FlashStack CI: Why all-flash advances the converged infrastructure market
Last week Pure Storage launched FlashStack CI – our Converged Infrastructure with Cisco and VMware. Based on the volume of coverage from the press and analysts it appears we hit the mark. With a market currently estimated in excess of $6B USD (per Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Integrated Systems), the Converged Infrastructure (CI) market is sizable and all indications suggest it […]
Discussing Desktops and Mobility with Cisco & WWT at Citrix Synergy
Gaurav Bhardwaj, Product Manager at Cisco, asked Joe Onisick, Technical Architect at World Wide Technology, and I to discuss Cisco VXI technology at Citrix Synergy 2012. We share thoughts from a partner and vendor perspective on delivering desktop virtualization and mobility solutions.
Cloud-Based Desktops as a Service (DaaS)
There are a number of factors fueling the need for greater adoption of desktop virtualization within every organization. The obvious is the consumerization of mobile devices such as iPads, iPhones, Kindle Fires, Samsung Galaxys, etc. The proliferation of these devices has built a level of demand that requires the enterprise datacenter to enable the end […]
Cisco Live Q&A – Natalie Lambert of Citrix on Desktop Virtualization Trends, Obstacles, and Opportunities
Last September Cisco and Citrix announced the first desktop virtualization Cisco Validated Design (CVD) to help customers implement standard, repeatable architectures for XenDesktop with NetApp storage. Many saw this as an indicator that desktop virtualization was (finally!) reaching a tipping point, a perception strengthened with Cisco’s November launch of its Virtualization Experience Infrastructure (VXI) vision […]
Cisco Live Daily Blogger Techminute on Citrix Desktop Virtualization
I sit down with Natalie Lambert, Sr. Director of Product Marketing at Citrix and Doug Dooley of Cisco to discuss desktop virtualization with XenDesktop on FlexPod via Cisco Validated Designs (CVDs). Accelerating adoption, reducing cost and ensuring success of deployments.