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Will You Make the Windows XP Deadline in Time? 10X IT Productivity Webinar Series, Ep. 1 | Recorded Tue. Oct.1 at 2pm EDT If your computers are among the 30% expected to still be running XP after April 2014 then you may face significant vulnerabilities. There are significant vulnerabilities, as well as additional cost for extended support contracts from Microsoft. Learn how to smoothly migrate from Windows XP and unlock the door to vast improvements in desktop management. What if you could use that crucial project as a lever to make you 10X more productive at delivering IT services and managing user workspaces? Explore your options. Learn how 10X productivity improvements are not beyond your reach.
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Will You Make the Windows XP Deadline in Time?
Risks, Costs and Solutions for Windows XP End of Life and Beyond
10X IT Productivity Webinar Series, Ep. 1
Penny Gralewski
Sr. Product Marketing Manager at Citrix
Sean Donahue
Sr. Director Alliances at RES Software
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Today’s Topics
• What is End of Life?
• Risks / Costs
• Steps to the Demise of Windows XP
• Wrangle your Apps
• Separate your Users
• Windows 8.1?? Windows 9??
• Empower your Users #10xIT
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When? What? Where?
When? April 8, 2014
What?
No more service packs (SP)
No more hot fixes
No more support
Where?
33% - 50% of Enterprise Organization
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Upgrade? Or Roll the Dice?
To Upgrade? Or Not?
Malware
Virus
Soft Targets
Paid Extended
$upport
Rolling 3-Year
$upport
Cost$ Double in
Year 2
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Why Don’t Companies Upgrade?
• Application Libraries
• Too many applications amassed over 10 years
• Incompatibilities with Windows 7 / 8
• Incompatibilities with Internet Explorer 7, 8, 9, 10
• Incompatibilities with App-V 4.x / 5
• User Disruption
• 10 years of user familiarity
• Loss of productivity
• Increased help desk burden
• The neighbor effect
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So, how do you
approach this
paradigm?
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Smooth migrations with the right tools
Empower
Discover
Design
Deploy Build
RES Workspace Designer
RES Workspace Manager
SCCM
App-V
Citrix AppDNA
The IT Store
RES Automation Manager
SCCM
XenApp / XenDesktop
Citrix AppDNA
RES BDA
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Step 1 – Identify Scoping
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Choose the both path or mix physical & virtual
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How to solve the real app compat problems
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What’s the time, cost, risk?
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Step 1 – Discover Scoping
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Physical or Virtual
Operating System Application
Physical Install Physical Install
Server-based Computing Hosted Session-based
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure XenApp
Windows on a Stick App-V Streaming
Image Management Package Management
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The Growing Impact on IT
Is managing
IT getting
too complex
and costly?
Traditional Apps &
PC Lifecycle
Management Systems
Task Workers
& Desktop PCs
Virtualized &
Streamed Apps
Knowledge Workers
& Laptops
Virtual &
Remote Desktops
Mobile Workers
& Tablet PCs
Cloud-Based Apps &
Mobile Device
Management
Remote/Home Office
Workers & smart phones
App Delivery &
Management User Workstyles &
Devices
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User Disruption
This
doesn’t
work…
Help me!
This is
so slow!!
I hate
this new
desktop!
I used to
have…
I can’t
find…
Where is
my ….?
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Make the user agnostic
Windows XP • Applications
• Data
• Printers
• Settings
Windows 7 SBC
Citrix XenDesktop
Windows 7
Windows 9
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Is it Just about Happy Users?
• Consistency is key to happy users
• Faster access is also key
• IT needs compliance and control
• Nirvana is providing the right IT services to the right
users in the right situation
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Location and Device Awareness
Examples:
• Network location
• OS type
• Application version
• USB storage
• Hardware spec
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Enterprise Class Management
• Single management console
• Lightweight architecture
• Just a few clicks away
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Step 6: High Five
Place Hand Here
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Delivering Customer, Partner Success
Read the best case study ever
http://www.ressoftware.com/resources/case-studies
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Don’t hesitate to reach out to us:
Sean Donahue
Sr. Director Alliances
SeanDo@ressoftware.com
@SeanDo40
Penny Gralewski
Sr. Product Marketing Mgr.
Penny.Gralewski@Citrix.com
@AppDNA
www.citrix.com/appdna
Questions? Comments? Concerns?
Thank you for attending!
Stay tuned for the next episode of the
IT Productivity Webinar Series
http://www3.ressoftware.com/10xIT2.html
Try Citrix AppDNA
http://try.citrix.com/AppDNATrial
Read the best case study ever
http://www.ressoftware.com/resources/case-
studies
Watch the whiteboard of XP EoL
http://www.youtube.com/user/RESSoftware
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