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Session Descriptions
Breakout Session 1
What in the World… is a Dynamic Datacenter?
Citrix Provisioning Server: Key Enabler of the Dynamic Datacenter
Server Virtualisation: Transforming the Datacenter with Citrix XenServer
Infinite Application Availability with Citrix XenServer & Marathon
Server Virtualisation: Citrix XenServer Platinum - Advanced Technical Architecture
Breakout Session 2
Desktop Virtualisation: Calculating Comparative Return On Investment for Virtual Desktops
Optimising Branch Office Operations with Citrix Solutions
Optimising Your Microsoft Branch Office with Project Evergreen
Maximising Web Application Performance with Citrix NetScaler Acceleration
Application & Desktop Virtualisation:
When and How to Add Citrix XenDesktop to Citrix XenApp Implementations
Breakout Session 3
Application Virtualisation: Citrix XenApp, Windows Server 2008 and Your Environment
Desktop Virtualisation: A Comprehensive Solution to Delivering Virtual Desktops from the Datacenter
Desktop Virtualisation: Citrix XenDesktop Advanced Technical Architecture and Implemention Best Practices
Application Virtualisation: Deliver all Windows Applications with Isolation and Streaming
Application Virtualisation: Best Practice & Design Considerations for XenApp Implementations
Breakout Session 4
WYSE: Leveraging the Power of Citrix with Desktop Appliances
THINPRINT: Optimising Printing in Virtual Environments (Case Study)
APPSENSE: How to Ensure a Consistent User Experience Across the Citrix Application Delivery Platform
HP & XenDesktop in the Wild
HP: Lessons from the HP Labs: Achieving Better Performance
Breakout Session 1
What in the World… is a Dynamic Datacenter?
Session Type: Technical
Presenter: TBC
Session Outline:
There's a lot of talk about dynamic datacenters, but what does it really mean? And is it just a pipe dream? A dynamic datacenter is capable of automatically adding hardware resources to accommodate workload spikes and powering down unneeded resources as performance demand drops. This session explores Virtualisation and management technologies as they relate to datacenter automation.
In this session you will learn:
• Practical methods for automating datacenter operations
• How to leverage popular Virtualisation technologies, scripting and management tools,
• About security, network, storage and application pitfalls.
Breakout Session 1
Citrix Provisioning Server: Key Enabler of the Dynamic Datacenter
Session Type: Technical
Presenter: David Rajkovic
Session Outline:
Citrix Provisioning Server technology revolutionises they way organisations deliver Operating Systems and workloads to physical and virtual servers and desktops - simplifying management, increasing IT agility, and lowering costs. This presentation will provide an overview of this innovative streaming technology, the value it delivers for bare-metal system provisioning, and how it fits with Citrix XenApp, XenServer, and XenDesktop.
In this session you will learn:
• How to improve manageability and decreases operating costs for XenApp farms
• How to deliver workloads on demand to physical and virtual servers from a single golden image
• How to minimise storage costs for desktop virtualisation
Breakout Session 1
Server Virtualisation: Transforming the Datacenter with Citrix XenServer
Session Type: Technical
Presenter: Sandler Rubin
Session Outline:
Server virtualisation is transforming the datacenter, and XenServer is leading charge with a high-performance, easy-to-use, effective solution. This session covers the major areas of the Citrix XenServer product line, including its three editions and the Xen hypervisor.
In this session you will learn:
• How Citrix is working with partners, including Microsoft and server OEMs
• About pricing, packaging and licensing for XenServer
• An overview of the technology roadmap
Breakout Session 1
Infinite Application Availability with Citrix XenServer & Marathon
Session Type: Technical
Presenter: Nick Turnball
Session Outline:
Coming Soon.
Breakout Session 1
Server Virtualisation: Citrix XenServer Platinum - Advanced Technical Architecture
Session Type: Technical
Presenter: Sandler Rubin
Session Outline:
This session is a technical deep dive into the current XenServer, Platinum Edition product (version 4.1). We’ll talk about upcoming capabilities in storage, performance and usability. This session will also cover best practices for virtual and physical servers, with a focus on high resilience and key architectural considerations for disaster recovery and business continuity scenarios.
