From Offline Virtual Desktops to Hosted VDI (and everything in between)

Delivering the right type of virtual desktop is critical and dependent on the needs of your users – do they need a local virtual desktop that can run offline, or a hosted VDI or hosted shared desktop that run in the data center? Come to this session to see Citrix XenDesktop’s offline and hosted virtual desktops in action. Learn more about your desktop virtualization options, key technical considerations and best practices.

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Thursday 20 October, 11:50 AM - 12:20 PM

Theatre: Desktop Virtualization

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David Gaunt
(Lead Systems Engineer) Citrix Systems

As Lead Systems Engineer, David provides pre-sales advice to Citrix resellers, partners and customers on selecting and implementing Citrix technologies as part of a virtual computing installation. He is a Citrix subject matter expert on desktop virtualisation, evangelising the technology across the business as well as to partners and prospective customers.David has 13 years’ experience in IT roles split between systems support/delivery/management and product pre-sales systems engineering. He has been working with Citrix technologies for over ten years and possesses a deep technical knowledge of virtualisation.

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Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTXS) is a leading provider of virtual computing solutions that help companies deliver IT as an on-demand service. Founded in 1989, Citrix combines virtualization, networking, and cloud-computing technologies into a full portfolio of products that enable virtual workstyles for users and virtual datacenters for IT. More than 230,000 organizations worldwide rely on Citrix to help them build simpler and more cost-effective IT environments. Citrix partners with over 10,000 companies in more than 100 countries. Annual revenue in 2010 was $1.87 billion.

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Seminars by Citrix Systems

Wednesday 19 October 11:50 AM - 12:20 PM

Cancer Research UK delivers over 1000 Virtual Desktops to its users to save costs, move to Windows 7

Jane Swindle, IS service manager, Cancer Research UK, Citrix Systems

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There’s nothing like listening to a peer who has already implemented a solution or technology that you’re considering. Come to this session and hear why Cancer Research UK chose to virtualise over 1000 desktops, how the implementation went and how things are going now that the system is live.

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Wednesday 19 October 3:50 PM - 4:20 PM

Desktop Virtualisation: What it is and why you should care

Patrick Irwin, Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Citrix Systems

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Desktop virtualisation can potentially let you deliver on-demand desktops and applications anywhere your users work, anywhere your business takes you, to any type of device, bringing unprecedented flexibility and mobility to your workforce. Come to this session to get a good understanding of how desktop virtualization is much more than VDI and why businesses are choosing to virtualize their desktops.

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Thursday 20 October 11:50 AM - 12:20 PM

From Offline Virtual Desktops to Hosted VDI (and everything in between)

David Gaunt , Lead Systems Engineer, Citrix Systems

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Delivering the right type of virtual desktop is critical and dependent on the needs of your users – do they need a local virtual desktop that can run offline, or a hosted VDI or hosted shared desktop that run in the data center? Come to this session to see Citrix XenDesktop’s offline and hosted virtual desktops in action. Learn more about your desktop virtualization options, key technical considerations and best practices.

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Thursday 20 October 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Build a transparent, cloud-extended data center

Jason Poole, Business Development Manager, Citrix Systems

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Many enterprises want to take advantage of cloud computing but do not want to give up their own datacenters. The solution may be a hybrid cloud strategy bridging between public and private clouds. Hybrid clouds present some challenges, including application complexity, IT silos and secure private connectivity. Come to this session to learn how to make cloud-hosted applications and resources appear as though they are running on the enterprise network.

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