Citrix Training And Certification Center in India

Citrix is the global leader in infrastructure virtualization for Desktop, Applications & Servers which is the on-demand enterprise and the SSDN Technologies is most trusted Citrix Training Institute in NCR, INDIA.

Preparatory Recommendations: 
It is recommended that learners must have experience administering Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2008 environments with good knowledge of Active directory, Group Policies, DNS, Terminal Server & Licensing etc.

After completion of this training you will be able to do: -

• Install Citrix XenApp in a Windows Server 2003 environment
• Install and distribute Citrix XenApp Plugins
• Create and customize Web Interface sites
• Publish applications, server desktops and content
• Configure XenApp Web and XenApp Services sites
• Configure, apply and prioritize policies in a XenApp environment
• Create and assign load evaluators
• Configure printers and printer policies and manage print drivers and printer bandwidth
• Create and configure XenApp administrator accounts and their permissions
• Configure HDX settings
• Configure SecureICA encryption, SSL Relay and Secure Gateway
• Install and distribute applications, service packs and hot fixes.

Duration & Timings: - Citrix XenApp 5.0 /6.0 training are designed for 45 Hours with complete practical sessions and knowledge sharing. We start two batches of Citrix XenApp training in a month for weekend classes on Saturday & Sunday.  

Certifications: - After completion of this training you will be able to clear Citrix Certified Administration-CCA. CCA is first level of certification in Citrix after that you can go for next levels of certification like- CCAA, CCEE, CCIE or CCI. Latest exams code for CCA exams are given below:-

·         Citrix XenApp 5 for Windows 2008 Server- 1Y0-A05

·         Citrix XenApp 6 for Windows 2008 R2 Server- 1Y0-A18

New Citrix XenDesktop Release Accelerates Migration To Windows 7 And Beyond

Citrix Systems has announced a new release of its market-leading desktop virtualisation solution, Citrix XenDesktop. This new release fully integrates the personalisation technology acquired last year via Ringcube, as well as support for Microsoft System Center 2012. Citrix also announced the release of Citrix App DNA 6 software for application migration management. XenDesktop and AppDNA software provide a rich set of tools and methodologies to dramatically accelerate enterprise-wide migrations to Windows 7and beyond, giving enterprises a seamless way to design, deploy and manage virtual desktops and applications in existing operations.

The explosion of new applications, operating systems, devices and the people who use them is creating a myriad of problems for IT. They are left wondering how they will manage and support users in this rapidly changing environment. In this transition from the PC era to the cloud era, new technologies and methodologies are required to help make this transition as seamless as possible. By delivering desktops, applications and data as a cloud-like service with XenDesktop, enterprises are able to quickly support existing and new applications, migrate to new operating systems and deliver corporate resources to billions of new devices coming into the workplace.

Citrix continues to drive innovation around desktop transformation helping enterprises take advantage of the business benefits of desktop virtualisation, including delivering IT services from the cloud, enabling mobile workstyles and improving business agility. With the market-leading XenDesktop and AppDNA software, Citrix delivers the solutions and methodologies needed by enterprise customers who want to begin or accelerate their migration to Windows 7 and beyond, while gaining the mobility, flexibility, and management benefits of desktop virtualisation. New capabilities and solutions provide:

Personalisation Users Demand, Management and Cost Savings IT Requires – Consumerisation has given rise to employees’ demands for anywhere, anytime access to corporate resources from any number of devices, including those that are employee-owned. XenDesktop with Personal vDisk technology gives these users the ability to have a personalised virtual desktop experience on a pooled desktop image. Personal apps, data and settings remain right where they left them each time they log on. This enables broader enterprise-wide deployments of virtual desktops by storing a single copy of Windows centrally, and dynamically combining it with a personal vDisk for each employee, enhancing user personalisation while reducing storage costs and management complexity.

Rapid Assessment and Migration of Applications – The new Citrix AppDNA 6 software aligns with the Citrix Desktop Virtualisation Assessment tool included as part of the Desktop Transformation Accelerator. This technology streamlines the discovery and usage requirements for existing applications and users and then feeds those apps into AppDNA software for deep compatibility analysis, remediation, packaging and lifecycle management. This process significantly reduces the time it takes to migrate users to new operating systems.

Management of Virtual Desktops – As virtual desktops deployments increase in number and scale, customers are looking for an integrated management approach across their physical and virtual environments. With this new release, systems management integration between XenDesktop and Microsoft Systems Center 2012 makes the lifecycle management of both virtual and physical desktops a simple and seamless experience for IT. 

