DABCC Radio: Cloud, Desktop, Mobility, Virtualization Podcasts (Citrix, VMware, Microsoft)

In episode 311, Douglas Brown interviews Jeff Kalberg, Technology Evangelist at IGEL Technology. Jeff and Douglas discuss dive deep into the world of secure end-points, aka Thin Clients. Jeff does a fantastic job detailing his views on today’s EUC market and how the end-point has changed over the years, why today, more than ever, a secure end-point is beneficial from both the economic side to the technical, plus so much more. This is a great discussion, and Jeff does a fantastic job diving deep into the today’s tech world! Download the MP3 here: https://api.spreaker.com/v2/episodes/15319206/download.mp3About Jeff KalbergJeff Kalberg is a Technology Evangelist at IGEL Technology with over 30 years of industry experience covering more technology than he cares to remember.  An IT consultant for most of his career, Jeff has advised organizations of all sizes on a variety of technologies, including advocating virtualization solutions since the early ‘90s.  Over the years, he has counseled some of the world’s largest and most respected companies.  Working within all levels of an organization from marketing and sales to operations and finance to information technology, Jeff has developed a unique perspective that he leverages to the benefit of his client customers.  Jeff holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting from Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio. Website: https://www.igel.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffkalbergTwitter:  @JeffKalbergAbout Douglas A. BrownDouglas Brown is the Founder and President of DABCC, Inc. Doug has more than 20 years of experience in virtualization, cloud, and server-based computing technologies and markets. DABCC is the first and most visited website dedicated to all elements of virtualization and features news and resources.Prior to DABCC, Doug worked at Citrix Systems, Inc. as a Senior Systems Engineer from 2001 to 2004 where he developed the leading Citrix deployment system, “Methodology in a Box”, which has more than a million users. Additionally, his peers and management at Citrix named Doug Systems Engineer of the Year in 2002. From 2005 to 2016, Doug was awarded the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) by Microsoft Corporation for his contributions to the industry. He has also been acknowledged with the Citrix Technology Professional (CTP) and VMware vEXPERT awards for his continued support in the IT community. Doug speaks at leading industry events and has been a prolific author over the past 20 years.Mr. Brown was awarded a US Patent relating to “social content management”, US#8903912.Mr. Brown is also the host of the #1 rated virtualization and cloud podcast show, DABCC Radio.Follow Douglas on Twitter at http://twitter.com/douglasabrownConnect on LinkedIn here, https://www.linkedin.com/in/dabccJoin the hottest EUC Community on the planet today, join the IGEL Community at: http://slack.igelcommunity.com/.  You will love it! 

In episode 310, Douglas Brown interviews Jared Cowart is the technical product manager for virtual GPU software solutions at NVIDIA and Sagnik Datta, Technical Marketing Specialist at Citrix Ready. Together we discuss the what NVIDIA means for Citrix, EUC. Jared explains why they we need a GPU, how it works, why we should care, a bit about AI and so much more! We have a lively conversation and a lot of fun talking EUC! A must listen to podcast! Download the MP3 here: https://api.spreaker.com/v2/episodes/15271534/download.mp3About Jared CowartJared Cowart is technical product manager for virtual GPU software solutions at NVIDIA, and is responsible for the NGCA program. Jared spent four years in the field as a solution architect for NVIDIA, and more than 20 years working within the virtualization industry supporting customers, partners and product teams. He currently supports the virtual GPU software team with product strategy, validation and evangelism. He works closely with the community to provide early access and obtain community feedback to help build better products.Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/xenjccFollow on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaredcowart/About Sagnik Datta, Technical Marketing Specialist at Citrix ReadySagnik Datta is a Technical Marketing Specialist at Citrix Ready. Sagnik work with Citrix alliances and supports large partner ecosystem (1000+) to help customers make better purchase decision through Citrix Ready Marketplace – http://citrix.com/ready.Major focus in partners product segments such as Thin Clients, 3D CAD ISVs, Printers, Converged, Hyper-Converged, Storage and Servers solutions integrated with XenDesktop, XenApp and XenServer.Responsible to drive vertical industry based applications and solutions, working collaboratively with cross teams in Product Management and Alliances.Day to day activities include supporting partners with technical integration queries, creating test tool kits for partners to easily integrate their solutions with Citrix products, testing solutions to make them Citrix Ready, hosting joint webinars that generate leads for partners, podcasts, creating white papers and technical blogs for Citrix sales teams, customers and wider community etc.Reach out to him at http://www.linkedin.com/in/sagnikdattaAbout Citrix ReadyCitrix Ready identifies recommended solutions that are trusted to enhance the Citrix Delivery Center infrastructure. All products featured in Citrix Ready have completed verification testing, thereby providing confidence in joint solution compatibility. Leveraging its industry leading alliances and partner ecosystem, Citrix Ready showcases select trusted solutions designed to meet a variety of business needs. Through the online catalog and Citrix Ready branding program, you can easily find and build a trusted infrastructure. Citrix Ready not only demonstrates current mutual product compatibility, but through continued industry relationships also ensures future interoperability.Learn more at https://citrixready.citrix.comAbout Douglas A. BrownDouglas Brown is the Founder and President of DABCC, Inc. Doug has more than 20 years of experience in virtualization, cloud, and server-based computing technologies and markets. DABCC is the first and most visited website dedicated to all elements of virtualization and features news and resources.Prior to DABCC,...

