ESG Lab Analyst Kerry Dolan discusses ESG's recent testing of Dell Foglight for Citrix XenDesktop and XenApp.  Server and desktop virtualization, as well as cloud infrastructure, are driving an increase in the size and complexity of IT environments, which in turn increase the work of managing IT infrastructure. Organizations need tools to effectively manage their expanding environments. These solutions must give IT the ability to accurately visualize the environment, analyze the interconnected systems and services running there, and optimize everything to reduce both capital and operational expenditures.

A modular system, Dell Foglight provides varied functionality called cartridges, based on IT capabilities. Dell Foglight for Citrix XenDesktop and XenApp provides actionable insights that help detect, diagnose, and resolve potential issues from the application through the virtualization layer all the way to the physical disk.

ESG Lab examined the Dell Foglight for Citrix in a test environment with virtual servers running Citrix XenDesktop and simulated business applications on a heterogeneous infrastructure.