White Papers: Citrix

Businesses of all sizes are increasingly focused on creating flexible work environments and offering telework options for employees. By administering policies and providing the technical capability for employees to work remotely, these companies can improve job satisfaction and worker attraction and retention. At the same time, the organisation can realise additional business benefits such as lowering costs, increasing productivity, improving sustainability and maintaining business continuity. This paper explores the implementation of teleworking based on a foundation of desktop and server virtualisation.

This executive brief examines how organisations are maximising their resources and leveraging an increasingly virtual workforce that can function effectively whenever or wherever the work needs to get done—whether that’s in a client’s office, from home, on the floor of a hospital, in a temporary trailer on a project site, or in a factory site located across an ocean—and gain access to their desktops and applications even if they switch from one device or location to another.

VDI is a great start, but don't stop there. Only XenDesktop delivers virtual desktops to all your users. If you're considering desktop virtualization, remember, VDI is just the beginning. Only Citrix XenDesktop offers a complete solution to meet the unique needs of all users. Its flexible range of virtualization technologies enable every user to access the right kind of desktop and applications.

XD Radio is a podcast series that covers key topics of interest for IT professionals investigating, evaluating and implementing desktop virtualization. Today’s topic has been transcribed for your convenience. This discussion covers how XenDesktop with Machine Creation Services simplifies deployments in POCs and pilots in hypervisor-based environments.

This paper describes how XenDesktop application and desktop deployment models can support common types of growth initiatives. While this paper outlines specific use cases to highlight XenDesktop capabilities, most IT departments deploying XenDesktop will use a combination of desktop delivery models and application virtualisation technology as part of a strategic desktop transformation program. Read on.