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Citrix Essentials 5.5 for Hyper-V |
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Written by Alexander Ervik Johnsen
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Thursday, 17 December 2009 18:11 |
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The new version of Citrix’s virtualization management solution for Microsoft’s hypervisor is designed to streamline the adoption of site recovery for virtual environments. The promise is that Citrix Essentials 5.5 for Hyper-V will not only simplify deployment, but also reduce complexity and the costs of implementation and management associated with the business continuity solution. Citrix Essentials 5.5 for Hyper-V is already available in an Express edition, but also an integral part of a full-featured Platinum SKU.
“Customers are looking for a reliable, rapid site recovery strategy that isn’t time-consuming to implement and expensive to manage,” said Garth Fort, general manager of System Center marketing, Server and Tools Business at Microsoft.
Citrix’s position is that its disaster recovery solution is just what customers that have embraced virtualization and Hyper-V in their environments need. Citrix Essentials 5.5 for Hyper-V is designed especially for companies that are relying heavily on virtualized environments in their datacenters for running mission-critical applications. In this regard, Citrix Essentials 5.5 for Hyper-V brings to the table the StorageLink Site Recovery technology. Citrix notes that customers will be able to leverage StorageLink Site Recovery on top of the virtualization management capabilities of Hyper-V and System Center.
“We’re working with Citrix to deliver a configurable and integrated solution that removes the complexity associated with competitive solutions. With its new site recovery technology, Citrix Essentials for Microsoft Hyper-V gives customers an easy way to improve disaster recovery and bullet proof application and data availability,” Fort added.
Citrix Essentials 5.5 for Microsoft Hyper-V Express edition is already available for download at no charge. On top of the free edition of Citrix Essentials 5.5 for Microsoft Hyper-V, the company is offering the Enterprise edition at $1,500 per physical server and the Platinum edition for $3,000 per physical server. StorageLink Site Recovery is offered with Citrix Essentials 5.5 for Microsoft Hyper-V Platinum edition, but an express StorageLink Site Recovery SKU will be available with Citrix Essentials 5.5 for Microsoft Hyper-V Express edition on December 23, 2009.
“It is difficult to align systems, networking and storage teams for disaster recovery planning and implementation. Then in the event of a disaster the same teams have to coordinate recovery. Disaster recovery can be an insurmountable task for organizations lacking either budget or expertise. The Citrix-Microsoft solution solves these challenges,” added Barry Barnett, senior systems engineer at OSIsoft, a leading provider of highly-scalable and secure infrastructure for the management of real-time data and events.
Citrix Essentials 5.5 for Hyper-V is available for download here. |
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IceWEB's Iplicity Platform is Verified as Citrix Ready |
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Written by Alexander Ervik Johnsen
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Tuesday, 01 December 2009 19:04 |
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STERLING, Va., Dec 01, 2009 -- IceWEB, Inc, (OTC Bulletin Board: IWEB) today announced that its Iplicity Unified Storage Platform has been verified as Citrix Ready(TM). The Citrix Ready program helps customers identify third-party solutions that add the greatest value in Citrix Delivery Center Infrastructure solutions. Iplicity completed a rigorous verification process to ensure compatibility with the Citrix Essentials(TM) product line.Iplicity is trusted to enhance Citrix Delivery Center Infrastructure solutions
The Citrix Ready program makes it easy for customers to identify complementary products and solutions that can enhance Citrix environments. Customers can be confident that Iplicity has successfully passed a series of tests established by Citrix (Nasdaq: CTXS) and can be trusted to work effectively with Essentials for Xen Server(TM) and Essentials for Hyper-V(TM).
The Iplicity Unified Storage Platform provides highly scalable virtualized storage to Citrix deployments and is simple to deploy and manage. From server virtualization projects to Virtual Desktop deployments, Iplicity adds value to Citrix customers by reducing their storage costs, providing lightening fast performance, and easing the burden of administering a complex SAN or NAS storage solution.
IceWEB's Iplicity Platform will soon be featured in an online catalog at www.citrixready.com, and carry the Citrix Ready logo.
"Citrix Ready makes it easier for customers to select the best application delivery products for their specific needs from the large number of solutions developed by Citrix's extensive ecosystem of partners," said Scott Armstrong, Senior Manager, Business Development, for Citrix. "The Citrix Ready logo attests to the high quality of the IceWEB Iplicity Unified Storage Platform and its suitability for a Citrix environment."
"Citrix Ready dramatically increases our visibility to Citrix customers and channels, clearly demonstrating our commitment to providing solutions that add value to Citrix products," said John R. Signorello, CEO of IceWEB. "The offering also provides the basis for a community in which vendors and customers can interact and share information through the dedicated Citrix Ready e-marketplace."
About IceWEB, Inc.
Headquartered just outside of Washington, D.C., IceWEB manufactures and markets purpose built appliances, network and cloud attached storage solutions and delivers on-line cloud computing application services. Its customer base includes U.S. government agencies, enterprise companies, and small to medium sized businesses (SMB). For more information, please visit www.IceWEB.com.
