Month: May 2015

Software

Maxta upgrades hyperconverged software with new UI, enhanced reporting

May 18, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Maxta upgrades hyperconverged software with new UI, enhanced reporting
Maxta also announced MxCloudConnect, a cloud based call-home capability, as well as support for OpenStack Kilo out of the gate.

Data Centre

Hyperconverged startup Stratoscale gears up for late summer product release

May 15, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Hyperconverged startup Stratoscale gears up for late summer product release
Stratoscale emerged from stealth late last year with some powerful vendor investors, a unique hyperconverged value proposition and a 100 per cent channel strategy. The plan is for the product to be available this summer.

Cloud

‘Gamechanging’ Citrix Workspace Cloud great opportunity for Canadian partners

May 14, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on ‘Gamechanging’ Citrix Workspace Cloud great opportunity for Canadian partners
Michael Murphy, vice-president and country manager of Citrix Canada, reviewed announcements from this year’s Citrix Synergy likely to be of particular interest to Canadian partners and customers.

Mobility

XenApp, XenDesktop out of spotlight, but not out of mind at Citrix Synergy

May 14, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on XenApp, XenDesktop out of spotlight, but not out of mind at Citrix Synergy
Citrix provides more assurances about the future of XenApp, and also announces some lower key, but very significant enhancements to both XenApp and XenDesktop.

Channel Programs

Citrix finalizing channel plans for Citrix Workspace Cloud

May 14, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Citrix finalizing channel plans for Citrix Workspace Cloud
Citrix’s major announcement at Synergy this year provides huge new opportunities for both CSP and CSA partners, and the channel strategy being finalized is designed to ensure partners who move to the cloud with WorkSpace Cloud will be treated the same way as on-prem partners.

Virtualization

Unidesk continues solution extension with verification for XenApp

May 13, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Unidesk continues solution extension with verification for XenApp
Unidesk’s verification as Citrix Ready adds to the company’s strategy of broadening out beyond their original vSphere base to serve a broader range of customers, through a broader range of partners.

Cloud

Citrix delivers core cloud solution with Citrix Workspace Cloud

May 13, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Citrix delivers core cloud solution with Citrix Workspace Cloud
The highlight of the first day at Citrix Synergy was the announcement of Citrix Workspace Cloud, a platform of services for the creation of complete workspaces with a strong MSP play.

Mobility

Citrix enters hyperconverged infrastructure market with Citrix Melio

May 13, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Citrix enters hyperconverged infrastructure market with Citrix Melio
Other Day One announcements included XenServer 6.5 Service Pack 1, XenMobile 10.1, and enhancements to Citrix’s ShareFile secure file sharing and syncing tool.

Managed Services

Rebranded SolarWinds N-able launches N-central 10 platform

May 13, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Rebranded SolarWinds N-able launches N-central 10 platform
The new platform offers new functionality for MSPs, allowing them to now offer customers support services troubleshooting, diagnosing and remediating help desk issues.

Small Business

New Dell VDI appliance designed to bring Citrix to smaller customers

May 12, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on New Dell VDI appliance designed to bring Citrix to smaller customers
At Citrix Synergy, Dell also announced new versions of two related software solutions, Dell Wyse Device Manager 5.5 and Foglight for Virtualization 8.2.