In this session you will learn:
• About the XenServer technical architecture
• Approaches to high resilience, disaster recovery and storage implementations
• How physical and virtual server provisioning is implemented
Breakout Session 2
Desktop Virtualisation: Calculating Comparative Return On Investment for Virtual Desktops
Session Type: Technical
Presenter: Adam Neale
Session Outline:
Separating desktop logic from desktop devices offers a range of opportunities to
improve IT services and reduce costs. Desktop logic can be hosted in the data
center using virtual machines, terminal servers or PC blades to meet the needs of a
broad range of connected users. Security, reliability, maintainability, and frequency
of application upgrades can be enhanced. However, desktop virtualisation requires new architectural and management components, creating new costs to account
for.
In this session you will learn:
• How to analyse and assess the potential ROI impacts of various paths to desktop virtualisation
• How to compare the relative savings associated with each desktop type so as to weigh the technical and financial tradeoffs
• How to realise the financial benefits of virtual desktop solutions and reduce average desktop operation costs by 40-45%.
Breakout Session 2
Optimising Branch Office Operations with Citrix Solutions
Session Type: Technical
Presenter: James Heron
Session Outline:
Thanks to application Virtualisation technologies, Citrix XenApp customers are likely to have the most efficient branch offices among their IT peers. However, adding other Citrix solutions can enhance XenApp application delivery while improving server resources in the branch. This session will show you how to implement new Citrix solutions for an even more successful XenApp environment.
In this session you will learn:
• How to add branch office services such as file and print serving and automated back-up
• How to accelerate delivery of XenApp streamed applications for branch users
• How to configure Citrix ICA QoS and service classes
Breakout Session 2
Optimising Your Microsoft Branch Office with Project Evergreen
Session Type: Technical
Presenter: Kevin Trinh
Session Outline:
Coming Soon.
Breakout Session 2
Maximising Web Application Performance with Citrix NetScaler Acceleration
Session Type: Technical
Presenter: Krish Kumar
Session Outline:
This technical session will explain how the advanced acceleration capabilities of Citrix NetScaler can improve the performance of Web applications by up to 5X or more. You’ll gain an in-depth understanding of how to configure HTTP compression and content caching policies for a variety of application environments.
Breakout Session 2
Application & Desktop Virtualisation:
When and How to Add Citrix XenDesktop to Citrix XenApp Implementations
Session Type: Technical
Presenter: Chirs Lockery/ Jonathan Wade
Session Outline:
With Desktop Virtualisation 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 virtualisation and delivery approaches to meet end user requirements
* Which architectural components can be shared between XenDesktop and XenApp
Breakout Session 3
Application Virtualisation: Citrix XenApp, Windows Server 2008 and Your Environment
Session Type: Technical
Presenter: Rod O'Rourke
Session Outline:
Windows Server 2008 will make Delaware – the upcoming XenApp release – the best Windows application delivery solution Citrix has ever produced. Learn about best practices for Citrix XenApp and Windows Server 2008 gathered from early adopters including Citrix IT and early beta customers.
In this session you will learn:
• What’s new in Delaware – our first XenApp release that supports Windows Server 2008
• Migrating to XenApp on Windows Server 2008
• How to manage a mixed Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008 environment
Breakout Session 3
Desktop Virtualisation: A Comprehensive Solution to Delivering Desktops from the Datacenter
Session Type: Technical
Presenter: Aaron Cockerill
Session Outline:
Managing desktops is no longer just about software deployment and patch management. Availability, data security, and performance are the three foremost desktop operations concerns, due to which desktop management continues to be one of the most cost intensive IT function. Citrix XenDesktop is a groundbreaking desktop delivery solution that allows companies to virtualise Windows desktops in the datacenter and deliver them on-demand to users in any location. Unlike first-generation virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) technologies, XenDesktop is a comprehensive end-to-end desktop delivery system that offers an unparalleled end-user experience, dramatically simplifies desktop management and can reduce the cost of traditional desktop computing by up to 40 percent.
In this session you will discover:
• How to greatly simplify desktop lifecycle management & radically drive down cost of ownership by separating the delivery of the desktop OS, applications and user settings.
• How XenDesktop dynamically assembles virtual desktops on-demand, providing users a new and pristine, yet personalised, desktop each time they log on
• How XenDesktop’s high-speed delivery protocol provides unparalleled responsiveness over any network.
Breakout Session 3
Desktop Virtualisation: Citrix XenDesktop Advanced Technical Architecture and Implemention Best Practices
Session Type: Technical
Presenter: Aaron Cockerill
Session Outline:
The new XenDesktop product is an end-to-end desktop delivery solution. This session will explain the XenDesktop product architecture and demonstrate how it provides powerful management capabilities together with an enhanced user experience to make virtual desktops a practical and compelling reality.