In episode 310, Douglas Brown interviews Jared Cowart is the technical product manager for virtual GPU software solutions at NVIDIA and Sagnik Datta, Technical Marketing Specialist at Citrix Ready. Together we discuss the what NVIDIA means for Citrix, EUC. Jared explains why they we need a GPU, how it works, why we should care, a bit about AI and so much more! We have a lively conversation and a lot of fun talking EUC! A must listen to podcast! Download the MP3 here: https://api.spreaker.com/v2/episodes/15271534/download.mp3About Jared CowartJared Cowart is technical product manager for virtual GPU software solutions at NVIDIA, and is responsible for the NGCA program. Jared spent four years in the field as a solution architect for NVIDIA, and more than 20 years working within the virtualization industry supporting customers, partners and product teams. He currently supports the virtual GPU software team with product strategy, validation and evangelism. He works closely with the community to provide early access and obtain community feedback to help build better products.Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/xenjccFollow on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaredcowart/About Sagnik Datta, Technical Marketing Specialist at Citrix ReadySagnik Datta is a Technical Marketing Specialist at Citrix Ready. Sagnik work with Citrix alliances and supports large partner ecosystem (1000+) to help customers make better purchase decision through Citrix Ready Marketplace – http://citrix.com/ready.Major focus in partners product segments such as Thin Clients, 3D CAD ISVs, Printers, Converged, Hyper-Converged, Storage and Servers solutions integrated with XenDesktop, XenApp and XenServer.Responsible to drive vertical industry based applications and solutions, working collaboratively with cross teams in Product Management and Alliances.Day to day activities include supporting partners with technical integration queries, creating test tool kits for partners to easily integrate their solutions with Citrix products, testing solutions to make them Citrix Ready, hosting joint webinars that generate leads for partners, podcasts, creating white papers and technical blogs for Citrix sales teams, customers and wider community etc.Reach out to him at http://www.linkedin.com/in/sagnikdattaAbout Citrix ReadyCitrix Ready identifies recommended solutions that are trusted to enhance the Citrix Delivery Center infrastructure. All products featured in Citrix Ready have completed verification testing, thereby providing confidence in joint solution compatibility. Leveraging its industry leading alliances and partner ecosystem, Citrix Ready showcases select trusted solutions designed to meet a variety of business needs. Through the online catalog and Citrix Ready branding program, you can easily find and build a trusted infrastructure. Citrix Ready not only demonstrates current mutual product compatibility, but through continued industry relationships also ensures future interoperability.Learn more at https://citrixready.citrix.comAbout Douglas A. BrownDouglas Brown is the Founder and President of DABCC, Inc. Doug has more than 20 years of experience in virtualization, cloud, and server-based computing technologies and markets. DABCC is the first and most visited website dedicated to all elements of virtualization and features news and resources.Prior to DABCC,...

In episode 309, Douglas Brown interviews Francesco Giarletta, Founder and Director at Avanite Limited. Francesco and Douglas discuss the Avanite WebData Control solution for controlling web cookies, privacy, security and more. Francesco explains why they built it, how it works, why we should care, and much more! This is one of those products that are a no-brainer for all environments and in the end you will save data, be more secure, control privacy and speed up login times! Download the MP3 here: https://api.spreaker.com/v2/episodes/15209876/download.mp3 About WebData Control Use of the internet is growing every day with the adoption of cloud technologies and the move for many applications to become web based. Also the adoption of multiple devices on the home such as tablets and smart phones means the web browser is the most used application of many people. All this web access brings with it many problems facing business today. A great deal of data is generated from simply browsing a website, from data such as cookies which are downloaded to the computer, to the data generated by web browsers themselves. This data can be responsible for 85% of the size of a user profile and has shown to be the biggest contributor to extended login times. WebData Control has been developed with the enterprise in mind and is the only product available today to truly manage the problem of web data. Although much of this data is beneficial to both the user and the business, the majority of it is for the purpose of third parties who are collecting behavioural data for such purposes as targeted advertising, posing a threat to personal privacy and business security. Configured via Group Policy WebData Control allows the administrator to define what data is to be kept and what is to be removed. Users of WebData Control have reduced their profile storage requirements by 85% and have realised a reduction of login times but up to 90%. Learn more here: https://www.avanite.com/ Download Trial here: https://www.avanite.com/login About Avanite Limited Avanite is a software house based in Warrington, UK. It was founded by Francesco Giarletta and Peter Jones who both have a comprehensive history in the field of virtual environments. With both of them having worked for AppSense, (now Ivanti), they recognised the importance of providing the best user experience. Whilst on a large desktop refresh project they came across a problem without a solution and developed version 1 of their flagship product, WebData Control. Although relatively young Avanite is considered the leader in the management of web data and has a growing global partner network and partnerships with other recognised vendors in the field of virtual computing such as Citrix and Ivanti. To this day the focus remains of helping business to have secure reliable computer systems which in turn makes for happier users. About Francesco Giarletta Francesco graduated from university with a Bachelors in Electronic engineering and a Masters degree in Computer Science. His first role was with a virtual reality company developing a virtual reality simulator for laparoscopic surgery, and virtual reality environments for companies such as Rolls Royce and Sainsbury’s supermarkets. His responsibilities included administration of the computer systems which developed an interest in systems administration and soon joined a consultancy company specialising in Microsoft and Citrix implementations. Choosing to focus on Citrix he progressed to leading a team of consultants responsible for the implementation of new virtual environments and surrounding products. In 2004 he joined AppSense (now Ivanti) as a pre-sales consultant, before taking on the creation and delivery of the certified training course, management of the support desk, and implementing the professional services and Technical relationship Manager offering. Today he is CEO of Avanite Limited, a company...

