Cost analysis: VMware Horizon View vs Citrix XenDesktop
When I’m advising customers on desktop solutions it’s an obvious battle between VMware, Citrix and Microsoft. Customers are becoming more and more cost aware due to the economic circumstances but the demand for audio/video and real time communication is growing. When Server Based Computing (SBC)…
View 4.6 vs XenDesktop 5
The competition in the VDI space is fierce and VMware is slowly closing the gap with the features their products are offering compared to the competition. Although the gap is closing VMware is still very much in the lead when it comes to setting up…
McAfee MOVE anti-virus
Last week we had a meeting with a McAfee Sales Engineer and he told us something I have been waiting for for a long time. McAfee now has a product especially for virtualized environments, McAfee MOVE (Management for Optimized Virtual Environments). After Trend Micro, McAfee…
Trade in XenApp for VMware View part 2
It is always nice to see how Citrix fan-boys reacts on publications about VMware View. Especially when it comes to an comparison or XenApp for View trade in. It is often said that Citrix listens to their customers but they are seldom heard! People need…
Trade in XenApp for VMware View
As a reaction on the Citrix program to trade in your VMware View licenses for XenDesktop, VMware comes with a program to trade in your XenApp licenses for VMware View. The trade in program is quite simple: For the price of 3 years XenApp SA…
Yet another experience posting: Citrix XenDesktop 4 Express – part 1
Two months ago, I heard Citrix was giving away a free VDI version called XenDesktop Express for a maximum of 10 users. The general idea is that you can experience the Citrix product advantages without investing anything but time and hardware. I downloaded it but…