Friday, July 23, 2010 by Gareth Kitson | 357 views | 0 comments
Comments over VMware’s decision to not ship Virtual Profiles (the technology VMware gained through their acquisition of RTO software) with VMware View 4.5 continues to rock around the Internet. There are people who bought RTO Virtual Profiles before the acquisition by VMware, who are now upset about the dropping of support (this can be seen in Bridget Botelho’s article on SearchVirtualDesktop.com – Virtual Profiles customers endure VMware acquisition of RTO Software – where RTO customers have now switched to a User Virtualization solution from AppSense) . There are also people who thought that the inclusion of Virtual Profiles in View would solve their user virtualization problems and who now will have to wait longer to try it out, some of which actually purchased VMware View on the premise that RTO Virtual Profile technology would then be included in VMware View 4.5.
Friday, July 09, 2010 by Jon Wallace | 697 views | 1 comments
When Apple launched the iPod it was largely seen as a music revolution with a slick new device, excellent online access to music and most of all one of the most brilliant marketing gimmicks ever. The iPod was not a new invention in the music scene and in fact prior to its launch there were many MP3 players available on the market but Apple seemed to do something better than everyone else, sell the device virally.
Thursday, July 01, 2010 by Jon Wallace | 2200 views | 18 comments
In my opinion there have been some rather interesting developments over the past few weeks with relation to the VDI space, none more than VMware’s announcements that View is to ship late and more so, without its profile management technology.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010 by Jon Wallace | 2806 views | 29 comments
Its been a while now since the initial flurry of activity around the beginnings of the Desktop Virtualization space and today, many organizations are starting to piece together the puzzle in search of that alluring reduction in TCO. What we are beginning to experience is the realization that additional software is needed to fill the gaps in technology not current catered for by the VDI vendors whether this be security, personalization, management or application provisioning which is further leading to confusion. We are entering a space where there is no reference architecture, no early groups who walked the walk and know the mistakes and no firm recommendations as to exactly what is needed – this is new territory for many.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010 by Gareth Kitson | 238 views | 0 comments
You may by now (or at least hopefully) will be aware of the soon to be released and very much anticipated AppSense User Rights Management technology – User Rights Management brings huge opportunity to reduce desktop TCO, improve desktop security & stability, reduce support calls and ensure users have access to the features and applications they require along with optimum user satisfaction.
Monday, June 28, 2010 by Gareth Kitson | 180 views | 0 comments
AppSense, the leading user virtualization solution provider, partner with Fujitsu to enable a desktop virtualization project for 140,000 users across 1,000 site locations at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).
Monday, June 28, 2010 by Gareth Kitson | 157 views | 0 comments
Kaweah Delta Medical Center, a leading California-based healthcare organization who has been using a combined Citrix and AppSense solution to deliver virtual desktops to their workforce has kindly recorded a video interview to present the challenges faced in the adoption of desktop virtualization, and more importantly how they use a combined Citrix and AppSense solution to deliver personalized desktops to a wide range of accessing devices from a standard set of provisioned operating system and application components.
Thursday, June 17, 2010 by Gareth Kitson | 121 views | 0 comments
Jo Harder, a Senior Architect in the Citrix Readiness Division is hosting another ‘Profile’ based webinar as part of the Citrix Tech-Talk Expert Webinar Series.
Jo has several years a a lead consultant for Citrix, and so has seen some of the worlds largest and most complex Citrix environments; and from this has learnt typical customer challenges and best practices to avoid or solve such issues. In this webinar, Jo will be covering the challenges with user profiles in a XenApp and/or XenDesktop environment – specially looking at options available with Roaming profile, where Citrix User Profile Manager can help, where it can not help / is unsupported, and when Citrix recommend a leading 3rd party specialist solution; such as AppSense.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 by Gareth Kitson | 124 views | 0 comments
Simon Rust, VP of Technology at AppSense has written an article for Virtual Strategy Magazine; focusing on how User Virtualization solutions are key to the adoption of desktop virtualization technologies in enterprise environments.