In episode 308, Douglas Brown interviews Carl “Lord” Webster, Solutions Architect for Choice Solutions, LLC. Webster and Douglas discuss Carl’s career in EU, his views on today’s EUC world including RDSH, VDI, DaaS, Cloud, secure end-points (thin clients), being a CTP and much more. Mr. Webster is a great guy and always so much fun to chat with. This is an entertaining and exciting podcast! I hope you will enjoy it as much as we did recording it! About Carl Webster Webster is a Sr. Solutions Architect for Choice Solutions, LLC and specializes in Citrix, Active Directory and Technical Documentation. Webster has been working with Citrix products for many years starting with Multi-User OS/2 in 1990. Webster is a highly skilled senior technology manager with a more than 20 years experience leading the design, development and implementation of enterprise projects for high profile global customers.  His strong technology skills are balanced by the proven ability to recruit and develop highly talented teams of technology professionals and guide their performance on short and long range projects. Webster has led complex projects for key customers in multiple industries, including medical suppliers, direct mail providers, sports marketing, a major grocery chain, and large regional medical facilities. Webster’s background also includes success as an entrepreneur. As the founder and director of a technology consulting company he established the standards, practices, and policies that built a fast growing company supporting the technology needs of 600+ customers across a three state region. With a strongly analytical approach to every new problem, Webster has been highly valued by his clients and his colleagues for the ability to understand the complexities of unique business problems and design solutions and process improvements that have a substantial impact on the bottom line. He has mastered the method of managing the information technology function as a partner in business success. Webster’s career preparation included a series of trainings and certifications in key technologies, but his accomplishments over time have been largely driven by strengths in relationship management, strategic planning, and operational expertise across the full scope of business and client management. Visit Webster’s website at https://carlwebster.com/ Follow on Twitter at https://twitter.com/carlwebster/ Connect with on LinkedIn at http://www.linkedin.com/in/carlwebster About Douglas A. Brown Douglas Brown is the Founder and President of DABCC, Inc. Doug has more than 20 years of experience in virtualization, cloud, and server-based computing technologies and markets. DABCC is the first and most visited website dedicated to all elements of virtualization and features news and resources. Prior to DABCC, Doug worked at Citrix Systems, Inc. as a Senior Systems Engineer from 2001 to 2004 where he developed the leading Citrix deployment system, “Methodology in a Box”, which has more than a million users. Additionally, his peers and management at Citrix named Doug Systems Engineer of the Year in 2002. From 2005 to 2016, Doug was awarded the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) by Microsoft Corporation for his contributions to the industry. He has also been acknowledged with the Citrix Technology Professional (CTP) and VMware vEXPERT awards for his continued support in the IT community. Doug speaks at leading industry events and has been a prolific author over the past 20 years. Mr. Brown was awarded a US Patent relating to “social content management”, US#8903912. Mr. Brown is also the host of the #1 rated virtualization and cloud podcast show, DABCC Radio. Follow Douglas on Twitter at http://twitter.com/douglasabrown Connect on LinkedIn here, https://www.linkedin.com/in/dabcc Download the above podcast to your Apple device or any tablet/phone using the DABCC Radio RSS feed!   Join the...

