Xendesktop

Citrix unveils Xen Desktop 4.0

You can check this out here:

 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Virtualization/…

This is great and awesome and all that, nice job to Citrix for constantly updating their product but can they slow it down a little? I am going to be writing my cert for Xen Desktop 3 very shortly and now I haven’t even gotten the cert yet and it’s already out of date!

CCA for Xendesktop 3.0, exam 1Y0-A14

I am writing this exam on Tuesday. Has anyone written it already? What were your impressions of this exam? Any advice on area’s to focus on?

VMware develops rival protocol to ICA to compete in the VDI market space

One of the exciting (and long overdue) announcements from VMware is there development of a new PCoIP protocol for use in the VMware View product. This protocol will be replacing their use of RDP. One of Citrix’s big claims to fame in this market space with it’s Xendesktop product is it’s use of the ICA protocol which is far and away the superior protocol over RDP.

Good on Vmware for taking the fight to Citrix. I think this fight will go a few arounds so sit back, relax, and enjoy the match.