In This Issue
- Accelera Becomes Authorized VMware VAC
- The Countdown to Citrix iForum 2007
- Training Courses in ScriptLogic, Citrix and VMware
- Citrix Strengthens Virtualization Position with Acquisitions of XenSource and Ardence
- Accelera Receives Award for Top Application Networking Group Sales for Mid-Atlantic
- Solutions Spotlight
Accelera Becomes Authorized VMware VAC
Accelera recently earned the distinction of VMware Authorized Consulting (VAC) partner. Our team consists of recognized specialists in virtual infrastructure and VMware technology.
This partnership enables our clients to leverage proven best practices in delivery of virtual infrastructure engagements. Other benefits include speeding time to market, increasing the quality of service delivery and mitigating risk with proven expertise. VMware training is also available at Accelera's state-of-the-art training facility.
Accelera is proud to announce several consulting services to fit your virtualization adoption lifecycle.
VMware Infrastructure Jumpstart
Leverage the experience and best practices of virtualization experts to get you started quickly and accelerate your time-to-value. The VMware Infrastructure Jumpstart provides you with an on-site proof-of-concept configuration and knowledge transfer using VMware ESX Server and VMware VirtualCenter Management Server.
VMware Infrastructure Jumpstart with Physical-to-Virtual Migrations*
Start with an on-site workshop and knowledge transfer around physical to virtual migrations using VMware ESX Server, VMware VirtualCenter Management Server, and VMware Converter. After four days, you will have a working proof of concept within your own environment.
VMware Virtualization Assessment
Learn which servers are good candidates for virtualization and see the expected return on your investment. You'll get a current inventory of your servers, their workloads, and utilization. We'll then identify opportunities for consolidation, model consolidation scenarios, and conduct a total cost of ownership (TCO) analysis of up to 200 servers. If you require an analysis of more servers or an assessment of your business continuity, change control, service levels, security or other processes, we can tailor a virtualization assessment to meet your requirements.
Please contact us for more info or to learn about our other training and education opportunities.
The Countdown to Citrix iForum 2007
The 2007 iForum is upon us. Accelera’s team is more excited than ever to experience this year’s global event. Application delivery is the name of the game. And Citrix is far and away the leader when it comes to providing value to IT users. Application delivery is a top IT priority, and it’s the central theme of the 2007 iForum, the App Delivery Expo.
Citrix iForum is geared toward CIOs, business owners, IT administrators and infrastructure operators, network engineers and architects. Access the industry’s thought leadership and cutting-edge technology behind some of the hottest trends, including Web 2.0, desktop virtualization and SOA.
Can’t make the iForum? Or just can’t get enough of this kind of top quality information you can use to empower virtual access for your organization? Either way, for the fourth year, we’re bringing the iForum to the Washington, DC region for a half day event featuring the best of Citrix’s App Delivery Expo.
Join us for Citrix iForum in DC, Hosted by Accelera
Hot on the heels of Citrix’s annual global expo, this information packed event will be held at the Hyatt Arlington, Oct. 30 from 8:30—1:00 p.m. Join Accelera Solutions and other industry leaders, including Neoware, as we explore the hottest topics from this year’s iForum.
Topics will include:
- Citrix Provisioning Server—Come learn what this new product offers, and share your feedback. You’ll help Citrix guide further development and future product requirements.
- VoIP and Unified Communications—Do you need to deliver communication and collaboration tools for Presentation Server users? Share your current or anticipated challenges using VoIP and unified communications with Presentation Server. Your advice will help Accelera and Citrix overcome these challenges.
- Citrix Presentation Server 4.5—Learn about the latest Presentation Server release. This extends Citrix’s leadership in application virtualization with improved user experience, performance, security, availability, application deployment and more. Learn more about the new technologies and the over 100 new features of Presentation Server 4.5.
- Citrix WANScaler—Citrix has extended its end-to-end app delivery strategy with Citrix WANScaler. It’s now faster, simpler, and more cost-effective to deliver applications to your remote users. You'll learn how to optimize the flow of all applications over the WAN, including client-server, web, file sharing, bulk data transfer, VOiP and video.
- Deliver Virtual Desktops—Virtual desktops are powerful tools in delivering both security and the best TCO. Learn about the solution for balancing the right virtual desktop solution with the right users. Identify best practices for when to deploy the Citrix Desktop Broker, and experience the Citrix vision for virtual desktop solutions.
Register or call 703-637-5057.
Other Accelera Solution Education Events
In addition to our annual iForum event, we host regular and ongoing hands-on training in leading virtual access solutions
Training Courses in ScriptLogic, Citrix and VMware
We’re pleased to announce Accelera Solutions’ training courses. These are held in our state of the art training facility in Falls Church, VA. Details on each course are available below.
ScriptLogic Desktop Authority 7.6
Dec. 10-12, 2007
This three-day, instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to manage desktops using Desktop Authority 7.6. This course is intended for administrators of Windows-based desktops using Desktop Authority 7.5. Prior to attending this course, students must have experience with Network Administration using Microsoft NT® /Windows® Server 2000/Windows® Server 2003 and administration experience with Windows® Clients.