Source: http://biztech2.in.com/news/virtualisation/new-citrix-xendesktop-release-accelerates-migration-to-windows-7-and-beyond/129122/0

Mobile technology, smart strategies help drive Citrix

Citrix Systems, a Fort Lauderdale-based company with a wide international reach, has built itself into an important player in the highly competitive information-technology sector, recently posting strong growth in revenues, profits and employment.

Last year alone, Citrix added 1,300 employees to its worldwide workforce, an increase of more than 23 percent, bringing the total to approximately 7,000 today. About 1,500 people work at Citrix’s main office in Fort Lauderdale, and the company also has its Latin American and Caribbean headquarters in Coral Gables.

Citrix in 2011 logged record-high net revenue of $2.2 billion, a 17.7 percent increase over 2010, and record net profits of $356.3 million, 28.6 percent higher than the previous year. Cash flow from operations was $679 million last year, compared with $616 million the prior year.

With more than 230,000 customers worldwide, about 45 percent of revenues came from the Americas, 26 percent from Europe, the Middle East and Africa, 9.5 percent from Asia and 19.4 percent from online services, such as GoToMeeting, GoToTraining and remote IT support. Citrix’s revenues are derived from product licenses, license updates, software as a service and tech services.

The expansion of mobile devices all over the world plays a key role in Citrix’s growth plans.

“In computing, mobility used to be the exception,” said David J. Henshall, the company’s chief financial officer and executive vice president of operations. “Now it has become the rule.”

With the explosive growth of smart phones and tablets, more and more companies and individuals worldwide embrace mobile work styles and cloud-based computing services that allow people to be as connected and productive outside the office as they are in the office using a company network and computer, said Henshall, a Colorado native who has been CFO at Citrix since 2003.

Meeting the burgeoning demand for mobility at the corporate, small-business and personal levels is a driving force at Citrix.

“We enable the mobile work style and cloud computing,” Henshall added. “We enable people to work and play from anywhere using any type of device.”

Like cable and satellite TV, which collects an enormous volume of signals from all over the world and sends them to individual customers, Citrix securely facilitates transmission of data and Internet applications to its customers wherever they are located, and on virtually any device.

Led by CEO and President Mark Templeton, Henshall and other members of Citrix’s executive team continue advancing a corporate strategy that includes in-house technology development and innovation as well as an aggressive acquisition program that provides new technology and market access, plus expansion of the company’s business in mobility and cloud computing. Last year alone, Citrix acquired six companies and bought a stake in another, costing the company about $472 million, according to the company’s SEC filing.

Partnerships also play an important role in its strategy — more than 10,000 companies resell, host and support Citrix products and services in 100 countries, providing the company with input on what the market requires. These partners include Microsoft, IBM, HP, Intel, Cisco, Dell, Amazon Web Services Oracle and SAP, some of whom are also competitors.

Source: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/03/18/2698333/mobile-technology-smart-strategies.html

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Citrix Systems Initiates Citrix XenDesktop Best Practices training session for the Indian partners

Organised under the aegis of Citrix Virtual Computing Expert series- Citrix’s partner enablement initiative, 

he XenDesktop Best Practices session was attended by over 150 channel solution architects, system integrators and pre sales consultants across Bangalore, New Delhi and Mumbai in February 2012. These virtual sessions were aimed at helping partners understand the Citrix XenDesktop solution and align it with the needs of prospective desktop virtualisation customers.

Commenting on the development, Kaushal Veluri, Director - Channels & Alliances, Citrix Systems said, “This initiative is part of Citrix’s training and enablement programs for its partners aimed at mainstreaming desktop virtualization adoption.  Our partners derive significant value from these sessions in understanding nuances of architecting and implementing the Citrix XenDesktop solution and thereby empower themselves to capitalize on the rising demand for this product amongst businesses in India.”

 Vinayaka S. Prabhu, Sr. Practice Manager, Happiest Minds Technologies Pvt Ltd, Bangalore, who attended the training session remarked, “The training was very informative and presented valuable takeaways which will help us deliver Citrix’s solution in line with the requirements of potential desktop virtualisation customers.”

Citrix Receiver wins Best Mobile App for Enterprise at Mobile World Congress

What does Citrix Receiver and Angry Birds have in common?  This week the judges at Mobile World Congress decided the best apps for Work & Play. Perhaps It’s no surprise. Citrix Receiver got best Mobile app for enterprise and Angry Birds won best mobile app for consumers.

