Splunk Launches Splunk for Citrix XenDesktop App

SAN FRANCISCO, May 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- CITRIX SYNERGY -- Splunk, the leading provider of operational intelligence software, today announced availability of the new Splunk for Citrix® XenDesktop® app which will deliver greater operational visibility for XenDesktop customers. Splunk software collects, indexes and harnesses the machine data generated by IT systems and infrastructure –whether physical, virtual or in the cloud.

Citrix XenDesktop 5 transforms desktop computing to provide a more flexible, people-centric experience. Splunk for Citrix XenDesktop helps IT deliver higher service levels to virtual desktop users by providing visibility into the critical components of a virtual desktop deployment. Splunk's flexibility in providing both a high-level view and deep data drilldown provides IT teams with unprecedented visibility to manage large-scale virtual desktop deployments. Splunk for XenDesktop will be featured at the Citrix Desktop Transformation Booth at Citrix Synergy.

"CIOs increasingly are looking for ways to move from a distributed computing model to a more people-centric, virtualized computing model and products like Splunk for XenDesktop help accelerate this transformation. We already are seeing tremendous customer interest in the Splunk app for helping to manage the IT infrastructure stack," said Gordon Payne, senior vice president and general manager, Desktop Division at Citrix.  "Splunk has become a valued partner of Citrix across our networking and desktop virtualization solutions with a shared vision of helping our customers streamline the end-to-end management of Citrix environments."

In addition to Splunk for XenDesktop, Splunk will demonstrate their recently announced Splunk for Citrix Netscaler app with AppFlow™ at Citrix Synergy. Citrix AppFlow is an innovative new open standards technology that delivers deep insight into critical business applications across both public and private cloud environments. Splunk for Citrix Netscaler with AppFlow provides customers with real-time views into the key operational metrics of their applications as well as baselining and trending capabilities that help detect security, performance and end-user experience issues.

"Splunk is thrilled to work with a market leader like Citrix," said Bill Gaylord, Splunk's vice president of business and corporate development. "Splunk for XenDesktop and Splunk for Citrix Netscaler with AppFlow are great examples of where Splunk provides visibility across physical, virtual and cloud infrastructures delivering the operational intelligence customers need to optimize IT and the business."

Splunk for Citrix XenDesktop
Web Page: Splunk for XenDesktop
Download:http://splunk-base.splunk.com/apps/24826/splunk-for-citrix-xendesktop

Splunk at Synergy
Booth number: 300
Speaking session: Accelerate XenDesktop Adoption with Splunk
Thursday, May 26 at 3:00 p.m., Moscone West 2024
Web Page: http://www.splunk.com/goto/synergy2011 

Conference delegates and those unable to attend Synergy can connect with Splunk via Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube.  In addition, join the conversation on Twitter using the hashtags #splunk and #citrixsynergy.

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About Splunk
Splunk is the leading provider of operational intelligence software used to monitor, report and analyze real-time machine data as well as terabytes of historical data – located on-premise or in the cloud. Almost half of the Fortune 100 and more than 2,600 enterprises, service providers and government organizations in 78 countries use Splunk to improve service levels, reduce IT operations costs, mitigate security risks, and drive new insights for IT and the business.

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