AppSense Validated on Cisco Virtualization Experience Infrastructure (VXI)

Cisco has rapidly emerged as a key player in the desktop virtualization ecosystem through its Virtualization Experience Infrastructure (VXI). VXI brings core desktop virtualization capabilities together with an integrated collection of networking, security, collaboration, and data center technologies to provide a high-performance experience that is optimized for video and collaboration.

Earlier today at Citrix Synergy, we were pleased to announce that Citrix Ready Leadership Partner (case study here) & Citrix Ready Solution of the Year 2010 ,  AppSense User Virtualization Platform has successfully completed Cisco-conducted interoperability testing with Cisco VXI and proved out a number of significant benefits that AppSense User Virtualization brings to the Cisco VXI solution. By combining Cisco VXI with user virtualization technology from AppSense, enterprise customers will see benefits across areas such as:

• Migration & Upgrades: Faster, more successful rollouts through the removal of deployment barriers to achieve a seamless, consistent user experience, and simplified management.
• Security: Granular location, role and context-specific policy and application access, including the ability to dynamically elevate or restrict user privileges.
• IT Infrastructure Optimization: High availability through offline caching, improved responsiveness and optimized performance of the Cisco VXI environment.  Enhanced helpdesk and user management efficiencies are achieved while minimizing total cost of ownership.
• Mobility: Extend Cisco VXI use through location-based policy and application access.  Enable consistent, seamless user experience regardless of device or connectivity.  Extend data access to mobile devices based on policy considerations.

For a more in-depth look at how the AppSense User Virtualization Platform can be deployed optimally with Cisco VXI, download the newly published white paper, “Cisco VXI and AppSense User Virtualization“ from the Cisco VXI Design Zone, below is a quote from the paper:

We are extreme proud of the company we keep from a technology alliances standpoint, and our growing partnership with Cisco is yet another example of the growing strategic importance of user virtualization.

Get on the Road to Desktop Transformation at Citrix Synergy 2011

The month of May has been a busy time at AppSense, as our ever-accelerating corporate momentum has translated into a much higher profile at key industry events in 2011. Over the last several weeks alone, we have played major roles at BriForum Europe, Interop, and Microsoft Tech-Ed North America, not to mention the various smaller community events that we take part in on an ongoing basis. The response has been tremendous, and this week brings the grand finale of our May events marathon, Citrix Synergy 2011.

Our recognition last year as the Citrix Ready Solution Provider of the Year is reflective of the strategic relationship that AppSense and Citrix have been building for over a decade. The AppSense and Citrix solutions are highly complementary, and as a result we have many customers and partners in common. So naturally, Citrix Synergy is an amazing opportunity for AppSense to showcase our ongoing collaboration with Citrix, connect with a large concentration of key customers and partners, and educate the desktop virtualization community at large about the strategic value of user virtualization.

Visit AppSense at Booth #302

As a Platinum sponsor of Citrix Synergy, AppSense will have a significant presence in the Citrix Synergy Solutions Expo. We have a great set of activities planned in the booth throughout the week. Whether you are still in the investigative stages or are ready for a “deep dive” product demo, you’ll find what you need at Booth 302 and also have a chance to meet some of AppSense’s best and brightest.

Start Your Desktop Transformation Journey

Expect to see the Citrix Desktop Transformation Model take center stage at Citrix Synergy, and for AppSense to be right at the center of it. Citrix will have an extensive set of programs and resources available at Synergy to help you simplify and accelerate your efforts to transform desktop computing in your organization. As a key enabler of the Citrix approach, AppSense will be on hand at the Citrix Simplify Desktop Transformation Pavilion. The Citrix Desktop Transformation Model is a great framework to optimize and accelerate your desktop virtualization efforts, and we are pleased to be a part of it.

In addition to checking out the sessions and exhibits at the show, be sure to download our brand new white paper, “AppSense and Citrix: Accelerating the Desktop Transformation Model.”

Gain Insights from an Industry Visionary

There is no one with a more complete view of where AppSense and Citrix intersect than our VP and CTO (and former Citrix Desktop CTO) Harry Labana. Be sure to stop by Harry’s session on Wednesday for his latest thoughts on the evolution of corporate computing. Harry never disappoints, so you can bet that it will be an entertaining and though-provoking session.

“User Virtualization: In the Desktop World, the User Comes First”

Date & Time: Wednesday, May 25, 9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.

