Citrix & VDI · Hosted / Managed XenServer
Altanora hosts and fully manages Citrix XenServer on dedicated bare-metal servers in sovereign clouds in the US, Canada, the UK and Australia. XenServer is included in your Citrix entitlements, so there's no hypervisor licence to pay. Move your Citrix workloads off VMware, and the savings cover Altanora's management and still leave you about 40% ahead.
Managed XenServer is a hosted service where Altanora supplies dedicated bare-metal servers, runs Citrix XenServer on them, and handles provisioning, patching, monitoring and support for you.
XenServer is Citrix's own hypervisor, formerly Citrix Hypervisor. It's purpose-built for Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops, with deep PVS/MCS image management and GPU virtualization.
The comparison is your current VMware spend for the migrated workloads against XenServer (no licence cost) plus Altanora's fully managed service. Your number depends on your environment, so we build it on your real footprint.
VMware and Nutanix price increases are forcing IT teams to rethink what they need from their virtualization layer. For Citrix workloads, the answer is often a hypervisor designed for VDI.
Migrate your Citrix workloads to XenServer and drop their VMware licensing. XenServer comes with your Citrix entitlements, so the savings pay for Altanora's management and still leave you about 40% ahead.
PVS/MCS integration and advanced GPU virtualization that general-purpose hypervisors can't match.
Citrix Conversion Manager automates bulk VM migration, preserving configurations and minimizing downtime.
100% dedicated x86 servers with no shared resources, and full hardware control through iLO/iDRAC.
Provisioning, patching, lifecycle planning, 24/7 monitoring and incident response.
Citrix continues to invest in XenServer for next-generation hardware, orchestration and security.
A simple hosted model: dedicated infrastructure, managed operations and secure access.
Apps, VDI and VMs, accessed as they are today.
Megaport, private fibre or Internet, with direct links to the major hyperscalers and most SaaS vendors.
x86 servers that are yours alone. No sharing.
Provisioned, patched and monitored by Citrix-certified engineers, with Citrix delivery optimized on top.
| Feature | Specification |
|---|---|
| Infrastructure | High-performance, customizable x86 bare metal with direct hardware control (iLO/iDRAC) |
| Isolation | 100% dedicated servers; no noisy-neighbour contention |
| Management | Provisioned, patched, monitored and supported 24/7/365 by Citrix-certified engineers |
| Connectivity | Internet, Megaport and private fibre; direct links to the major hyperscalers and most SaaS vendors |
| Workloads | VDI, application virtualization, GPU workloads and legacy platforms |
| Locations | Sovereign clouds in the US, Canada, the UK and Australia |
The best-fit hypervisor for Citrix, without owning hardware.
Organizations that want to cut hypervisor spend before the next renewal. Staying on VMware for non-Citrix workloads? See AltaSphere hosted VMware.
Data residency and sovereignty requirements that public clouds cannot easily satisfy.
Hand off maintenance and 24/7 support to certified specialists.
A hosted XenServer DR site for your production Citrix environment.
A Citrix Double Platinum Partner with more than 70 certified professionals and proprietary VDI and GPU optimization IP.
Yes. It's Citrix's own hypervisor, built for Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops, with native PVS/MCS and GPU support.
Altanora uses Citrix Conversion Manager to move VMs in bulk, preserving configurations, after a workload eligibility review.
Moving Citrix workloads from VMware to managed XenServer eliminates the VMware licensing for those workloads. XenServer is included in your Citrix entitlements, so there's no hypervisor licence to buy. The VMware savings more than cover Altanora's management fees, and organizations typically come out about 40% ahead.
No. XenServer is included in your Citrix entitlements, so there's no licence cost. You pay Altanora a monthly fee for the dedicated infrastructure, management and 24/7 support, quoted on your environment.
Yes. Citrix Hypervisor was renamed back to XenServer.
In sovereign clouds in the US, Canada, the UK and Australia, so you can host where your data residency rules require.
We review your current host count and hypervisor spend, your renewal timing and your workload eligibility, then quantify the savings case for managed XenServer.
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