Liquidware Labs is now at version 4.6; the company that dataplex partners with for desktop virtualisation assessments has just announced a new release with some important features:
- Agent-less desktop monitoring design
- A user experience calibration feature
- One-click proof-of-concept (POC) validation report for planning and implementing next generation desktops such as Citrix XenDesktop and VMware View.
Stratusphere provides organisations moving to VDI (virtual desktop infrastructure) decision support data to develop a clear path forward. Stratusphere Fit is first used to perform a full assessment on an organisation’s desktop infrastructure. The solution gathers usage data and metrics at all integral levels – from the desktop, to the network, to the datacenter, to the SAN. Stratusphere UX (User Experience) then goes to work immediately after a migration by using similar metrics to ensure that an optimum desktop experience is being delivered to users.
Stratusphere v4.6 now gathers metrics from desktops with a unique agent-less approach through a centralised network loadable module. This feature makes assessments non-obtrusive and easier than ever to perform.
A new user experience baseline feature named Stratusphere UX Calibration™ has also been added in v4.6. Once Stratusphere UX gathers initial usage and infrastructure metrics, the solution reports the status of the user experience as good, fair, or poor based on Stratusphere’s analysis of pre-populated thresholds.
Validations for Citrix XenDesktop/VMware View Proof of Concept Projects
Stratusphere v4.6 now includes a one-click proof of concept validation report to provide clear answers for these POCs. .
Other notable new features include numerous report additions and a Desktop 360 diagnostics view in Stratusphere UX which offers administrators the ability to see all key data on machine/network/ host/SAN on a single pane of glass.
If you are doing or considering desktop virtualisaiton you need to contact dataplex about how to tackle the technical and organisational issues.