Presenter: Harry Labana, Vice President & CTO

Duration: 45-minutes

Room: Moscone 2024

Session ID: SYN604

More Information: Click here

 

Make the Most of a Great Opportunity

San Francisco is a great city, and Synergy brings in an unequalled concentration of desktop virtualization experts and ecosystem players. The learning and networking doesn’t need to stop when the show floor closes. Be sure to immerse yourself in the tremendous networking opportunities surrounding the event. For our part, we will be setting up shop for the week at the W Hotel across from the Moscone Center and have some really exciting evening events planned for both customers and partners. If you haven’t already received an invitation to one of our events, be sure to stop by the AppSense booth to learn more. Space is filling quickly!

We expect a great week and are really looking forward to some great customer and partner conversations. If you are at Synergy this week, come by and say hello!

AppSense to Join Virtualization Community at BriForum Europe

BriForum is nearly here!

Blogger and analyst Brian Madden’s annual virtualization geekfest returns to Europe next week (10-11 May) at the Chelsea Football Club in London, and as with all community events, AppSense is proud to be an event sponsor along with Citrix and Intel.  The AppSense team will be turning out in a big way to take in and contribute to the jam-packed agenda of great virtualization community content.

We’ll dive right into the deep end on Tuesday as AppSense’s Benny Tritsch will put his independent community hat on (not AppSense hat) and join respected independent consultant Shawn Bass to reprise their popular session “RDP, RemoteFX, ICA/HDX, EOP and PCoIP VDI: Remoting Protocols Turned Inside Out.” If the past is any indication, this will likely be one of the most attended and discussed sessions at the event as two of the sharpest guys in the space drill into how graphics and media remoting works and do a head-to-head comparison of the most popular protocols.

Later on Tuesday, our newly appointed VP and CTO Harry Labana and Brian Madden will team up for the other must-see session of the day, “The Future Desktop: What Should it Do and What Should it Look Like?” There is no shortage of new desktop and application delivery approaches these days, and there are even more views and opinions on what is on offer and what best suits specific use cases. Wondering where is it all going and to what degree will IT teams be able to rise to the occasion? You can bet that Harry and Brian will each have some insightful and provocative perspectives, and that neither will hold back from speaking their mind.

On Wednesday, Brian will join AppSense technical minds Benny Tritsch, Simon Townsend, and David Shepherd, as well as highly respected Citrix CTP Pierre Marmignon, owner of www.CitrixTools.net and the free (and controversial) Virtual User Environment Manager solution, for a roundtable discussion on the state of User Virtualization. This all-star group will cover the key elements of User Virtualization, the types of solutions available, and how it is being applied in practice today.

AppSense’s Jon Wallace, like Benny Tritsch, will be wearing his non-AppSense, independent hat when he delivers his session ”Mandatory and Default User Profile Tuning.” A recognized expert on the Windows registry and user profile architecture and author of www.InsideTheRegistry.com, Jon will demonstrate a practical collection of tips and tricks for optimizing log-on speed and usability when using mandatory and default user profiles. These tips are useful regardless of whether AppSense products are being used, so it’s a great opportunity for attendees to tap AppSense’s unmatched Windows profile knowledge.

As an event sponsor, AppSense will also sponsor the Geek Out Game Show, along with Citrix and Intel, on Tuesday at 5:35pm to 6:35pm

Throughout week, the AppSense team will also be manning the Demo Lab, so if you are attending BriForum Europe, be sure to stop by to say hello. It should be a great week!

For a the full agenda on this great event, please visit http://briforum.com/Europe/agenda.html   

See you all there!

AppSense Names Harry Labana as Vice President and CTO

This morning, we excitedly shared the news that Harry Labana will join AppSense next week as vice president and chief technology officer. For most in the desktop virtualization industry, Harry requires no introduction. Both in his most recent role as the desktop CTO at Citrix, as well as his previous tenure as an IT executive at Goldman Sachs, Harry has consistently demonstrated a firm grounding in the practical desktop management challenges of today, as well as a keen ability to both see and articulate the future of desktop computing.

You can learn a bit more about Harry’s decision to join AppSense by reading his blog post “A great ride so far and the journey continues” over on the Citrix blog. While you are there, I also encourage you to check out Harry’s three-part blog series “Desktop virtualization as a strategic discussion” for some insightful perspective on the current state of our industry.

In a year that has already been marked by landmark announcements and key talent acquisitions, the addition of Harry to the AppSense team holds particular significance. While AppSense is by all measures already a very successful company, we see an opportunity for something much bigger and much more strategic. Harry will take our technology vision to the next level of depth and maturity, and help set us firmly on a path to realizing it.

And the best part is that he won’t need to do it alone. Harry takes the reigns of the powerhouse office of the CTO that already includes virtualization industry thought leaders such as Simon Rust, Jon Wallace, and Dr. Benny Tritsch. With that crew setting the direction and the best software development team in the business firing on all cylinders under the direction of Kieron Shiel, there is no way we can lose!

On behalf of the entire AppSense team, welcome aboard Harry!