Collega’s gezocht! Microsoft-Citrix-VMware
February 20, 2013
Ictivity is een vreemde eend in de bijt. Met een eigenzinnige kijk op de wereld van de Informatie Technologie. Het beschikbaar stellen van gespecialiseerde kennis vormt de kern van onze flexibele dienstverlening. Wij acteren zelfstandig, zijn wars van conventies en we adviseren onze opdrachtgevers volkomen onafhankelijk.
De lat ligt hoog voor de specialisten van Ictivity. Een gedegen vooropleiding vormt slechts de basis van voortdurende kennisontwikkeling. De honger naar kennis in combinatie met diepgeworteld enthousiasme voor het vakgebied maakt je tot een geschikte kandidaat.
We blijven bouwen aan onze kenniscultuur en dienstverlening en zijn daarom op zoek naar nieuwe collega’s.
Wil jij je persoonlijke ambitie waarmaken?
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Citrix Introduces XenMobile MDM
February 20, 2013
Today, Citrix announced XenMobile MDM, an enterprise mobile device management solution that gives users device choice while also enabling IT to meet its management and compliance requirements.
XenMobile MDM joins other Citrix solutions, including Citrix CloudGateway, Citrix NetScaler, Citrix XenDesktop, GoToMeeting, GoToAssist, Citrix ShareFile, and Citrix Podio, providing organizations with a single vendor for all of their enterprise mobility needs.
- Enterprise MDM delivers role-based management, configuration and security for both corporate and employee-owned devices.
- Secure e-mail, browser and data sharing apps from Citrix deliver a rich user experience with the management and control that IT requires.
- Mobile app containers centralize IT management, security and control for any mobile app, whether created by a third party or enterprise IT.
- Unified app store provides a single place for users to access all of their apps – mobile, web, SaaS, and Windows – on any device.
- Identity management, single sign-on and scenario-based access control make it easy for IT to manage user access and radically simplify the user experience.
For more information visit: Citrix Introduces XenMobile MDM
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Personal journal article “IT uit de kraan” on Computable.nl
January 16, 2013
Computable.nl is the online portal for professionals in Information Technology. Computable is also the most read source of information about IT jobs, products and services with the highest reach among IT decision makers in the Netherlands.
As a Computable Expert I decided to write an article about my vision where apps become the new endpoint. Nowadays it is important to prepare any Cloud infrastructure to deliver multiple types of applications. Do not focus on Windows applications only and keep in mind that other types of applications, such as mobile apps and SaaS apps, are growing very fast.
Have a look at solutions such as Citrix CloudGateway and VMware Horizon Mobile and most important, have an own vision too!
Read my article (Dutch only) on: 
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End-of-Maintenance (EOM) & End-of-Life (EOL) Dates for 2013 and early 2014
January 16, 2013
Below you will find an overview of End-of-Maintenance (EOM) and End-of-Life (EOL) dates for 2013 and early 2014. The products listed are related to application and desktop delivery. Of course there are many other products with their own product lifecycle, but these seem to be very important. The bold dates are critical!
Application Virtualization
| Product Released |
End of Maintenance |
End of Life |
| Microsoft App-V 4.5 | 14/01/2014 | 08/01/2019 |
| Microsoft App-V 4.6 | 14/07/2015 | 14/07/2020 |
| Microsoft App-V 5.0 | 09/01/2018 | 10/01/2023 |
| VMware ThinApp 4.x | Unknown | Unknown |
Operating Systems
| Product Released |
End of Maintenance |
End of Life |
| Windows XP Embedded | EOM | 12/01/2016 |
| Windows XP | EOM | 08/04/2014 |
| Windows Vista | EOM | 11/04/2017 |
| Windows 7 | 13/01/2015 | 14/01/2020 |
| Windows 8 | 09/01/2018 | 10/01/2023 |
| Windows Server 2003 | 13/07/2010 | 14/07/2015 |
| Windows Server 2008 | 13/01/2015 | 14/01/2020 |
| Windows Server 2012 | unknown | unknown |
Virtual Desktop Solutions
| Product Released |
End of Maintenance |
End of Life |
| Citrix XenDesktop 3 | EOM | EOL |
| Citrix XenDesktop 4 | 16/11/2013 | 16/05/2014 |
| Citrix XenDesktop 5 | 17/12/2014 | 17/06/2015 |
| Citrix XenApp 4.5 on W2k3 | EOM | 31/03/2013 |
| Citrix XenApp 5.0 on W2k3 | EOM | 31/03/2013 |
| Citrix XenApp 5.0 on W2k8 | 13/07/2014 | 13/01/2015 |
| Citrix XenApp 6.0 | 13/07/2014 | 13/01/2015 |
| Citrix XenApp 6.5 | 24/08/2015 | 24/08/2016 |
| Citrix Provisioning Server 5.0 | EOM | EOL |
| Citrix Provisioning Server 5.1 | EOM | EOL |
| Citrix Provisioning Services 5.6 | 16/11/2013 | 16/05/2014 |
| Citrix Provisioning Services 6.0 | 17/12/2014 | 17/06/2015 |
| VMware View 3.x | - | EOL |
| VMware View 4.x | 16/11/2014 | 16/11/2016 |
| VMware View 5.x | 14/09/2016 | 14/09/2018 |
Hypervisors
| Product Released |
End of Maintenance |
End of Life |
| Microsoft Hyper-V 2008 R2 | 14/01/2014 | 08/01/2019 |
| Microsoft Hyper-V 2012 | 09/01/2018 | 10/01/2023 |
| Citirx XenServer 5.0 & 5.5 | EOM | 15/09/2013 |
| Citrix XenServer 5.6 | EOM | 31/03/2014 |
| Citrix XenServer 6.x | 26/09/2014 | 26/09/2016 |
| VMware ESX(i) 4.0 | 21/05/2014 | 21/05/2016 |
| VMware ESX(i) 5.0 | 24/08/2016 | 24/08/2018 |
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Scense 8 available today
November 8, 2012
Today, Scense released version 8 of its workspace management suite. Scense 8 changes each virtual and physical PC or laptop into a personal and customized workspace with universal access to IT resources, based on the environment of the user. With Live Profiles and dynamic printer management this ensures a high degree of freedom and personalization to the user, while the control remains firmly in the hands of the IT department.
