Virtualized APP

[Mackintire]

Someone please explain to me the benefits of app virtualization.

I recently discovered that we are paying $1500 for 12 cals for Zen 6.0.

How is this cost effectively justified? Unless each apt costs more than say $800 per user, this doesn 't make sense to me.

 

[Jay_2]

XenApp?

 

[shnelson]

That seems really expensive. Is it 12 concurrent users?

With vmware thinapp you can get cals for as cheap as $20/user, making app virtualization very practical.

 

[Jay_2]

If its XenApp then we are talking remote content / app delivery using Remote Desktop Services + the Citrix layer on top. You need both a RDP Cal and a XenApp Cal and it does get very very expensive.

 

[NetJunkie]

And it depends on the license level of XenApp. The high tiers give you a LOT.

And you don't save on licensing with Citrix. If an app is $1K/license and you deliver it to 10 users via XenApp you still pay 10 x $1K.

 

[Jay_2]

Yes I think most people have the advanced license for load balancing the farm.

 

[SpaceHonkey]

We are getting rid of our citrix environment as part of our vmware view implementation. Citrix licensing is horridly expensive nowadays and view essentially eliminates the need for a lesser cost. I'm hoping that AppBlast comes to market soon to make up the difference in application only delivery.

$250/user (not including windows licenses) for full meal deal VMware vs $600/user (not including TS licenses) for full meal deal Citrix is a no brainer to me.

 

[FoldingHard2]

Someone please explain to me the benefits of app virtualization.

I recently discovered that we are paying $1500 for 12 cals for Zen 6.0.

How is this cost effectively justified? Unless each apt costs more than say $800 per user, this doesn 't make sense to me.

Have you tried Cameyo?

http://cameyo.wikispaces.com/Virtualized+Apps