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XenClient vs Mirage Did Citrix buy the wrong thing?

Andrew Wood@gilwood_cs

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You may remember me from such movies as..

http://lnk.glwdcs.tv/1kFuYsj

http://lnk.glwdcs.tv/1wa5EQe

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..is this just another smackdown?

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[insert year here] is year of VDI/DaaS*!

* Delete as applicable

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Generalisation

alert!

Most VDI implementations to date are tactical additions to projects involving RDS/FAT

Why?64-bit OS ¦ Resource Isolation | Hardware Access

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Airplanes Hotels EventsPubs an’ that Meetings

Don’t be like that guy in Rome…

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Profiles

User Data

ApplicationsLife isn’t

just about the desktop

OS

..it’s more important than that

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Bring Your Own Device

Corporately Owned, Personally Enabled

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..anyhoo onwards with many slides of finely detailed point scoring

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XenClient Architecture?

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XenClient Architecture?

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XenClient Architecture?

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..limited hardware support?

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..now with Personal vDisk Integration

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Do you

have this

need now?

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DesktopPlayer…synchronize to more

..Windows? ...

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Yes… Tech Preview Available SoonSign up: Citrix.com/DesktopPlayer

Manu Chauhan - @manu_chauhan – Director, Product ManagementHarsh Gupta - @harshgupta80 - Product Manager - DesktopPlayer

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XenClient App/Image Deployment

Prep Image

Install Apps and

Configure

Capture the Image Deploy

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XenClient and DaaS

• Manage Centrally with Local Execution • Deliver Layered Images Intelligently • Use Device-Native Management

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• Use of XenClient for secure remote access

• Remote deployment

• Validated Endpoint

• @150 users• 4 types of devices

• Typical delivery time @ 2 hours

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• Single instance management• (Pretty) suitable for COPE• (Pretty) suitable for BYOD (with

DP)

• Slightly different user experience

• Bandwidth can be cumbersome• PvD useful for small # apps• DaaS - tricky– h/w; multi-tenancy;

multi-domain

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..f*ck me Doug, this is an awesome piece of work

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Mirage Architecture

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Same same, but different

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Mirage.. layers..

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This is not Virtual Layering

•No HCL•Apps Installed Locally• Full Native Performance

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Mirage Application Deployment

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Delivery with Automation

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New requirements drove:• Local execution• Centralized

management

• Mirage adopted for 7000 end-points

• Rollout will (should) be 70% complete by end of August (4 months to get there)

• Remote Deployment• 30mins for initial base

image deployment – 12 mins re-image

• Differential Imaging with data de-dupe.

• Used with RES Software suite (could be SCCM, etc.)

• Native as a Service (NaaS)

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• Single instance management• Suitable for COPE• Suitable for BYOD

• No changes to user experience• Bandwidth requirements low• Can be simply a backup tool• DaaS - native

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Should Citrix have bought Wanova – Yes.

Should Citrix have not bought XenClient – No.