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Nick Lowe Joins AppSense As VP of Sales for EMEA

January 19, 2012 by Robin Wauters Leave a Comment

AppSense, provider of user virtualization technology, has announced the appointment of Nick Lowe as vice president of sales in the Europe, Middle East and Asia (EMEA) markets.

Lowe’s responsibilities will include overseeing all sales, services and strategic alliances within the EMEA region, as well as driving additional business in new EMEA territories.

Lowe most recently was vice president of sales, EMEA at Cyber-Ark Software. Prior to Cyber-Ark, Lowe spent eight years as regional director of Northern Europe for Check Point Software Technologies. Previously, Lowe held senior positions in sales management at Sun Microsystems and Nortel where he was part of the acquisition of Bay Networks.

Lowe will be located in the AppSense London office.

He holds an M.B.A. from Stanford Business School as well as a M.A. in Computer Science from Queen’s College Cambridge and a B.S. in Electronic Engineering from the University of Portsmouth.

AppSense Affinity Program Extends User Virtualization To Partners

October 25, 2011 by Robin Wauters Leave a Comment

AppSense, provider of user virtualization technology, today announced the AppSense Affinity Partner Program, enabling ecosystem partners to engage in joint user virtualization initiatives spanning market awareness, co-development and technical certification.

Customers will benefit from optimized solutions and jointly developed best practices designed to help accelerate desktop transformation initiatives in four distinct ways – environment assessment, application analysis and migration and desktop deployment – all underpinned by user virtualization.

Each of the Affinity Partner solutions work in conjunction with AppSense user virtualization technology to ensure an accelerated and successful transformation project.

Founding partners include App-DNA, Centrix and Lakeside Software.

AppSense Teams Up With Centrix Software For User-Centric Desktop Transformation Program

September 22, 2011 by Robin Wauters Leave a Comment

AppSense, provider of user virtualization technology, and Centrix Software, provider of unified end-user computing solutions, today announced a strategic partnership to provide organizations with a user-centric transformation program.

The partnership will allow organizations to simplify and accelerate the adoption of new technologies and platforms including Windows 7, desktop and application virtualization, cloud computing and BYOD initiatives.

Through a user-centric approach, AppSense and Centrix eliminate many user-related project barriers that burden traditional desktop transformation projects. IT managers are assured of delivering projects faster, with less risk, while delivering a consistent end-user experience across all platforms.

The program has been helping mutual AppSense and Centrix Software customers and partners with desktop transformation projects, and is part of many standard offerings.

AppSense and Centrix will be hosting a joint webinar, “Transforming the Enterprise Desktop″, on Wednesday, October 5 at 3 p.m. GMT.

AppSense Establishes Certified Specialist Program

September 20, 2011 by Robin Wauters Leave a Comment

AppSense, provider of user virtualization technology, today announced the AppSense Certified Specialist program with computer-based testing for information technology provider Pearson Vue.

As the second tier of its three-tier global certification program, the specialist certification program is designed to increase and benchmark competency while validating an IT professional’s ability to implement, configure, and administer the AppSense User Virtualization Platform (UVP).

The AppSense UVP decouples the user layer from any native PC or virtual desktop, capturing this user-specific ‘digital personality’ into a centralized management framework. The UVP then delivers this personality, along with related IT-defined policies, on-demand to any point on an organization’s desktop and application delivery infrastructure – physical and virtual.

AppSense, Lakeside Software Team Up To Deliver User Virtualization Assessment For All Desktop Environments

August 24, 2011 by Robin Wauters Leave a Comment

AppSense, provider of user virtualization technology, and Lakeside Software, provider of business intelligence solutions for IT professionals, today announced a strategic partnership to provide a User Virtualization Assessment service that assists customers with the discovery and design phases of Desktop Transformation projects.

By pairing AppSense and Lakeside’s flagship product, SysTrack, enterprises can move beyond assessment and planning into the implementation and operation of a user virtualization solution.

AppSense and Lakeside are providing a comprehensive solution that ensures enterprises are selecting the right solutions for their desktop environment.

AppSense Enhances Its User Virtualization Platform

July 18, 2011 by Robin Wauters Leave a Comment

User virtualization technology company AppSense has announced the latest release of the AppSense User Virtualisation Platform (UVP), which features significant enhancements aimed at both improving performance and enabling the next generation of user virtualisation capabilities.

AppSense UVP provides a complete solution to unlock the user layer and allow for IT to manage thousands of users as easily as managing a single user instance, while freeing users to work with the devices and applications that permit them to maximize productivity.

Enhancements of the latest AppSense UVP include a new modular architecture, expanded policy and personalization capabilities, enhanced management and control and end-user experience improvements.

This latest version of the AppSense UVP is released as AppSense Environment Manager version 8.1 and is available through AppSense’s 350+ global network of Certified Solution Partners.

You can also download an evaluation version of the software by visiting the AppSense website.