In episode 307, Douglas Brown interviews Upasna Gupta at Nutanix and Chris Edwards from Citrix. Upasna, Chris and Douglas discuss the Nutanix InstantOn for Citrix Cloud solution. Upasna and Chris  explains how it works, its benefits, what makes it stand out over the competition, and much more. About Nutanix Nutanix is a global leader in cloud software and hyperconverged infrastructure solutions, making infrastructure invisible so that IT can focus on the applications and services that power their business. Companies around the world use Nutanix Enterprise Cloud OS software to bring one-click application management and mobility across public, private and distributed edge clouds so they can run any application at any scale with a dramatically lower total cost of ownership. The result is organizations that can rapidly deliver a high-performance IT environment on demand, giving application owners a true cloud-like experience. Learn more at www.nutanix.com or follow us on Twitter @nutanix. About Upasna Gupta Upasna Gupta is an innovative product and solution marketing manager with over 8 years of experience in managing various aspects of clouds solution ranging from product development & management to marketing and brand development. Upasna Gupta has spent the last six years developing her skills for bringing cloud based solutions to market as a product manager and more recently as a product marketing manager. At Nutanix, she drives key business metrics like pipeline and bookings through targeted content and creative campaigns. She believes that understanding your buyer and user personas in depth helps you be a successful product marketing manager. Prior to Nutanix, Upasna immensely enjoyed being a product manager at companies like EMC and Redseal where she learnt that it takes a village to take a product to market. A good product cannot succeed without a customer centric approach to different cross-functions such as Marketing, Customer Support, Professional Services and even Sales Enablement. Upasna had a great time collaborating not only with these different teams but also with her customers who have always been at the forefront of my product strategy. About Citrix Ready Citrix Ready identifies recommended solutions that are trusted to enhance the Citrix Delivery Center infrastructure. All products featured in Citrix Ready have completed verification testing, thereby providing confidence in joint solution compatibility. Leveraging its industry leading alliances and partner ecosystem, Citrix Ready showcases select trusted solutions designed to meet a variety of business needs. Through the online catalog and Citrix Ready branding program, you can easily find and build a trusted infrastructure. Citrix Ready not only demonstrates current mutual product compatibility, but through continued industry relationships also ensures future interoperability. Learn more at https://citrixready.citrix.com About Chris Edwards Chris Edwards has been with Citrix for six years, recently making a career change from IT to product marketing, where he advocates for Citrix products and runs product launches for XenApp, XenDesktop, and XenServer. He has more than 12 years of IT experience, across IT consulting, enterprise IT and cloud hosting. Chris has a bachelor's degree in technology management and earned an MBA from the University of Florida. Follow him on Twitter: @YodaByte1 About Douglas A. Brown Douglas Brown is the Founder and President of DABCC, Inc. Doug has more than 20 years of experience in virtualization, cloud, and server-based computing technologies and markets. DABCC is the first and most visited website dedicated to all elements of virtualization and features news and resources. Prior to DABCC, Doug worked at Citrix Systems, Inc. as a Senior Systems Engineer from 2001 to 2004 where he developed the leading Citrix deployment system, “Methodology in a Box”, which has more than a million...

In episode 306, we are thrilled to have the one and only Brian Madden with us! Yes, the stars have aligned and for the first time Douglas Brown and Brian Madden sit down to discuss the EUC World! But, it does not stop there, to make the conversations even sweeter we are pleased to have Jeff Kalberg, Technical Genius from IGEL, with us to add to the discussion. Together we discuss Brian’s new role at VMware and what it’s like for both Brian and Doug to work for vendor after over a decade of being independent analysts. Then we dive into the EUC world and discuss topics such as VDI vs. RDSH, DaaS, secure software-defined end-points, Citrix’s Raspberry Pi client, AI, IoT, and the future of end-user computing. This is indeed a great conversation where Brian, Jeff, and Doug give their honest views and debate the issues; agreeing, disagreeing and then agreeing again. It’s a fun listen. Jeff and Brian are great people and made for a fantastic episode! About Brian Madden Brian Madden has spent over 20 years in IT, mostly focused on the future of end-user computing at the enterprise level. He’s currently the Lead Field Technologist in VMware’s End-User Computing office of the CTO. Prior to that, he was known as the creator of BrianMadden.com & BriForum, as well as the author of 6 books and over 2000 articles. Website: bmad.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bmadden/ Twitter: @brianmadden About Jeff Kalberg Jeff Kalberg is a Technology Evangelist at IGEL Technology with over 35 years of industry experience covering more technology than he cares to remember. As an IT consultant for most of his career, Jeff has advised organizations of all sizes on a variety of technologies. Much of his work has focused on the management and delivery of the end-user computing experience, and the associated business value. Over the years, he has counseled some of the world’s largest and most respected companies. Jeff holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting from Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio. Website: www.igel.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffkalberg Twitter: @JeffKalberg About Douglas A. Brown Douglas Brown is the Founder and President of DABCC, Inc. Doug has more than 20 years of experience in virtualization, cloud, and server-based computing technologies and markets. DABCC is the first and most visited website dedicated to all elements of virtualization and features news and resources. Prior to DABCC, Doug worked at Citrix Systems, Inc. as a Senior Systems Engineer from 2001 to 2004 where he developed the leading Citrix deployment system, “Methodology in a Box”, which has more than a million users. Additionally, his peers and management at Citrix named Doug Systems Engineer of the Year in 2002. From 2005 to 2016, Doug was awarded the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) by Microsoft Corporation for his contributions to the industry. He has also been acknowledged with the Citrix Technology Professional (CTP) and VMware vEXPERT awards for his continued support in the IT community. Doug speaks at leading industry events and has been a prolific author over the past 20 years. Mr. Brown was awarded a US Patent relating to “social content management”, US#8903912. Mr. Brown is also the host of the #1 rated virtualization and cloud podcast show, DABCC Radio. Follow Douglas on Twitter at http://twitter.com/douglasabrown Connect on LinkedIn here, https://www.linkedin.com/in/dabcc

