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The future of SCOM

'SCOM is here to stay'. Please read the following extract from an article written by Richard Benwell, CEO at SquaredUp. Gartner predicts that 30% of Enterprise IT spending will be on cloud and outsourcing by 2023. That’s 70% spending on non-cloud and outsourcing – the in-house infrastructure and software we have today. And if you’re running traditional Windows and Linux workloads at scale, SCOM remains the best tool on the market.

Experience Center launched!

We have launched a brand new Experience Center that is able to demo you online a live Citrix CVAD environment being monitored by MetrixInsight for CVAD SCOM Management Pack. This way you can click around all by yourself to get a good impression of the Management Pack's capabilities. Request access here and browse through the Management Pack whenever you want during one month. Enjoy!

New Citrix Application Delivery Controller Management Pack released

We are happy to announce that our new SCOM Management Pack for monitoring Citrix Application Delivery Controller (ADC) instances has been released today! Citrix ADC was previously called 'Netscaler'. With more than 150 monitors and rules, organizations that use Citrix ADC to provide remote access to their employees are now able to insure Remote Work Availability and Performance at all times with SCOM. The MP has become part of our Citrix Ready MetrixInsight for CVAD subscription offering.

Citrix MP -30% EOL Deal

Citrix announced EOL for their SBC/ VDI SCOM MPs. We understand that a transition to an alternative solution takes some effort. Especially during these extraordinary times. To support a smooth transition we offer 30% discount for a 1-year subscription on MetrixInsight for CVAD SCOM MP during June, July and August 2020 for all Citrix CVA(D) Premium license customers.

It's all about User Experience! New release available for MetrixInsight for CVAD

It’s all about User Experience! New release available for MetrixInsight for CVAD. A CITRIX® Ready SCOM Management Pack for Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops. We have included some new important metrics to measure User Experience for Citrix based SBC/VDI: Session Round Trip Time, also known as ICA Round Trip Time (ICA RTT).

Citrix Monitoring: How to properly monitor Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops stacks?

Citrix provides a tool called Citrix Director for monitoring Citrix Virtual App and Desktops (CVAD), formerly known as Citrix XenDesktop/XenApp. While this is a great tool for providing day to day end user support with real-time health information about CVAD software components and user sessions, there are a few important differences compared to an Enterprise Monitoring Platform, such as Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM). You should know this when monitoring CVAD stacks.