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VMware Horizon 6 Advantages Over Citrix XenDesktop

“VMware has been extremely successful in growing its end-user computing suite of technologies and, based on Gartner’s evaluation criteria for [VDI], has become the technology leader.”

VMware® Horizon™ 6 is the most complete solution for delivering, managing, and protecting Windows desktops, applications, and online services across devices, locations, media, and connections. The all-in-one packaging also makes it an excellent choice for the value-conscious buyer.

One Login | One Experience | Any Device Figure 1: SSO Workspace

Six Reasons VMware Horizon Is a Better Choice Than Citrix XenDesktop V MWAR E HOR IZON

1. Best VDI for SDDC

CI TRI X XENDESKTOP

Integration with VMware vSphere® Integration with VMware Virtual SAN™

2. Superior Visibility and Control

Operations step-by-step troubleshooting Automated predictive engine for issue prevention

3. Central Image Management

“VMware pretty much ran over the competition.”

Physical desktop image management Central image management for physical and virtual desktops and BYOD

4. Choice of On-Premise and Cloud Deployment

Hybrid deployment

5. Workspace Aggregator Offering End Users More Choices

Vendor Agnostic

6. Highest Customer Satisfaction

Temkin top-rated vendor

Delivers across data center, virtual machines, and physical devices

Virtualization Review Readers’ Choice Award Gartner’s pick for technology leader

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“While Citrix does have a powerful product in Provisioning Server and PXE boot physical boxes and VMs, it lacks the functionality needed for true single image management between physical and virtual as the driver stack will vary greatly between these two platforms.” – Gunnar Berger Research Director at Gartner

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Best VDI for VMware Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC)

Horizon 6 includes an even tighter integration between View and VMware SDDC, delivering optimized use of physical resources and real benefits: • 27% CapEx savings • 57% less CPU utilized during AV scans • 26% fewer IOPS during AV scans • Consistency in management and usability Integration between View and VMware Virtual SAN provides easy deployment with automated and customizable storage settings. Storage administration is made easier while enjoying the cost savings from leveraging local storage.

Visibility and Control with 2. Superior Closed-Loop Management VMware closed-loop management provides cloud orchestration and self-service management, movement across data centers, and end-to-end visibility into the health and performance of the View environment. No other vendor offers anything comparable. Further, VMware vCenter™ Operations Manager for View™ (V4V) is an integrated management solution that provides end-to-end visibility into the health and performance of the View environment. Surpassing the management capabilities of any other vendor solution, vCenter Operations Manager for View provides traceability, step-by-step troubleshooting, and an automated predictive engine for anticipating where the next issue will occur. Users are able to quickly solve their current issue, as well as prevent the issue from occurring in the future!

“Mirage supports OS, application, and user layering all from the same interface. It also supports an unlimited number of layers.” – Gunnar Berger Research Director at Gartner

Image Management for Physical, 3. Central Virtual, and BYOD VMware provides end-to-end image management and the market-leading capability to dynamically move images across physical and virtual desktops—from a single management console. VMware Mirage™ includes support for Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 for physical and virtual desktops as well as BYOD support for Linux, Mac, and Windows.

of On-Premise and 4. Choice Cloud Deployment VMware Horizon DaaS® is the industry’s first hybrid desktop as a service (DaaS) solution that gives customers the ability to blend public cloud desktops and on-premise View private cloud desktops for a seamless end-user experience. Following a few simple steps, IT can provision, deploy, and manage high-quality, full Windows desktops to end users that can be accessed from laptops, desktops, zero or thin clients, Google Chromebooks, tablets (Apple iOS, Google Android), and mobile devices.

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Unlike other DaaS offerings that only offer Windows Server or Remote Desktop Services (RDS) environments, VMware Horizon DaaS supports both types of desktops in addition to full Windows Client desktops—all at an affordable price point.

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“V4V gives me all the data I need in one product. I can get all my specialists in the room at one time, and we get to the bottom of a problem. No more fingerpointing.” – vCenter Operations Manager for View customer, December 2013

Aggregator 5. Workspace Offering End Users More Choices

VMware Horizon is the only end-to-end solution for delivering and managing desktops, applications, and online services to end users across virtual data centers, virtual machines, and physical devices. Horizon is vendor-agnostic, allowing it to support the broadest set of application types in addition to virtual desktops: • Packaged applications – VMware ThinApp® • Web applications • SaaS • Microsoft RDSH • XenApp • VMware Hosted Applications • VMware Virtual Desktops

Customer Satisfaction and 6. Highest Lowest Total Cost of Ownership Customer Satisfaction In a report published by the Temkin Group on Net Promoter Scores (NPS), VMware placed first out of 54 vendors. The report concludes that the NPS score is an indicator of both customer loyalty and overall customer satisfaction. By contrast, Citrix scored in the lower half of the group, indicating that Citrix customers are less likely to recommend Citrix products and services to others. Horizon’s all-in-one packaging provides the most value from one SKU and one vendor— making it a clear choice for the value-conscious buyer.

Additional Advantages

“These findings show that VMware Horizon View 5.2 delivered comparable density [to Citrix XenDesktop] at a 41.1% lower cost per user, making it an excellent choice for a company that wants to deliver a highquality experience to users at an excellent price.” – Principled Technologies Report, May 2013

Beyond these five clear reasons to choose Horizon over Citrix XenDesktop, consider these additional advantages. Superior Network Integration VMware and F5 have developed a joint solution and partnership to provide best-of-breed VDI and network integration. F5 is the leader in the Application Delivery Controller market—far ahead of Citrix’s NetScaler—and the integration of Horizon and F5’s BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) brings a new level of security capabilities to a virtual desktop deployment. VMware Mobile Device Management Leadership With the acquisition of AirWatch, VMware provides the market-leading Mobile Device Management (MDM) solution. VMware/AirWatch’s MDM has the largest installed base, highest product quality, most scalable architecture, immediate support of new device OSs, and a fully integrated, unified single-pane-of-glass management system. Citrix’s MDM is a complex deployment with loose integration and confusing licensing.

Horizon Is the Best Choice Millions of users can’t be wrong. Set your company apart from the competition by choosing VMware Horizon and receive the most value for your virtualization dollar.

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