In episode 305, Douglas Brown interviews Chantell Comberger, VP Business Development Retail. Chantell shares her 18 year Retail IT experience, her experience deploying and managing end-points to over 30,000 devices in 5,000 global location while all being managed by 1/2 a person a month. #WOW! About Chantell Comberger - VP Business Development Retail I’ve been in Retail for over 18 years having worked for a Global Fortune 500 Company.  I managed teams that led transformational efforts of technology in over 5000 stores and 9 configuration centers globally.  From PoS hardware, peripherals, infrastructure. I had a highly distributed environment to standardize, manage, and ensure compliant while reducing cost. Learn more at http://cpc-i.com/ Follow LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chantellcomberger/ Watch Chantell’s keynote discussion at IGEL DISRUPT here About Douglas A. Brown Douglas Brown is the Founder and President of DABCC, Inc. Doug has more than 20 years of experience in virtualization, cloud, and server-based computing technologies and markets. DABCC is the first and most visited website dedicated to all elements of virtualization and features news and resources. Before DABCC, Doug worked at Citrix Systems, Inc. as a Senior Systems Engineer from 2001 to 2004 where he developed the leading Citrix deployment system, “Methodology in a Box”, which has more than a million users. Additionally, his peers and management at Citrix named Doug Systems Engineer of the Year in 2002. From 2005 to 2016, Doug was awarded the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) by Microsoft Corporation for his contributions to the industry. He has also been acknowledged with the Citrix Technology Professional (CTP) and VMware vEXPERT awards for his continued support in the IT community. Doug speaks at leading industry events and has been a prolific author over the past 20 years. Mr. Brown was awarded a US Patent relating to “social content management”, US#8903912. Mr. Brown is also the host of the #1 rated virtualization and cloud podcast show, DABCC Radio. Follow Douglas on Twitter at http://twitter.com/douglasabrown Connect on LinkedIn here, https://www.linkedin.com/in/dabcc

In episode 303, Douglas Brown interviews Jason E. Smith, VP of Products for Liquidware, to speak about the state of DaaS and we discuss many of these questions. Liquidware is also announcing new features in their User Environment Management Solution, ProfileUnity, that can get your users data and user profiles to Object-based storage automatically! Listen to the full podcast now.  Desktops as a Service continue to be the buzz of the industry but what market segments are getting traction? Are there specific user types that are easier to go to DaaS first? How do you get ready to transform some or all of your desktops to a DaaS solution from players and platforms like Amazon WorkSpaces, Citrix, Google, Itopia, Microsoft Azure, and VMware. Learn more about Liquidware’s on-prem to DaaS solution here: http://www.liquidware.com/company/media/liquidware-unchains-enterprises-prem-daas About Liquidware Liquidware™ provides industry leading, platform-agnostic desktop solutions for hybrid Windows desktop environments including Citrix® XenApp/XenDesktop, VMware® Horizon View, Amazon® WorkSpaces and physical Microsoft® Windows PCs. The company’s Stratusphere UX solution delivers visibility into desktop environments to support assessment, design, monitoring and diagnostics (Health Checks). ProfileUnity provides just in time delivery of User Profiles, application and user rights management and context-aware policies. FlexApp delivers advanced Application Layering. The solutions are available in an extremely cost-effectively priced bundle called Liquidware Essentials. Liquidware products are Citrix Ready, VMware-certified, and are available through a global network of partners. Visit www.liquidware.com for further information. About Douglas A. Brown Douglas Brown is the Founder and President of DABCC, Inc. Doug has more than 20 years of experience in virtualization, cloud, and server-based computing technologies and markets. DABCC is the first and most visited website dedicated to all elements of virtualization and features news and resources. Before DABCC, Doug worked at Citrix Systems, Inc. as a Senior Systems Engineer from 2001 to 2004 where he developed the leading Citrix deployment system, “Methodology in a Box”, which has more than a million users. Additionally, his peers and management at Citrix named Doug Systems Engineer of the Year in 2002. From 2005 to 2016, Doug was awarded the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) by Microsoft Corporation for his contributions to the industry. He has also been acknowledged with the Citrix Technology Professional (CTP) and VMware vEXPERT awards for his continued support in the IT community. Doug speaks at leading industry events and has been a prolific author over the past 20 years. Mr. Brown was awarded a US Patent relating to “social content management”, US#8903912. Mr. Brown is also the host of the #1 rated virtualization and cloud podcast show, DABCC Radio. Follow Douglas on Twitter at http://twitter.com/douglasabrown Connect on LinkedIn here, https://www.linkedin.com/in/dabcc

