategic importance to your organization.

Overview | Conference Highlights

In addition to being the best event to expand your knowledge and skills regarding application delivery, networking and virtualization, Synergy is also a great place to find out what other organizations, industry experts, vendors and opinion leaders are doing. Synergy provides many opportunities to network, exchange ideas and compare notes.

Synergy is being held at a fabulous venue—the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas—which offers plenty of opportunities for relaxation and entertainment.

Welcome Reception - Monday, May 4
During its 10-year history, Synergy has always begun with a gala Welcome Reception in the Exhibit Hall. You will be able to greet friends, meet new acquaintances and get a first look at the many products and solutions on display.

Innovation Award
The Citrix Innovation Award recognizes Citrix customers that have implemented its solutions to drive innovation in their businesses. Presented at Synergy, the award showcases compelling, real-life examples of customers who exemplify IT agility from the datacenter to the desktop.

Solutions Expo
This large and diverse exhibition will feature exciting new products and solutions where more than 70 leading industry vendors will showcase their application delivery solutions. The Solutions Expo Hall also offers a presentation theater and a whiteboard area staffed by Citrix experts on hand to answer your detailed technical questions. At the center of it all will be the expansive Citrix booth which will include hands-on demos of Citrix technologies given by product experts.

Citrix Testing Center

Take one of our latest exams at regular price at the Citrix Testing Center, located in Grand Ballroom 109-110 (MGM Grand Convention Center), during business hours and receive an extra exam of your choice at no cost! The free exam may be used for retakes or advancement toward your desired credential. Now through Friday, May 1 pre-register to take an exam at the Testing Center and receive an extra 20% off the exam price! Testing Center Hours: Monday, May 4 - 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Tuesday, May 5 - 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Wednesday, May 6 - 10:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.; and Thursday, May 7 - 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

MGM Grand
This world-famous hotel and casino offers practically unlimited dining, relaxation and entertainment possibilities, including a spa, Parisian-style cabaret, pool club, nightclubs and lounges, and even the renowned Cirque du Soleil, which performs its theatrical extravaganza, KÀ, right in the hotel.

Here is a collection of videos from the synergy underground at Citrix Synergy 2008 in Houston, TX

Continue to the synergy underground:
http://community.citrix.com/underground/

Here is a collection of videos from keynote at Citrix Synergy 2008 in Houston, TX

Continue to the Videos:
http://www.citrixsynergy.com/conferencehighlight_keynotevideos.htm