DABCC White Papers – Citrix, Server-Based Computing, Virtualization, Performance and Desktop Management Focused

DABCC's core goal is to create simple solutions to solve complex problems. Over my years in IT, I've come to realize there are numerous complex issues as the result of the Personal Computer (PC) and its associated software. Some would have us believe that there are no easy answers to these complex problems but to buy more and more complex software, a tool for this and a tool for that, and a slew of high dollar constants. DABCC believes different. We believe that you should not address each issue through a workaround, but should address the core problems through the solutions and fresh ideas that are available today. This is the core philosophy Doug Brown follows when writing a DABCC white paper.

Analytics for Simplifying Citrix XenApp Management - NEW 4-08-08!

In this paper, I'm going to look at the major challenges that are faced by those of us responsible for the overall health and reliability of Citrix farms and why I think Introspect should be a key component of your systems management arsenal for overcoming these challenges.

Last Updated: 04/08/2008

Citrix Server Monitoring Without Hassles and Cost - Monitoring For The Rest of Us

In this white paper you will learn how you can solve problem with Citrix Server Monitoring and make and save money, all at the same time with ProactiveWatch. Proactive Watch is a performance monitoring / troubleshooting tool designed for the small to medium size deployments that are managed not by the company who owns the systems but by a reseller / consultant. From my experience as a consultant, and from the years I spent at Citrix supporting the resellers, I’ve learned that a majority of Citrix and Windows deployments are small to medium size businesses and that these businesses rely upon the VAR/Reseller to help them implement and support their IT infrastructure. If this sounds like you or if you are an employee at a VAR / Reseller then Proactive Watch is a solution you MUST read this white paper to learn how you can make money and solve your customers problems!

Last Updated: 11/28/2006

Solving the Real Problems with Citrix Performance Monitoring

In this white paper you will learn about the problems we face with monitoring a Citrix enterprise and how Integrien Alive can solve these problems once and for all. Integrien Alive is designed to look at an environment as a business process, from the top down. This allows Alive to learn how the different components of the network reacts from the time a user logs on and begins running Citrix published applications, web applications, and/or client/server applications. Once Alive learns the path and components of the business process it can start to configure it self and define what the normal state is for each particular component. Then when Alive spots something out it its normal range it is able to alert the appropriate administrator about the pending problem. Alive does this through what Integrien calls Fingerprints and dynamic thresholds.

Last Updated: 10/26/2006

The Quest for Unified Management - Part I

This paper discusses the need for a unified centralized management solution that addresses what the administrator needs to successful accomplish his or her objectives in desktop management and how to solve the problems we identify. In this paper, we discuss technologies used to manage desktop, servers, and laptops; such as RES PowerFuse and RES WISDOM.

Last Updated: 09/23/2005

To Install or Not - Part II

The first problem that needs to be looked at with the emergence of virtualization technologies like VMware® and Softricity® and the announcement of Citrix® System's application isolation environment (AIE) and Project Tarpon is application deployment and the associated management, i.e. How can we overcome the many hurdles faced in installing applications and at the same time reduce the time, manpower and money required.

First Release: 05/31/2005
Last Updated: 10/17/2005

Premitech's Performance Guard

Much like Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Server is part of a larger IT infrastructure, monitoring tools, to be effective, also need to extend themselves beyond a single functional component in order to give IT management a complete picture of their environment while providing a consistent view of what their end-users experience.

Last Updated: -02/23/2005

Lakeside Software – SysTrack 3

Do you know how many users you can fit on a box? Would you like to see trending over a specified period of time? Do you have applications that leak memory? Do you have the report that your boss is clamoring for? Do you know what you need to know before you need to know it? If not then SysTrack from Lakeside software might be for you. There are many third party tools available to help you manage your Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Server / Terminal Services environment, however, for the purpose of this white paper; I have chosen SysTrack as it is one of the more full featured products available. In this whitepaper you will learn about the many features and benefits that SysTrack can bring to your organization.

Last Updated: 02/23/2005