In episode 303, Douglas Brown interviews Jason E. Smith, VP of Products for Liquidware, to speak about the state of DaaS and we discuss many of these questions. Liquidware is also announcing new features in their User Environment Management Solution, ProfileUnity, that can get your users data and user profiles to Object-based storage automatically! Listen to the full podcast now.  Desktops as a Service continue to be the buzz of the industry but what market segments are getting traction? Are there specific user types that are easier to go to DaaS first? How do you get ready to transform some or all of your desktops to a DaaS solution from players and platforms like Amazon WorkSpaces, Citrix, Google, Itopia, Microsoft Azure, and VMware. Learn more about Liquidware’s on-prem to DaaS solution here: http://www.liquidware.com/company/media/liquidware-unchains-enterprises-prem-daas About Liquidware Liquidware™ provides industry leading, platform-agnostic desktop solutions for hybrid Windows desktop environments including Citrix® XenApp/XenDesktop, VMware® Horizon View, Amazon® WorkSpaces and physical Microsoft® Windows PCs. The company’s Stratusphere UX solution delivers visibility into desktop environments to support assessment, design, monitoring and diagnostics (Health Checks). ProfileUnity provides just in time delivery of User Profiles, application and user rights management and context-aware policies. FlexApp delivers advanced Application Layering. The solutions are available in an extremely cost-effectively priced bundle called Liquidware Essentials. Liquidware products are Citrix Ready, VMware-certified, and are available through a global network of partners. Visit www.liquidware.com for further information. About Douglas A. Brown Douglas Brown is the Founder and President of DABCC, Inc. Doug has more than 20 years of experience in virtualization, cloud, and server-based computing technologies and markets. DABCC is the first and most visited website dedicated to all elements of virtualization and features news and resources. Before DABCC, Doug worked at Citrix Systems, Inc. as a Senior Systems Engineer from 2001 to 2004 where he developed the leading Citrix deployment system, “Methodology in a Box”, which has more than a million users. Additionally, his peers and management at Citrix named Doug Systems Engineer of the Year in 2002. From 2005 to 2016, Doug was awarded the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) by Microsoft Corporation for his contributions to the industry. He has also been acknowledged with the Citrix Technology Professional (CTP) and VMware vEXPERT awards for his continued support in the IT community. Doug speaks at leading industry events and has been a prolific author over the past 20 years. Mr. Brown was awarded a US Patent relating to “social content management”, US#8903912. Mr. Brown is also the host of the #1 rated virtualization and cloud podcast show, DABCC Radio. Follow Douglas on Twitter at http://twitter.com/douglasabrown Connect on LinkedIn here, https://www.linkedin.com/in/dabcc

In episode 302, Douglas Brown interviews Steve Greenberg, CTP Fellow, CEO and Founder of Thin Client Computing. Steve and Doug discuss the different cycles we have experienced over the past twenty years of EUC, how we used The Clients in the past and what the difference is between then and now. Plus so much more! Steve is a fantastic guy and always great to listen to him share his years of wisdom! About Steve Greenberg, CTP Fellow, CEO and Founder of Thin Client Computing Steve Greenberg is the founder of Thin Client Computing, a leading virtualization consulting group based on Scottsdale, AZ. A pioneer and innovator in advanced Virtualization and Data Center designs, he has been active virtual computing since the 90s, and, is a popular industry conference speaker. Reference Clients include American Express, Cox Communications and Mayo Clinic. About Thin Client Computing Since 1997, Thin Client Computing has been the leading provider of advanced Data Center Virtualization and Cloud solutions to SMB and Enterprise clients. Our solutions run critical 24x7 environments across many industries, including Utilities, Finance, Healthcare, Telecommunications and Education. TCC specializes in lowering the overall cost of operation while improving UX, Productivity, Reliability and, Uptime. Reference customers include American Express, Mayo Clinic, PetsMart, Salt River Project and Cox Communications. Learn more at http://thinclient.net/ About Douglas A. Brown Douglas Brown is the Founder and President of DABCC, Inc. Doug has more than 20 years of experience in virtualization, cloud, and server-based computing technologies and markets. DABCC is the first and most visited website dedicated to all elements of virtualization and features news and resources. Prior to DABCC, Doug worked at Citrix Systems, Inc. as a Senior Systems Engineer from 2001 to 2004 where he developed the leading Citrix deployment system, “Methodology in a Box”, which has more than a million users. Additionally, his peers and management at Citrix named Doug Systems Engineer of the Year in 2002. From 2005 to 2016, Doug was awarded the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) by Microsoft Corporation for his contributions to the industry. He has also been acknowledged with the Citrix Technology Professional (CTP) and VMware vEXPERT awards for his continued support in the IT community. Doug speaks at leading industry events and has been a prolific author over the past 20 years. Mr. Brown was awarded a US Patent relating to “social content management”, US#8903912. Mr. Brown is also the host of the #1 rated virtualization and cloud podcast show, DABCC Radio. Follow Douglas on Twitter at http://twitter.com/douglasabrown Connect on LinkedIn here, https://www.linkedin.com/in/dabcc Listen to more DABCC Radio podcasts at http://www.dabcc.com/dabcc-radio/

