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

In episode 326, Douglas Brown interviews Simon Townsend, Chief Marketing Officer at IGEL Technology. Douglas and Simon discuss a whole range of topics including COVID-19, work from home (WFH), IT today and tomorrow, cloud, WVD, Citrix, VMware, and what’s new at IGEL. This is a great podcast where Simon gives his insights into the changing world, what this means for you, and how IGEL is trying to help. About Simon Townsend, Chief Marketing OfficerAs Chief Marketing Officer, Simon owns field, digital and product marketing functions at IGEL. With 20 years experience in the end-user computing market, Simon has helped manage Marketing, Product marketing, product management and Global Systems Engineering for several enterprise software companies. Townsend joined IGEL from Ivanti where he was Chief Technologist and a member of the Office of the CTO. A frequent industry speaker, author and visionary on industry topics related to endpoint security, VDI, Citrix, Windows and DaaS. Townsend’s roles include defining and delivering corporate, field and product marketing strategies. At AppSense for over 11 years, Townsend also served as the company’s Vice President, Product Management. He holds a bachelor’s degree in IT and business from Bournemouth University.Connect with Simon on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/townsendsimon/Follow Simon on Twitter https://twitter.com/Simon_TownsendAbout 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://join.igelcommunity.com/.  You will love it!

In episode 325, Douglas Brown interviews Wes Wright, Chief Technology Officer at Imprivata. Douglas and Wes discuss Imprivata’s trusted digital identities solution for clinicians, patients, and connected medical devices. Wes shares his views on the changing world we find ourselves in, what this means for healthcare IT, how they work with IGEL technologies, and much more. About ImprivataImprivata®, the healthcare IT security company, provides healthcare organizations globally with a security and identity platform that delivers ubiquitous access, positive identity management, and multifactor authentication. Imprivata enables healthcare securely by establishing trust between people, technology, and information to address critical compliance and security challenges while improving productivity and the patient experience.For more information please visit: http://www.imprivata.com/Wes Wright, Chief Technology OfficerWes Wright is the Chief Technology Officer at Imprivata. Wes brings more than 20 years of experience with healthcare providers, IT leadership, and security.Prior to joining Imprivata, Wes was the CTO at Sutter Health, where he was responsible for technical services strategies and operational activities for the 26-hospital system. Wes has been the CIO at Seattle Children’s Hospital and has served as the Chief of Staff for a three-star general in the US Air Force.Wes holds a B.S. in Business and Management from the University of Maryland and received his MBA from The University of New Mexico.Follow Wes on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/4kidwes/About 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://join.igelcommunity.com/.  You will love it!

In episode 325, Douglas Brown interviews Wes Wright, Chief Technology Officer at Imprivata. Douglas and Wes discuss Imprivata’s trusted digital identities solution for clinicians, patients, and connected medical devices. Wes shares his views on the changing world we find ourselves in, what this means for healthcare IT, how they work with IGEL technologies, and much more. About ImprivataImprivata®, the healthcare IT security company, provides healthcare organizations globally with a security and identity platform that delivers ubiquitous access, positive identity management, and multifactor authentication. Imprivata enables healthcare securely by establishing trust between people, technology, and information to address critical compliance and security challenges while improving productivity and the patient experience.For more information please visit: http://www.imprivata.com/Wes Wright, Chief Technology OfficerWes Wright is the Chief Technology Officer at Imprivata. Wes brings more than 20 years of experience with healthcare providers, IT leadership, and security.Prior to joining Imprivata, Wes was the CTO at Sutter Health, where he was responsible for technical services strategies and operational activities for the 26-hospital system. Wes has been the CIO at Seattle Children’s Hospital and has served as the Chief of Staff for a three-star general in the US Air Force.Wes holds a B.S. in Business and Management from the University of Maryland and received his MBA from The University of New Mexico.Follow Wes on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/4kidwes/About 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://join.igelcommunity.com/.  You will love it!