As noted by MWC:

“Citrix Receiver provides amazing access to business desktops and corporate applications from any device including the latest Android, iOS and BlackBerry-based smartphones and tablets.”

Citrix Receiver has now become the industry standard app to safely deliver enterprise apps to mobile devices. This is real progress since not long ago Citrix did not have much to offer for anything smaller than a laptop. Now with support for iPad, iPhone, Android, Amazon Fire, Blackberry, Chrome book and more IT can count on a solution that will grow with an ever expanding list devices employees want to bring to work. Beyond access to virtual desktops and app, Receiver with Cloud Gateway enables access to Web and SaaS apps and soon HTML5 & native mobile apps. This means Citrix provides a mobile solution that is future proof as well.

Source: http://www.dabcc.com/article.aspx?id=19459

Citrix XenServer 6.0.2 release notes

New Features and Improvements Since XenServer 6.0

We are pleased to announce availability of XenServer 6.0.2. This version includes a number of new features and ongoing improvements to XenServer 6.0, including:

• Emergency Network Reset: Network Reset provides a simple mechanism to recover and reset a host's networking configuration to its original state at fresh installation. This is also useful when you simply want to configure networking on a host from scratch, and helps to recover a host from an incorrectly configured state. Refer to CTX131972 for detailed information.
• Enhanced Guest OS Support. Support for CentOS 5.7 (32/64-bit), CentOS 6.0 (32/64-bit), Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.7 (32/64-bit), Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.7 (32/64-bit). Refer to CTX131973 for virtual memory and disk size limits for these new guests.
• Windows XenServer Tools Improvements. Windows Guests now can make use of either .Net 3.5 or .Net 4.0 when installing XenServer

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Citrix, Dell partner on new simple VDI appliance for the mass market

Citrix Systems and Dell have announced that they have teamed up to deliver a new VDI appliance that radically simplifies and accelerates desktop virtualization deployments for the mass market. The Dell DVS Simplified solution with Citrix VDI-in-a-Box is an easy, repeatable solution that will be sold through Dell's global sales team and channels.

"We are seeing tremendous customer and partner momentum with Citrix VDI-in-a-Box as SMBs and departments within enterprises seek to capitalize on the benefits of delivering IT services from the cloud by virtualizing desktops," said Krishna Subramanian, Vice President, Marketing & Business Development, SMB Solutions, Citrix. "Our relationship with Dell and the new integrated VDI appliance is aimed at making the transition to the cloud a no-brainer for our mutual customers, ultimately breaking down the barriers to VDI adoption for this very important customer segment through a repeatable, simple, affordable and predictable hardware VDI solution.

"Leveraging the all-in-one Citrix VDI-in-a-Box software, the new integrated hardware VDI appliance is pre-certified to support defined numbers of desktops. There is no need to determine how much disk, CPU and RAM to use. Simply unpack the box, power it on and go. Built on the VDI-in-a-Box grid architecture, adding virtual desktops is as simple as adding appliances like building blocks, and high-availability is built-in.

Based on the unique VDI-in-a-Box grid architecture running on Dell servers, the Dell DVS Simplified VDI appliance can be easily installed to create and rapidly scale a virtual desktop deployment in response to business needs. This makes VDI easily consumable by light IT organizations that may have previously lacked the resources and datacenter infrastructure needed for desktop virtualization.

"Dell's DVS Simplified dramatically reduces VDI deployment complexity, with nothing to architect, configure or install - simply power it on and go," said Steve Lalla, Vice President and General Manager of Dell's Mobility Products and Solutions. "What's more, the solution enables businesses of all sizes to realize the benefits of central desktop management that were previously reserved only for the largest enterprises.

"The VDI appliance is backed by a full Citrix Ready verified ecosystem, providing customers with tested and validated workforce mobility solutions, supporting over one billion devices, including PCs, Macs, thin clients, tablets, smartphones, along with peripherals such as web cams, printers, mice and keyboards.

Citrix has launched a comprehensive, self-paced 4-hour technical training curriculum for VDI-in-a-Box available free of charge to qualified partners. Over 1,000 partners have already taken the sales training curriculum for VDI-in-a-Box in the first few weeks of availability. The comprehensive partner sales and technical training is designed to enable the Citrix partner ecosystem to sell to and support the rapidly growing customer base for easy, affordable desktop virtualization with Citrix VDI-in-a-Box.

Source: http://www.echannelline.com/usa/story.cfm?item=27554