In this session you will learn:
• How XenDesktop works and details of its architecture
• XenDesktop maintenance and configuration features
• Best practices for XenDesktop implementations
Breakout Session 3
Application Virtualisation: Deliver all Windows Applications with Isolation and Streaming
Session Type: Technical
Presenter: David E. Jones
Session Outline:
Application virtualisation technology packages applications and streams them into an isolation environment on the servers in your datacenter and now directly to end user (client) machines. This approach eliminates application conflicts and simplifies application updates. This technical session will include a case study.
In this session you will learn:
* Technical best practices to exploit application streaming benefits
* Guidelines for successful application delivery implementations
* How to combine Microsoft app virtualisation sequences with Citrix XenApp
Breakout Session 3
Application Virtualisation: Best Practice & Design Considerations for XenApp Implementations
Session Type: Technical
Presenter: Tim Karamitos
Session Outline:
Back by popular demand, this in-depth technical session will cover critical design considerations for any XenApp environment – from architecture and networks to servers and farm scalability. Whether you're planning an upgrade or a new implementation of XenApp, Platinum Edition, you'll want to have a full understanding of these advanced concepts and best practices so you can optimise the XenApp farm for maximum stability and performance.
Breakout Session 4
WYSE: Leveraging the Power of Citrix with Desktop Appliances
Session Type: Partner
Presenter: Jeff McNaught
Session Outline:
Wyse and Citrix are currently working together to bring to market a new class of simple desktop and mobile devices, codenamed "Titanium", specifically designed for use with the new Citrix XenDesktop & XenApp product lines. Wyse's CMO, Jeff NcNaught, will demonstrate how these new devices will greatly enhance end user acceptance of deskop virtulisation by providing ease of use, multimedia capabilities and better TCO. In this session attendees will learn the following: 1) How new thin clients will deliver a virtual desktop experience to office workers with the best user experience, simplest administration and lowest cost of ownership. 2) How Wyse and Citrix will provide unique features for XenDesktop users including faster performance, rich multimedia, broad USB peripheral compatibility and multi-display support. 3) How Wyse specific features extend the benefits of the Citrix platform.
Breakout Session 4
THINPRINT: Optimising Printing in Virtual Environments (Case Study)
Session Type: Partner
Presenter: TBC
Session Outline:
Printing presents challenges in server-based and virtualised environments. Restrictions of bandwidth and the size of print data leads to decreased productivity of end users through slow application response times and increased pressure on help desk administrators resulting in a higher cost of business. Hear how ThinPrint has solved these issues and delivered increased acceptance of server-based computing among users.
Breakout Session 4
APPSENSE: How to Ensure a Consistent User Experience Across the Citrix Application Delivery Platform
Session Type: Partner
Presenter: Sean Walsh/ Shane Wescott
Session Outline:
How can you take advantage of Citrix end-to-end virtualisation solutions while ensuring that your users receive the best working environment with little to no disruption to their desktop? How would you like your users to receive a physical desktop experience while using combinations of different delivery technologies to deliver their environment? AppSense User Environment Management technology enables user profile data to be managed separately from the delivery mechanism. This in turn enables IT to use combinations of delivery method to meet the needs of the users, without having to manage unique user data. The result? Users receive a personalised, compliant, secure and optimal working experience regardless of the underlying delivery mechanism. AppSense User Environment Management solutions are used today with XenApp and XenDesktop technologies in many companies around the world.
Breakout Session 4
HP & XenDesktop in the Wild
Session Type: Partner
Presenter: Clayton Fernandez/ Simon Le-Comte
Session Outline:
HP and Citrix unleash technology to provide a ubiquitous dynamic desktop user experience. See a wide array of solutions in place including secure multifactor authentication, HP universal printing, peripherals on demand and more! See Citrix XenDesktop in action delivering desktops to physical & virtual machines. True Application Delivery infrastructure to support your dynamic business!
Breakout Session 4
HP: Lessons from the HP Labs - Achieving Better Performance
Session Type: Partner
Presenter: Clayton Fernandez/ Simon Le-Comte
Session Outline:
HP Labs reveals the latest test results from 32-bit & 64-bit HP architecture – discover how you can deliver the highest level of performance from your investment. Get the low down on Thin Client best practises, HP printer driver certification, HP active answers, HP Citrix Sizer and Virtual Connect for your C-Class enclosure. Make HP your competitive advantage – a session not to be missed!
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