Here we go with yet another blog about Citrix or related topics. I realize there is enough of these sites in our world but I still insist on adding another one. You see I recently made a life change from Citrix Sales consulting and being an “expert” on Citrix solutions to working in an I.T. shop. Amazing how the word expert leaves your repertoire the moment you are not on the sales side of the fence and part of a private I.T. environment. So now I have many sales reps trying to sell me items and guide me on things that I was pretty good at selling myself. I guess that is a reality that I face but I still consider myself rather schooled on Citrix and the fine suite of products that is available.

Over the next while I will document some of the issues and challenges about my life in I.T. as a Citrix administrator. The company I joined has a small Citrix implementation (that I implemented before I was hired ironically) and it is going to grow to something that I think will be fun to work on. We have platinum XenDesktop licensing and I already have configured a small XenDesktop environment. At the moment we almost have every piece of Citrix technology in play and if it isn’t here, people seem to be interested in listening to what I have to pitch. I feel like I am still “solutioning” and white-boarding and that is what really keeps me interested. I love to whiteboard and talk and the fact that I can support and maintain the product is really a bonus.

One main thing I look forward to is when one is architecting solutions for other companies one does not always get to test and try the products in a full production world. That is always the unknown but I am fortunate enough to get the best of both worlds. I feel that this will make me even a more seasoned “Citrix Guy”.

>trevor