ScriptLogic Active Administrator 4
Dec 13, 2007
This one-day course, led by a certified Accelera Solutions ScriptLogic engineer, provides the knowledge and skills to administer Active Directory using Active Administrator.
This course is intended for administrators of Active Directory using Active Administrator. Prior to attending this course, students must have experience with:
- Network Administration using Windows® Server 2000/2003
- Active Directory
VMWare: Virtual Infrastructure 3: Install and Configure
Nov. 13-16, 2007
This hands-on training course explores VMware Infrastructure 3, which consists of VMware ESX Server and VMware VirtualCenter. This four-day course consists of 50% lecture and 50% hands-on lab. Upon completion, students can test to become a VMware Certified Professional.
Students will understand the functionality in VMware Infrastructure 3 and be able to:
- Install ESX Server
- Configure ESX Server networking and storage
- Install and configure VirtualCenter
- Control user access to the VMware infrastructure
- Deploy and manage virtual machines using VirtualCenter
- Allocate and monitor virtual machines resources
- Ensure high availability of applications
- Troubleshoot typical ESX Server issues
Prior to attending this course, students must have system administration experience on Microsoft Windows or Linux operating systems. Accelera is an Authorized VMware VAC.
CTX-1259AI Citrix Presentation Server 4.5: Administration
December 3-7, 2007
This five-day instructor led course provides the foundation to effectively deploy and administer Citrix Presentation Server 4.5 and its components, including Load Manager, Installation Manager, Web Interface, Application Streaming and Secure Gateway. Receive hands-on training for installing Citrix Presentation Server and Presentation Server Clients, and for using the various administrative consoles to configure published resources, policies, individual server and server farm settings, load evaluators, isolation environments, printers, streaming applications and much more.
This course is intended for IT professionals, such as server, network, systems and help desk administrators familiar with Microsoft® Windows® environments. Systems engineers, analysts, consultants, and architects are also appropriate candidates for this course.
Experience classroom lecture topics and the practical application of Citrix Presentation Server 4.5 through demonstrations, practices, and hands-on exercises.
Our training courses are held in our state of the art training facility in Falls Church, VA.
We also offer onsite training courses for groups. Contact us or 703-637-5057 to secure your spot or for more information on any of these courses.
Citrix Strengthens Virtualization Position with Acquisitions of XenSource and Ardence
Citrix recently acquired XenSource and Ardence, boosting the company’s position in the fast-growing datacenter and desktop virtualization market. XenSource is a leader in enterprise-grade virtual infrastructure solutions. Together, Citrix and XenSource bring technical, customer, partner, channel and go-to-market synergies. Look for virtualization solutions to be easier to use and even more relevant to business.
Ardence is a leading provider of solutions that enable IT administrators to provision PCs, servers, and web services on-demand from a centrally managed source. Ardence software supports a dynamic desktop infrastructure so the operating system and applications are delivered from virtual disks on a centralized server. This move will strengthen Citrix's application delivery offering with more robust streaming and provisioning technologies, increased security and reliability, and new options for delivery of applications and desktops over the network.
The Ardence technology will also be used to complement the Citrix® NetScaler® web application delivery solutions by enabling the on-demand provisioning of web applications. The Ardence provisioning technology can also be used to more quickly add new servers to a Citrix Presentation Server™ farm.
Virtualization is a hot technology because it breaks the “hard-coded” link between hardware and software. Citrix continues to stay ahead of the pack in providing virtualization technologies, with products that provide the best performance, security and cost savings to the end user. These acquisitions allow Citrix to extend virtualization into the logic and data tier of applications, improving overall customer value and enhancing their position as the market leader in end-to-end application delivery infrastructure.
Contact Accelera for more on how virtualization solutions like these can impact your business.
Accelera Receives Award for Top Application Networking Group Sales for Mid-Atlantic
Accelera has been named one of the highest revenue producers nationwide for Citrix’s Application Networking Group in the platinum category. This includes NetScaler, WANScaler, and Application Firewall. Learn more about Accelera’s honors.
Solutions Spotlight
Securities and Exchange Commission Achieves Teleworking Requirements
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) engaged Accelera Solutions to develop a solution to comply with the new Telework requirements facing the Federal workforce. These requirements are based on Public Law 106-346 which imposes monetary penalties on Federal managers who do not comply with Telework eligibility and accessibility regulations. The SEC sought a comprehensive solution to meet the requirements for all remote users including both Teleworkers and mobile workers.
These requirements focused on the ability to deliver secure, remote access to mission critical applications. The SEC project included the use of the Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Server 4.0 and the Citrix Access Gateway SSL VPN appliance to provide remote access for 1,000 concurrent users. In addition to securing ICA traffic, the Citrix Access Gateway also secures internet traffic and VoIP for all of the SEC’s virtual users.
Accelera Helps MediCorp Health System Achieve EHR
Accelera recently implemented a complete Virtual Access environment leveraging Citrix and VMware technologies for MediCorp Health System. Citrix Presentation Server was deployed to their more than 1,000 concurrent local and remote users. We also expanded and modernized MediCorp’s Citrix MetaFrame environment, providing more secure and easier to use remote access for clinical apps. The user community for MediCorp consists of clinicians located at Mary Washington Hospital in Fredericksburg, VA, as well 27 other healthcare facilities. Read the press release for more.