In episode 324, Douglas Brown interviews Thomas Charlton, CEO & Chairman at Goliath Technologies. Douglas and Thomas discuss macro trends impacting the end-user computing market and why lack of Citrix and VMware experts are driving greater demand for technology to anticipate, troubleshoot, and document end-user performance challenges. Thomas Charlton, CEO & Chairman of Goliath TechnologiesThomas Charlton is Chairman and CEO Goliath Technologies, a company that offers end-user experience monitoring and troubleshooting software, with embedded intelligence and automation, that enables I.T. pros to anticipate, troubleshoot, and document performance issues regardless of where workloads, applications, or users are located.Thomas is a leader in the high-tech space, heading-up U.S. and internationally-based software companies across multiple industries. He has an extensive track record as an executive of guiding companies through growth, profitability, and acquisition.To read his full bio visit here - https://goliathtechnologies.com/company/management/thomas-charlton/Goliath TechnologiesGoliath Technologies offers end-user experience monitoring and troubleshooting software, with embedded intelligence and automation, that enables I.T. pros to anticipate, troubleshoot, and document performance issues regardless of where workloads, applications, or users are located. By doing so, Goliath helps I.T. break out of reactive mode, and into proactive mode. Customers include Universal Health Services, NorthBay Healthcare, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Penn National Insurance, Bank of America, American Airlines, Office Depot, Tech Mahindra, Pacific Life, Xerox, HCL, and others. To learn more about how Goliath empowers proactive I.T. or to setup a free trial email techinfo@goliathtechnologies.com.For more info, please visit: https://goliathtechnologies.com/About 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 I.T. community. Doug speaks at leading industry events and has been a prolific author over the past 20 years.Mr. Brown was awarded a U.S. 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://join.igelcommunity.com/. You will love it!

In episode 324, Douglas Brown interviews Thomas Charlton, CEO & Chairman at Goliath Technologies. Douglas and Thomas discuss macro trends impacting the end-user computing market and why lack of Citrix and VMware experts are driving greater demand for technology to anticipate, troubleshoot, and document end-user performance challenges. Thomas Charlton, CEO & Chairman of Goliath TechnologiesThomas Charlton is Chairman and CEO Goliath Technologies, a company that offers end-user experience monitoring and troubleshooting software, with embedded intelligence and automation, that enables I.T. pros to anticipate, troubleshoot, and document performance issues regardless of where workloads, applications, or users are located.Thomas is a leader in the high-tech space, heading-up U.S. and internationally-based software companies across multiple industries. He has an extensive track record as an executive of guiding companies through growth, profitability, and acquisition.To read his full bio visit here - https://goliathtechnologies.com/company/management/thomas-charlton/Goliath TechnologiesGoliath Technologies offers end-user experience monitoring and troubleshooting software, with embedded intelligence and automation, that enables I.T. pros to anticipate, troubleshoot, and document performance issues regardless of where workloads, applications, or users are located. By doing so, Goliath helps I.T. break out of reactive mode, and into proactive mode. Customers include Universal Health Services, NorthBay Healthcare, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Penn National Insurance, Bank of America, American Airlines, Office Depot, Tech Mahindra, Pacific Life, Xerox, HCL, and others. To learn more about how Goliath empowers proactive I.T. or to setup a free trial email techinfo@goliathtechnologies.com.For more info, please visit: https://goliathtechnologies.com/About 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 I.T. community. Doug speaks at leading industry events and has been a prolific author over the past 20 years.Mr. Brown was awarded a U.S. 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://join.igelcommunity.com/. You will love it!

