Desktop & Application Virtualization

Managed service providers and Software-as-a-Service providers are implementing virtualization to reduce costs and increase manageability of their cloud computing environments. Administrators need continuous virtual desktop (VDI) visibility to spot potential VDI problems, and to diagnose desktop virtualization issues reported by end users. Administrators also require more capabilities to respond quickly or automatically to issues and to pinpoint the root cause of end user problems. Existing virtual desktop (VDI) management systems only provide part of the picture, and lack end-to-end visibility and details. In addition, detailed auditing of user activity is often needed to validate security.

Stratusphere&trade gives cloud computing providers full visibility into user and application activity in virtualized desktop environments, with end-to-end VDI assessment and profiling, allowing administrators to more easily spot and diagnose problems and ensure the service levels and reliability of their applications. Stratusphere&trade uses a highly efficient and scalable data collection system inside virtual machines and at the virtual network layer to give administrators the deeper data they need without compromising the efficiency of their virtual environment. Dashboards, reports and alerts help identify issues before they become a problem, and quickly solve problems that do occur. Stratusphere&trade ensures that providers can:

• Continuously assess and profile user activity
• Profile applications from the desktop to the SAN
• Validate security and regulatory compliance
• Control VM sprawl
• Track individual user activity for billing purposes
• Provide customers with detailed service level and regulatory compliance reports

Liquidware Labs Inc. works with:

• Stratusphere&trade Works with
• VMware View (VDI)
• Citrix XenDesktop
• Provision Networks
• Desktone

Administrators increasingly deploy or consolidate application virtualization solutions to reduce management and deployment costs. Deploying application virtualization solutions such as VMware ThinApp or Microsoft App-V, or Citrix XenApp or Microsoft Terminal Services on top of VMware ESX or Microsoft Hyper-V, for example, promises to lower costs. But those deployments create new management challenges and risks. Administrators lack the tools required to assess and profile existing application usage, or to assess end user experience after deployment.

Stratusphere&trade Virtual Application Assessment and Profiling

With Stratusphere&trade you gain full visibility into individual user and application activity on and through application virtualization platforms. Stratusphere&trade lets you assess application activity, and profile all application resource footprints including CPU, memory, network bandwidth and SAN. Stratusphere&trade uses patented Connector ID technology to identify and track user activity, combined with a highly efficient data collection system across the physical and virtual environment, to give you the deeper data you need without compromising the efficiency of your virtual environment.

Using Stratusphere&trade, you can establish service levels for applications, users, user groups, virtual machine (VM) groups and specific times of day. Additionally, you can map application dependencies and gather configuration and usage data from the desktop all the way down to the SAN. Stratusphere&trade allows you to continuously assess and profile virtual application activity. Dashboards, reports and alerts allow you to plan, design and support application virtualization. Stratusphere&trade also provides complete response and control capabilities to automate administrative tasks and to block or throttle user activity to ensure good VDI and virtual application performance. Use Stratusphere&trade’s virtual application performance monitoring and management solution to:

• Assess applications before virtualization
• Ensure service levels after virtualization
• Track individual user activity end-to-end
• Validate security and regulatory compliance
• Control VM sprawl

Liquidware Labs Inc. works with:

• Citrix XenApp (Presentation Server)
• Microsoft Terminal Services and App-V
• VMware ThinApp
• Symantec Altiris SVS