Solutions from Moose Logic

Virtualization

• Server Virtualization
  
  Server Virtualization allows you to run multiple "guest" operating systems on a single physical server. This can greatly reduce the number of physical servers in your data center, saving you money not only on the hardware itself, but on the ongoing expenses like power, cooling, and space requirements. Read more about server virtualization solutions.
  
  Or, try out our Virtualization Calculator tool (powered by Microsoft Silverlight) to find your potential cost savings from virtualizing your server infrastructure.
  
  
• Storage Virtualization
  
  Ever notice that with individual servers, available storage is never where you need it to be? Your database server is running out of space, but you have plenty of available storage on your file server, which does you no good at all in solving your database problem! Storage virtualization, typically known as Storage Area Networks, or "SANs," allow you to consolidate storage in one place and make it available as needed to the servers that need it. Read more about Moose Logic's SAN solutions.
  
  
• Desktop Virtualization
  
  There's a lot of talk these days about desktop virtualization, driven in part by impending Windows 7 upgrades. Many organizations have been postponing needed desktop refreshes for economic reasons, and are now reaching the point where they just can't put them off any longer. And, as Brian Madden pointed out way back in April of 2009, it doesn't make sense to go through a desktop refresh and still end up with Windows XP, nor does it make sense to roll up to Windows 7 and still end up managing your desktops the same old way.
  
  When most people think about desktop virtualization, they think of what is commonly called "VDI," or "Virtual Desktop Infrastructure." In a VDI deployment, multiple virtual PC instances are run on virtualization hosts in the datacenter, using products such as VMware, Citrix XenServer, or Microsoft Hyper-V as the virtualization platform, and users connect to these virtual PCs remotely from some kind of client device.
  
  But VDI is actually only one way to deliver a virtual desktop to a user. You can also:
  

  • Deliver a "hosted shared desktop" from a server, using Citrix XenApp and Microsoft Remote Desktop Services.
  • Stream a PC Operating System from a shared, read-only image to a physical PC across the LAN, using the Provisioning Services functionality of Citrix XenDesktop.
  • Deliver "virtual desktops to go" with Citrix XenClient (now available as a public beta) - a high-performance, bare-metal hypervisor that enables users to run multiple instances of an Operating System simultaneously, side by side, and in complete isolation. With XenClient, laptop users can take multiple virtual desktops with them and work from anywhere, any time.

  Read more about Citrix XenDesktop - the only product that allows you to mix and match all of these desktop virtualization methods with a single license model.
  
  
• Application Virtualization
  
  This generally refers to technology that allows applications to be delivered on demand rather than requiring that they be explicitly installed on a laptop or desktop PC. One way to accomplish this is by using Microsoft Terminal Services with Citrix XenApp. Another approach is to stream applications on demand to the point of execution, whether that point of execution is a desktop PC, a XenApp server, or a virtual desktop operating system. Citrix now supports both their own application virtualization technology, and Microsoft's App-V - so you can use whichever application packaging tool you prefer. Read more about Application Virtualization with XenApp.