"Scense 8 is the result of loyalty to our initial, user-centric view on IT, combined with feedback from our customers and partners," says Hessel Wellema, product manager at Scense. "In addition to a number of new powerful features and important changes in the Scense architecture, a large number of changes was implemented to increase the ease of use of our solution. As always, a very short Scense training for IT administrators should be sufficient facilitate end users the way they need today".
To sign in for the Scense training go to: Ictivity Training
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Behind Citrix Summit..it’s time for Citrix Synergy
October 17, 2012
Citrix Summit Barcelona 2012 has come to an end. Now it’s time for Citrix Synergy! Still three days to go with lots of sessions. In this blog post you will find a short recap of the last two days. Unfortunately I cannot post much information because of NDA.
First of all I want to let you know that Citrix main focus is on User Based Computing (UBC). As VMware said for more than two years ago “make IT as a Service”.
During Citrix Summit I have seen a lot of new opportunities to build enterprise mobile workspaces within a hybrid cloud provided with self-service portals. One of the most impressive session of today was about CloudPortal Services Manager. A solution that simplifies cloud services management using a single, self-service interface for provisioning applications, desktops and services from the cloud.
In the next few days we do expect some announcements from Citrix! Keep reading the latest news from Citrix Summit and Citrix Synergy on the sidebar of my website.
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Citrix Summit/Synergy 2012 Barcelona starts today
October 15, 2012
Today, it is time for Citrix Summit/Synergy 2012 Barcelona! A great event with a lot of people and I will be there. To better inform you about things going on there during the event I added “Latest news from Citrix Summit/Synergy Barcelona 2012″ to the sidebar of my blog. Besides I will try to give you some extra feedback about #CitrixSynergy on this blog if possible.
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With the release of SR1 – RES Workspace Manager 2012 now integrates with RES HyperDrive
October 4, 2012
With the introduction of RES HyperDrive, RES Software provides a secure way to deliver "follow-me data" and file sharing with the enterprise-class security of on-premises technology. RES HyperDrive has now been integrated with RES Workspace Manager to enable the administrator to centrally manage the settings for RES HyperDrive Clients.
RES HyperDrive Integration can be found at Setup > Integration > RES HyperDrive.
RES HyperDrive Integration is supported for RES HyperDrive version 4.8.12 or higher.
Many of today’s IT consumers are leveraging the unsecured consumer services of Dropbox to share and access sensitive business data on the go. Together with the integration of RES HyperDrive, RES Workspace Manager offers controlled data migration from Dropbox to RES HyperDrive. This enables the IT administrator to encourage a one-time Migration Wizard for RES Workspace Manager users running both RES HyperDrive and Dropbox.
This Wizard allows the end user to mark the business-related folders and (sub)folders that should be migrated, and to select the target RES HyperDrive. Optionally, the data can be deleted from Dropbox upon successful completion of the migration.
The Wizard opens at the start of each Agent session until the data migration has been completed, or until the configured migration deadline has been reached. If set in the Console, RES Workspace Manager then blocks further access to the Dropbox client.
The RES HyperDrive Migration Wizard can also be found at the RES HyperDrive Integration node.
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ScenseGuru online
October 3, 2012
Since a while the ScenseGuru website blog is online. The ScenseGuru blog is a technically oriented website dedicated to the Scense workspace management products.
Scense dynamically delivers fully configured, conflict-free applications in a personalized workspace. Users are empowered to work flexible, but ultimate control remains centrally.
Good luck to the editors of this new blog and thanks that you guys also prefer my site!
Have a look at: www.scenseguru.com
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Immidio releases its brand new UEM solution: Flex+
September 26, 2012
Today Immidio is shipping its new User Environment Management (UEM) solution: Flex+. Immidio Flex+ provides end-users with a personalized and dynamic Windows desktop, adapted to their specific situation based on aspects like role, device and location. With Flex+, Immidio offers an extremely competitive UEM solution, requiring no additional backend infrastructure investments, and at a fraction of the price of comparable solutions.
Immidio Flex+ offers a desktop that adjusts to the actual situation of the end-user, providing access to the IT resources that are required based on a user’s role, device and location. Many organizations suffer from hidden productivity loss as a result of ad hoc activities like manually mapping network drives and printers or providing application shortcuts to end-users. This so-called distortion not only impacts IT departments but also affects end-users. The relevant user experience that Flex+ offers, significantly eliminates this distortion.
UEM that fits" is the key message. Immidio Flex+ distinguishes itself from other UEM solutions because it naturally fits your current architecture, infrastructure, timeline, and budget, regardless of whether physical or virtual desktops are used. A whitepaper called "Immidio Flex+: User Environment Management that Fits" is available for download.
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