In episode 301, Douglas Brown interviews Jon Wallace from Ivanti and Sagnik Datta, Technical Marketing Specialist at Citrix Ready. Together we discuss what’s new at Ivanti, their Environment Manager solution, how this benefits a Citrix customer along with Jon’s views on the EUC world today! Always great to have Mr. Wallace on the show! About Jon Wallace Jon Wallace is an evangelist, technologist and executive working with Ivanti. Jon joined Ivanti through the acquisition of AppSense where he was a CTO, focusing on current and emerging technology. Throughout his career, Jon has worked with some of the largest and complex organizations globally helping to match technology solutions to problems. Follow on Twitter https://twitter.com/jonwallacetech About Ivanti Ivanti unifies IT and Security Operations to better manage and secure the digital workplace. From PCs to mobile devices, VDI and the data center, Ivanti discovers IT assets on-premises and in the cloud, improves IT service delivery, and reduces risk with insights and automation. The company also helps organizations leverage modern technology in the warehouse and across the supply chain to improve delivery without modifying backend systems. Ivanti is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, and has offices all over the world. For more information, visit http://www.ivanti.com  Follow on Twitter http://twitter.com/goIvanti About Sagnik Datta, Technical Marketing Specialist at Citrix Ready Sagnik Datta is a Technical Marketing Specialist at Citrix Ready. Sagnik work with Citrix alliances and supports large partner ecosystem (1000+) to help customers make better purchase decision through Citrix Ready Marketplace – http://citrix.com/ready. Major focus in partners product segments such as Thin Clients, 3D CAD ISVs, Printers, Converged, Hyper-Converged, Storage and Servers solutions integrated with XenDesktop, XenApp and XenServer. Responsible to drive vertical industry based applications and solutions, working collaboratively with cross teams in Product Management and Alliances. Day to day activities include supporting partners with technical integration queries, creating test tool kits for partners to easily integrate their solutions with Citrix products, testing solutions to make them Citrix Ready, hosting joint webinars that generate leads for partners, podcasts, creating white papers and technical blogs for Citrix sales teams, customers and wider community etc. Reach out to him at www.linkedin.com/in/sagnikdatta    About Citrix Ready Citrix Ready identifies recommended solutions that are trusted to enhance the Citrix Delivery Center infrastructure. All products featured in Citrix Ready have completed verification testing, thereby providing confidence in joint solution compatibility. Leveraging its industry leading alliances and partner ecosystem, Citrix Ready showcases select trusted solutions designed to meet a variety of business needs. Through the online catalog and Citrix Ready branding program, you can easily find and build a trusted infrastructure. Citrix Ready not only demonstrates current mutual product compatibility, but through continued industry relationships also ensures future interoperability. Learn more at https://citrixready.citrix.com About Douglas A. Brown Douglas Brown is the Founder and President of DABCC, Inc. Doug has more than 20 years of experience in virtualization, cloud, and server-based computing technologies and markets. DABCC is the first and most visited website dedicated to all elements of virtualization and features news and resources. Prior to DABCC, Doug worked at Citrix Systems, Inc. as a Senior Systems Engineer from 2001 to 2004 where he developed the leading Citrix deployment system, “Methodology in a Box”, which has more than a million users. Additionally, his peers and management at Citrix named Doug Systems Engineer of the Year in 2002. From 2005 to 2016, Doug was awarded...

Celebrating 300 Episodes! In episode 300, Douglas Brown is happy to be joined by Christian T. Drieling, Senior Systems Engineer at IGEL Technology, José Arvelo, Practice Manager of the Workplace & Managed Services at Accelera Solutions, Pete Downing, Director - Northeast Region at XenTegra, and Steve Greenberg, CTP Fellow, CEO and Founder of Thin Client Computing. Together they have a lively roundtable discussion recapping IGEL’s DISRUPT conference and the state of the EUC world today! About Christian T. Drieling, Senior Systems Engineer Christian is working as a Technology Evangelist & Senior Systems Engineer for IGEL Technology, a Worldwide leader in Thin Client Manufacturer. He has more than 10 Years of experience in Virtualization, Security and IoT and focuses on integrating Endpoint Management Solutions in big Projects worldwide. Follow on Twitter @cdr87 Follow on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/christiandrieling/ Read Christian’s Blog: https://apanthos.com About José Arvelo, Practice Manager of the Workplace & Managed Services José is currently Practice Manager of the Workplace & Managed Services practices at Accelera Solutions, focused on helping customers transform their workplace with virtualization, mobility, and cloud solutions. He is passionate about driving value for customers while increasing profit and revenue for the business. He’s responsible for managing high-performing pre-sales and delivery teams consisting of architects, consultants, and systems engineers. Prior to Accelera, he was Assistant Vice President of Information Technology for a financial institution valued at $1 billion in assets leading Cyber Security, Systems Engineering, and Support Services. Highly focused on providing innovative value-added solutions that drive revenue growth and promote customer success. Follow on Twitter https://twitter.com/josearvelo Follow on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/josearvelo/ About Accelera Solutions Accelera Solutions is a leading provider of cloud, mobility, and virtual computing solutions. We have over 16 years of experience with desktop, application, and server virtualization technologies. We leverage technologies from leading manufacturers to create best-of-breed solutions including fully customizable cloud services, BYOD, and enterprise mobility solutions, as well as desktop, application, and server virtualization. Leveraging technologies from Microsoft, Citrix, VMware, and others, Accelera has successfully deployed solutions for over 1,000 commercial clients, and more than 400 federal, state, and municipal government clients. Our solutions minimize risk, drive cost savings, improve security and maximize efficiency in both government and commercial organizations.  Accelera’s consultative support from the desktop to the data center offers a virtual computing infrastructure which simplifies IT systems into a centralized, easily-managed environment. Our engineering experts can lead you through a readiness assessment, analysis, and design, build and test, and into a production rollout, as well as provide ongoing managed services, staff augmentation, and training. We hope to earn your business by providing the same level of service that has earned us awards from across our ecosystem of cloud, mobility, and virtualization partners. For more information about how Accelera can help your Cloud and Mobility needs, go to http://bit.ly/2t3CSVg About Pete Downing, Director - Northeast Region Joining XenTegra with over 15 years of software and IT experience from leading high technology organizations, Pete is the Director of the Northeast Region. Prior to XenTegra, Pete was Director of Product Management for RES ONE Workspace/Security and directly responsible for defining the product direction, ensuring a successful code rewrite, the roadmap and ultimately played a role in RES’s recent exit and acquisition by Ivanti. Prior to RES, Pete held various product...