About Citrix Ready
Citrix Ready identifies recommended solutions that are trusted to enhance the Citrix Delivery Center infrastructure. All products featured in Citrix Ready have completed verification testing, thereby providing confidence in joint solution compatibility. Leveraging its industry leading alliances and partner eco-system, Citrix Ready showcases select trusted solutions designed to meet a variety of business needs. Through the online catalog and Citrix Ready branding program, you can easily find and build a trusted infrastructure. Citrix Ready not only demonstrates current mutual product compatibility, but through continued industry relationships also ensures future interoperability. Learn more at www.citrixready.com.
Citrix(R), Citrix Ready(TM), Essentials(TM) and XenServer(TM) are trademarks of Citrix Systems, Inc. and/or one or more of its subsidiaries, and may be registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and in other countries. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are property of their respective owners.
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Citrix Essentials for HyperV 5.5 - Beta Available Now |
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Written by Alexander Ervik Johnsen
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Tuesday, 29 September 2009 17:46 |
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The release of Windows Server 2008 R2 brings many new features to Hyper-V.
Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008 R2 includes five core areas of improvement for creating dynamic virtual data centers:
- Increased availability for virtualized data centers
- Improved management of virtualized data centers
- Increased Performance and Hardware Support for Hyper-V Virtual Machines
- Improved Virtual Networking Performance
- A simplified method for physical and virtual computer deployments by using .vhd files
A new release of Hyper-V for Windows Server 2008 also means that a new of release of Citrix Essentials for Hyper-V is coming.
Citrix just made the beta version of Citrix Essentials 5.5 for Microsoft Hyper-V available for download.
Citrix Essentials 5.5 for Hyper-V, otherwise known as the 'R2' release of Citrix Essentials, supports the latest Hyper-V and System Center enhancements now available in Windows Server 2008 R2 (http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/hyperv-main.aspx ). In addition to supporting R2, Citrix Essentials adds new disaster recovery capabilities to Hyper-V with StorageLink Site Recovery.
Here's a glimpse of some of the new goodies available in Citrix Essentials 5.5 for Microsoft Hyper-V:
Site Recovery
Why put a bunch of idle physical hardware at remote recovery sites when you can accomplish your DR objectives with virtualized servers using Hyper-V? Server virtualization with Hyper-V gives your IT organization an extremely cost-effective approach to disaster recovery, while the new Site Recovery capabilities included with Citrix Essentials gives you the control you need to implement, manage, and test your DR solution.
Site Recovery uses StorageLink technology (http://community.citrix.com/display/ocb/2009/07/20/Essentials+for+HyperV+-+StorageLink+Step+by+Step+Part+1 ) to unlock underlying storage array replication services, giving you the toolset you need to enable remote fail-over strategies for their Hyper-V environments. You can use StorageLink Site Recovery to set up native storage remote mirroring services, then test the recoverability of virtual infrastructure at remote sites through the staging capabilities included with Site Recovery. Instant clones of recovery VMs can be created and placed in isolated networks where you can test recovery without impacting ongoing data replication or access to critical Hyper-V infrastructure.
 Additionally, you can use workflow orchestration tools in Citrix Essentials and Windows Server 2008 Clustering to build out a completely automated DR solution for your Hyper-V infrastructure. R2 Integration This release of Citrix Essentials coincides with the R2 release of Windows Server 2008 to ensure you can take full advantage of advanced management and automation included with Citrix Essentials for Hyper-V. It supports the latest Windows Server® technologies, including the R2 releases of Hyper-V and System Center Virtual Machine Manager. Citrix Essentials integration with the R2 release of Hyper-V and System Center includes the simplified setup and administration of shared storage assets required for Microsoft Failover Clustering and Live Migration. Windows 7 Support Most IT organizations will spend the coming months testing Windows 7 in their labs as they prepare to roll it out to their users. Citrix Essentials 5.5 for Hyper-V includes updates to its lab management capabilities, including support for Windows 7. Automated lab management in Citrix Essentials automates the setup and tear-down of unique workload configurations, including builds of Windows 7, using self-service template libraries for rapid provisioning and enables cross-team collaboration on common virtual environments. With automated lab management, organizations can accelerate the process of moving workloads through development and testing, and into the live production environment, while reducing virtual machine sprawl and minimizing setup or configuration errors and delays. Grab the beta and go for a test drive.
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Citrix Essentials V6 Licensing Allocation |
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Written by Alexander Ervik Johnsen
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Friday, 04 September 2009 10:22 |
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Citrix Essentials is delivered with different kind of licenses. Some of these licenses use the V6 Licensing model and must be activated and allocated using the Activation System (CAS) in MyCitrix. However, these licenses are branded as Citrix Essentials but they are in fact V6 licenses. See the list below, which features from Citrix Essentials using the V6 Licensing model.
Using V6 Licensing and need to be activated/allocated through MyCitrix:
Provisioning Services
StorageLink
Citrix Essentials for Microsoft Hyper-V Not-For-Resale licenses are also using V6 Licensing and must be activated and allocated with the Activation System (CAS) in MyCitrix.
Not using V6:
Lab Manager
StageManager
XenServer
Does not use a license:
WorkFlow Studio
Workload Balancing
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