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How is a Citrix Solution Designed and Deployed?
Centralis specialise in strategic Citrix solutions. The stages and components involved in best practice Citrix design projects illustrate our commitment to best practice and delivering high quality implementations for demanding customers.
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Centralis has specialised in Citrix design and deployment
since 1998. During that time Centralis has provided Citrix consultancy
to over 30% of the top companies in the UK and established a unique
place in the top tier of Platinum Citrix Solutions Advisors. With
solutions based on XenApp, XenDesktop
and XenServer, plus Provisioning Server and application streaming,
Centralis is well placed to help any organisation make the most of their
investment in Citrix.
Citrix Solutions Design
As such, Centralis use a Citrix design methodology which is based on that used by the vendors consulting group themselves. This ensures that the finished Access solution is suitable for both the immediate use and also the long term strategic aims of the customer, as well as ensuring that all the necessary infrastructure elements and procedures are in place to support the solution in the long term.
Martin Lawson, IS Development Manager with RMC says "RMC initially engaged Centralis to overcome a major problem. They came highly recommended by Citrix Consulting Services and we were very pleased with the results of their work. RMC were particularly impressed with the skills of the Centralis consultants and with their commitment to getting us over our issues within the very tight deadlines. The success of the initial engagement gave us real confidence in Centralis’ knowledge and experience and we have gone on to use their services to develop our overall Citrix Access Strategy."
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The success of the initial engagement gave us real confidence in Centralis’ knowledge and experience and we have gone on to use their services to develop our overall Citrix Access Strategy. |
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Martin Lawson, IS Development Manager, RMC |
Centralis are committed to delivering projects on time and to budget, providing an end to end solution which includes more than just project management – it includes all the elements necessary to drive the project to complete success.
"We engaged Centralis because of their understanding of
our needs and reputation for delivering on their promises. Their
project met all our expectations, and we were confident enough
in the quality of service provided to award Centralis the
contract to manage the Citrix environment as an outsourced
service."
Nick Atkins, Head of IT&T, University Of The Arts London
Key Elements of a Citrix Design
Some of the elements of our Citrix design and build process for Access solutions are:
- Infrastructure Assessments
- Proof of Concept
- Citrix Design and Build
- Bespoke Software
- Farm Management and Support Services
Each of these areas is outlined in brief below:
Infrastructure Assessments
Most customer engagements for Centralis begin with an Infrastructure
Assessment or IA. This is a structured process, part of the Citrix
Consulting Methodologies, which evaluates the suitability of a
customer’s environment for the successful deployment and use of Citrix
solutions. This typically involves qualifying the customer’s current
infrastructure and requirements against established best practice and
design principles. The IA concludes with a written report and
presentation to the customer sponsor covering the key findings of the
exercise across twelve critical technology areas, such as Disaster
Recovery, Systems Management and Printing.
Although Centralis carry out IAs, this is only part
of the story. The real benefit comes from a detailed, on-site analysis
by one of our experienced consultants. Optionally, the exercise can
include a health check of the existing
environment.
Centralis has carried out IAs for a range of Times Top 100 and other
strategic customers, working both directly for the customer and jointly
with Citrix Consulting Services.
More about Citrix Analysis & Design
Proof of Concept
Where the customer needs to prove delivery of some applications via a
Citrix XenApp, XenDesktop or XenServer solution, a Proof of Concept environment may be required.
This provides a small deployment suitable for initial validation and
demonstration purposes, typically delivering applications which are
critical to a project or business activity.
Typically, to keep costs low, a Proof of Concept environment will
consist of a virtualised environment and the delivery of a limited set
of manually installed applications.
A Proof of Concept is often undertaken at the conclusion of an
Infrastructure Assessment prior to
beginning a strategic Design.
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