In episode 299, Douglas Brown interviews Bala Murugan Vaidhinathan, Chief Technology Officer at eG Innovations. Plus, we are happy to have Shashidhar Reddy from Citrix Ready with us to discuss the Citrix Ready point of view! Together we have a lively discussion on the upcoming end-of-life on Citrix XenApp / XenDesktop 6.5. The panel discusses topics such as should you upgrade, how to upgrade, any gotchas you might run in to along the way and how to avoid them, plus so much more. About Bala Murugan Vaidhinathan, Chief Technology Officer Bala Murugan Vaidhinathan Bala Murugan has been instrumental in the design, architecture, and evolution of the eG product suite, and is the co-inventor on eG’s key automatic infrastructure triage technology patents. Currently, Bala Murugan heads the solution development and delivery team for the Americas, working closely with eG’s sales team and partners in the region. Prior to joining eG Innovations, Bala Murugan was with Transys Technologies where he was responsible for the design and development of one of the earliest J2EE portals in the late 90s. He has a Masters Degree in Computer Science, with extensive experience in multi-tier application development using Java and Microsoft technologies. About eG Innovations eG Innovations is dedicated to helping businesses across the globe transform IT service delivery into a competitive advantage and a center for productivity, growth and profit. Many of the world's largest businesses use eG Enterprise to enhance IT service performance, increase operational efficiency, ensure IT effectiveness and deliver on the ROI promise of transformational IT investments across physical, virtual and cloud environments. Visit us at http://www.eginnovations.com/ or on Twitter at http://twitter.com/eGInnovations/ About Douglas A. Brown Douglas Brown is the Founder and President of DABCC, Inc. Doug has more than 20 years of experience in virtualization, cloud, and server-based computing technologies and markets. DABCC is the first and most visited website dedicated to all elements of virtualization and features news and resources. Prior to DABCC, Doug worked at Citrix Systems, Inc. as a Senior Systems Engineer from 2001 to 2004 where he developed the leading Citrix deployment system, “Methodology in a Box”, which has more than a million users. Additionally, his peers and management at Citrix named Doug Systems Engineer of the Year in 2002. From 2005 to 2016, Doug was awarded the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) by Microsoft Corporation for his contributions to the industry. He has also been acknowledged with the Citrix Technology Professional (CTP) and VMware vEXPERT awards for his continued support in the IT community. Doug speaks at leading industry events and has been a prolific author over the past 20 years. Mr. Brown was awarded a US Patent relating to “social content management”, US#8903912. Mr. Brown is also the host of the #1 rated virtualization and cloud podcast show, DABCC Radio. Follow Douglas on Twitter at http://twitter.com/douglasabrown Connect on LinkedIn here, https://www.linkedin.com/in/dabcc Listen to more DABCC Radio podcasts at http://www.dabcc.com/dabcc-radio/

In episode 298, Douglas Brown interviews Greg Spence, Sr. Product Marketing & Business Development Manager, Cloud Solutions at Samsung Electronics. Greg and Douglas have a lively conversation about the EUC space, how IGEL and Samsung fit in to it, mobility, the Samsung DeX and much more. Greg does a great job explaining where he sees the need for a managed end-point in the modern IT world. About Greg Spence Greg Spence leads business development for VDI endpoints at Samsung Business. He has been in the desktop virtualization space since 1998. Looking at cloud access from the viewpoint of the IT buyer, Greg has guided development efforts leading to new designs that enhanced the usability, manageability, performance and power consumption of thin/zero clients. With a background in electronics engineering and information systems, Greg’s deep expertise and vision have consistently moved the needle forward, innovating cloud access technology at the endpoint. About Douglas A. Brown Douglas Brown is the Founder and President of DABCC, Inc. Doug has more than 20 years of experience in virtualization, cloud, and server-based computing technologies and markets. DABCC is the first and most visited website dedicated to all elements of virtualization and features news and resources. Prior to DABCC, Doug worked at Citrix Systems, Inc. as a Senior Systems Engineer from 2001 to 2004 where he developed the leading Citrix deployment system, “Methodology in a Box”, which has more than a million users. Additionally, his peers and management at Citrix named Doug Systems Engineer of the Year in 2002. From 2005 to 2016, Doug was awarded the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) by Microsoft Corporation for his contributions to the industry. He has also been acknowledged with the Citrix Technology Professional (CTP) and VMware vEXPERT awards for his continued support in the IT community. Doug speaks at leading industry events and has been a prolific author over the past 20 years. Mr. Brown was awarded a US Patent relating to “social content management”, US#8903912, https://www.google.com/patents/US8903912. Mr. Brown is also the host of the #1 rated virtualization and cloud podcast show, DABCC Radio, https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dabcc-radio-virtualization/id258573451. Follow Douglas on Twitter at http://twitter.com/douglasabrown Connect on LinkedIn here, https://www.linkedin.com/in/dabcc Listen to more DABCC Radio podcast at http://www.dabcc.com/dabcc-radio/