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Don’t miss this issue’s focus on Virtualization Oriented Architecture (VOA) in our TechCorner!

What's New

We’re excited to announce that as part of Entisys Solutions’ ongoing commitment to support the virtualization partners who help to make our V.O.A. methodology a reality, Jaymes Davis, Principal Architect (Virtualization), Al Solorzano, Principal Architect (Application Delivery Infrastructure) and Jessie LaCome, Senior Engineer will participate in Citrix® Synergy 2008, held at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas, on May 20-23, 2008. During the event, Davis, LaCome and Solorzano will help to lead breakout sessions on the implementation and best practices in the deployment of Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop virtualization solutions. For exact event details see www.citrixsynergy.com and session details below.

Wednesday, May 21st

Session ID: 411
Title: When and How to Add Citrix XenDesktop to Citrix XenApp Implementations
Speaker(s): Calvin Hsu, Al Solorzano & David Bennett
Date: 21 May, 2008
Time: 4:30PM
Duration: 50
Location: Convention Center - GB Grand Ballroom C
Description:
With Desktop Virtualization finally becoming a reality, this is a great opportunity to review your Windows desktop and application delivery strategy. We will explain how to segment end users by desktop requirements and job function. Finally, we discuss the best practice of separating desktop delivery and application delivery using XenApp and the new XenDesktop solution.

In this session you will learn:
* How to segment end users
* How to leverage various virtualization and delivery approaches to meet end user requirements
* Which architectural components can be shared between XenDesktop and XenApp

The Geek Speak BarCamp
Date: May 21st, 2008
Location: Convention Center - Room 360

Title: XenServer Disaster Recovery Concepts
Speaker: Jessie LaCome
Time: 8:40 PM

Title: Virtualization Oriented Architecture over VDI
Speaker: Jaymes Davis
Time: 9:20 PM

Thursday, May 22nd

Session ID: 408
Title: Citrix XenDesktop: Implementation Best Practices
Speaker(s): Manu Chauhan, Jaymes Davis & Max Hermann
Date: 22 May, 2008
Time: 9:30AM
Duration: 50
Location: Convention Center - GB Grand Ballroom C
Description:
XenDesktop, a member of the Citrix Delivery Center product family, is a complete desktop virtualization solution that makes desktop delivery simple, secure and cost-effective. This session will demonstrate in detail how to install and configure the key components of XenDesktop. At the end of the session, a complete desktop delivery environment will be in place. 

In this session you will learn:

• How to install and configure XenDesktop
• Best practices for conducting a XenDesktop pilot implementation.
• Technology comparisons – XenDesktop vs. alternatives

TechCorner

What is V.O.A.?

Jaymes Davis, Principal Architect at Entisys Solutions, explains the benefits of holistic virtualization and the V.O.A. methodology.

What is holistic virtualization?

It is defining solutions and architectures within your environment to work with virtualization technologies. A methodology has been created for transitioning and adapting to the virtualized workload. We have found that holistic virtualization has become the mindset in today’s market around solutions that integrate everything from hardware, software and applications because of its benefits. Prior to this point, people believed certain workloads would not work in this space, and we are finding that this is not the case.

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