Citrix Certification Queries
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I'm very interested in undertaking some Citrix certifications but not sure where to start.
* If I wanted to obtain certification with Citrix what should be the required Certification I have to acquire and what are the necessary exams and prerequisites.
* What Citrix certifications that are hot in the market right now.
* Can you tell me the difference between the Citrix Presentation Server and the XenServer 5 certification.
* If I take CCA 4.5, is this certification still relevant to the market? If not, what's certification which superseeded CCA 4.5?
Appreciate your help.
I'm very interested in undertaking some Citrix certifications but not sure where to start.
* If I wanted to obtain certification with Citrix what should be the required Certification I have to acquire and what are the necessary exams and prerequisites.
* What Citrix certifications that are hot in the market right now.
* Can you tell me the difference between the Citrix Presentation Server and the XenServer 5 certification.
* If I take CCA 4.5, is this certification still relevant to the market? If not, what's certification which superseeded CCA 4.5?
Appreciate your help.
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I apologize, but I have no idea what your first sentence means. If you're saying certifications go farther than experience then I disagree. I've seen a lot of people with Citrix/MS certifications in my past, that have no idea how to apply it to the "real world".
In no way am I saying they are bad, but I have no certifications but have in depth experience in "the real world" scenarios with a lot of software/technologies.
As for saying XenApp competes with RDS... they don't. It depends on your use case. We have MS reps and they always say XenApp is for Enterprise deployments. RDS has its place but it isn't for large Virtual App/Desktop deployments. If it was a small business with little budget/requirements then yes RDS. For large deployments with a bigger budget/requirements then XenApp. They aren't really competing technologies. I'd go into the history of it all but that's a long conversation.
Now as for XenServer/Hyper-V/VMware, yes they are competing technologies. Citrix and MS are going after VMware. This can be debated, but VMware is a great product... but very expensive compared to Hyper-V and especially compared to XenServer.
That's not all the detials, but if you have more specific questions... please post.
In no way am I saying they are bad, but I have no certifications but have in depth experience in "the real world" scenarios with a lot of software/technologies.
As for saying XenApp competes with RDS... they don't. It depends on your use case. We have MS reps and they always say XenApp is for Enterprise deployments. RDS has its place but it isn't for large Virtual App/Desktop deployments. If it was a small business with little budget/requirements then yes RDS. For large deployments with a bigger budget/requirements then XenApp. They aren't really competing technologies. I'd go into the history of it all but that's a long conversation.
Now as for XenServer/Hyper-V/VMware, yes they are competing technologies. Citrix and MS are going after VMware. This can be debated, but VMware is a great product... but very expensive compared to Hyper-V and especially compared to XenServer.
That's not all the detials, but if you have more specific questions... please post.
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hey KrAzy, i'm not disagreeing with you.....it is quite the opposite actually. Certifications are great on CV but employers know if you are theoriest or full of practical experience based from deploying XenApp or XenServer. OK, I see you point with XenApp vs MS RDP...no contest here. Here in Australia, what the market is looking for is both: experienced plus certification.
Again, I agree with you on XenServer/Hyper-V/VMware..
Again, I agree with you on XenServer/Hyper-V/VMware..
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Citrix is the synonym for the virtualization and application infrastructure systems developed by the company of the same name. Main areas are application virtualization, Software-As-A-Service (SaaS), cloud-computing and networking. The two most well-known are Citrix XenApp or Citrix CloudPlatform.
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Thus, XenApp competes directly with MS Remote Desktop Service whereas XenServer contest MS Hyper-V & VMWare which dominates the virtual server market at the moment?