You rely on XenApp, XenDesktop or Microsoft RDS to deliver Windows, Linux, web, and SaaS applications or desktops to your employees and customers on any device, anywhere. To meet changing business needs and quickly scale, most IT organizations are now supporting applications on-premise, in the cloud or in hybrid environments. … Continue reading
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SLA Monitoring tips for IT Pros
Whether you like it or not, user experience rules! In fact, your end users have the ultimate say on whether they are satisfied with the speed, availability and performance of your applications. So a traditional infrastructure-monitoring approach is no longer enough for IT. Moreover, the only way to ensure business … Continue reading
Test Automation for Citrix, Microsoft Terminal Services or RDS Deployments
Assuring application quality and customer satisfaction is the end goal of every organization. However, achieving it in a Citrix, Microsoft Terminal Services or RDS deployments is a whole different ball game –no underlying objects or controls are delivered to the client, instead an image of the application is delivered to … Continue reading
Working on migration projects or DB rolls-outs? Simplify your life with automation!
Infrastructure roll-outs, cloud migration and new Websites top the list of this year’s IT projects. And let’s face it – even when everything goes according to plan (as if that’s ever the case!), these endeavors take up way too much of your precious time, keeping you from finishing other tasks, … Continue reading
Load Testing for IT Pros
If you think that load testing (or the act of stress testing your applications to ensure quality user experiences under heavy traffic) is only for your QA counterparts, think again. In 2013 a whopping 23% of IT budgets were allocated to application quality according to Capgemini’s World Quality 2013-2014 report, … Continue reading
IT Best Practices: Monitoring cloud deployments from your users’ perspective
Enterprise cloud spending is expected to triple by 2017, and reach $235.1 billion (Source: IHS), so if you are not already there, it is very likely that you soon will be moving to the cloud. Today IT success is measured on the value you deliver to the business, and how … Continue reading
IT Best Practices: Application Monitoring Based on Real User Experience
The relation between IT and the business has changed. Today your success is measured on the value you deliver to your organization, and how well you service the end-users you support. Unfortunately your job has never been so challenging. You are responsible for hundreds of legacy, packaged and custom applications … Continue reading
Mitigate risks – Load Test your Citrix/ Microsoft Terminal Services environments!
You rely on Citrix, Microsoft Terminal Services & Remote Desktop Services (RDS) applications to run your business and day-to-day operations. From supporting virtualization initiatives via Citrix XenServer, facilitating real-time access to healthcare or financial data from any device to clinicians, bankers and tellers via Citrix XenDesktop, centralizing applications in your … Continue reading
The secret recipe for optimal Citrix performance? End-User Centric Monitoring!
As an IT pro, and the first line of defense when issues arise, we are sure you’ve heard many pesky complains such as “Citrix XenDesktop is not working” or “Citrix is slow”. Well, things could get much worse! Nowadays, 74% of external users and 73% of internal users expect faster … Continue reading