Tuesday, June 15, 2010 by Gareth Kitson | 146 views | 0 comments
Following on from the recent PubForum event, Andrew Wood has published an interesting article relating to some of the new functionality AppSense were demonstrating as part of our 2010 product release schedule. The article discusses the possibilities and options with regards to ‘can you give power to users responsibly’ ?
Tuesday, June 15, 2010 by Gareth Kitson | 100 views | 0 comments
If you were unable to make Citrix Synergy 2010 in San Francisco and can’t wait until Citrix Synergy Berlin, fear not; Leading AppSense and Citrix partner Convergence are hosting a series of post Synergy events!
Friday, June 04, 2010 by Gareth Kitson | 139 views | 0 comments
CEMA, a leading Citrix and AppSense reseller in Germany are hosting a ‘Hands On’ workshop, on the road, in a Citrix truck! The truck comes complete with a mobile data center to give interactive access to Citrix FlexCast and AppSense technology!
Friday, June 04, 2010 by Gareth Kitson | 116 views | 0 comments
During the busy days that was the Citrix Synergy in San Francisco, David Marshall from InfoWorld wanted to see what all the fuss about AppSense, our Citrix Ready Solution of the Year award and AppSense User Virtualization Solutions were all about. David spent time with AppSense VP of Technology – Simon Rust – and has since written an article based on his findings..
Friday, June 04, 2010 by Gareth Kitson | 136 views | 0 comments
AppSense VP of Strategy Martin Ingram has written an article about mobile computing and the introduction of client hypervisors. He examines the pro’s and con’s of the client side hypervisor, and the challenges we may be faced with as part of adoption and implementation…
Friday, May 21, 2010 by Gareth Kitson | 136 views | 0 comments
Citrix are hosting an event focused on how best to take advantage of desktop virtualization technology and user driven requirements to enable an improved IT delivery service at reduced cost.
As a leading Citrix partner, AppSense are delighted to be joining Citrix at the event, where together we can demonstrate the power of Citrix XenDesktop with AppSense User Virtualization.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 by Gareth Kitson | 148 views | 0 comments
A leading Citrix and AppSense reseller is hosting a Citrix Synergy 2010 recap seminar this week, with sessions from themselves, Citrix and AppSense – followed by an Atlanta Braves baseball game.
Monday, May 17, 2010 by Gareth Kitson | 135 views | 0 comments
Fresh from Citrix Synergy last week, Citrix TV have done a great job in uploading a lot of the videos they recorded a the event to their Citrix Community TV website.
I would like to thank Citrix TV for taking the time to record a couple of AppSense videos as it was an incredibly busy event and they had many people to see and film. Also to our joint partner IBM, who use AppSense as part of the IBM Smart Business Desktop Cloud Offering.
Monday, May 17, 2010 by Gareth Kitson | 144 views | 0 comments
InterAct, a leading AppSense and Citrix Distributor are holding a free workshop to showcase Citrix XenDesktop and AppSense user virtualization as a leading desktop delivery solution.
Thursday, May 13, 2010 by Gareth Kitson | 201 views | 0 comments
Only days after winning the Citrix Ready Solutions Partner of the Year 2010 award, I am pleased to say that AppSense have also been shortlisted as a finalist in the 2010 American Business Awards (ABA) in the ‘Most Innovative Company of the Year – Up to 2,500 employees category’.
This year see’s the 8th annual ABA awards which honor and generate public recognition of achievement and positive contributions of organizations and business people worldwide.
Thursday, May 13, 2010 by Gareth Kitson | 160 views | 0 comments
I have already done a quick blog post detailing a collection of some of the good live blogs and reports coming direct from Citrix Synergy (Collection of Synergy feeds blog) – but in addition I thought it be nice to share a few photos we have taken so far from the event, please see below:
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