In episode 323, Douglas Brown interviews Jed Ayres, CEO at IGEL Technology. Jed and Douglas discuss the what’s new at IGEL, the changing world of work, work from home (WFH), IGEL on ARM, and so much more! Jed is a great visionary and always worth listening to what he has to share. About IGELIGEL provides the next-gen edge OS for cloud workspaces. The company’s world-leading software products include IGEL OS™, IGEL UD Pocket™ (UDP) and IGEL Universal Management Suite™ (UMS). These solutions comprise a more secure, manageable and cost-effective endpoint management and control platform across nearly any x86-64 device. Easily acquired via just two feature-rich software offerings, — Workspace Edition and Enterprise Management Pack — IGEL software presents outstanding value per investment. Additionally, IGEL’s German engineered endpoint solutions deliver the industry’s best hardware warranty (5 years), software maintenance (3 years after end of life) and management functionality. IGEL enables enterprises to save vast amounts of money by extending the useful life of their existing endpoint devices while precisely controlling all devices running IGEL OS from a single dashboard interface. IGEL has offices worldwide and is represented by partners in over 50 countries. For more information on IGEL, visit www.igel.com.About Jed AyresJed Ayres, IGEL’s Global CEO, is widely recognized for the transformational impact he is making on the end user computing industry, as well as the instrumental role he has played in IGEL’s pivot starting in 2016 from a hardware-centric to a software-first company. As Global CEO, Ayres leads IGEL’s seasoned team of executive leaders as the company works to align with the world’s most prominent cloud providers to transform end user computing by simplifying and securing the cloud-delivery of all needed applications and resources.Ayres brings more than 20 years of technology experience to IGEL and has a wide range of industry experience across workspace management, virtualization and mobility. Prior to joining IGEL, he was the SVP of Worldwide Marketing for AppSense, where he helped the company rebrand and achieve significant growth prior to being acquired by LANDESK. Ayres was also CMO at MCPc, a $300m+ Solutions Provider in Cleveland that achieved rapid and sustained growth and was acquired by Logicalis. Prior to MCPc, he spent six years as SVP of Partner Management and Marketing at national Solution Provider MTM Technologies, a large Citrix Platinum Partner that focuses on virtualization and managed services.Previously, Ayres held senior management positions at MegaPath, Rhythms NetConnections and GE Capital IT Solutions. He has also held a number of advisory board positions, including Citrix Platinum Council, VMware Global Partner Advisory Board, Hewlett Packard Partner Marketing Advisory Board and the Cisco Marketing Council.Ayres holds a BS in Business Administration from Sonoma State University and an MBA from San Francisco State University. An avid swimmer, biker and runner, Ayres successfully completed six full Ironman races and several ultramarathons. He resides in Marin, California.Connect with Ayres on Twitter, LinkedIn and via email at ayres@igel.com.About Douglas A. BrownDouglas Brown currently works as the Vice President of Community at IGEL Technology. He is also the Founder of DABCC.com. Doug has more than 25 years of experience in virtualization, cloud, and end-user computing technologies and markets. 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...

In episode 323, Douglas Brown interviews Jed Ayres, CEO at IGEL Technology. Jed and Douglas discuss the what’s new at IGEL, the changing world of work, work from home (WFH), IGEL on ARM, and so much more! Jed is a great visionary and always worth listening to what he has to share. About IGELIGEL provides the next-gen edge OS for cloud workspaces. The company’s world-leading software products include IGEL OS™, IGEL UD Pocket™ (UDP) and IGEL Universal Management Suite™ (UMS). These solutions comprise a more secure, manageable and cost-effective endpoint management and control platform across nearly any x86-64 device. Easily acquired via just two feature-rich software offerings, — Workspace Edition and Enterprise Management Pack — IGEL software presents outstanding value per investment. Additionally, IGEL’s German engineered endpoint solutions deliver the industry’s best hardware warranty (5 years), software maintenance (3 years after end of life) and management functionality. IGEL enables enterprises to save vast amounts of money by extending the useful life of their existing endpoint devices while precisely controlling all devices running IGEL OS from a single dashboard interface. IGEL has offices worldwide and is represented by partners in over 50 countries. For more information on IGEL, visit www.igel.com.About Jed AyresJed Ayres, IGEL’s Global CEO, is widely recognized for the transformational impact he is making on the end user computing industry, as well as the instrumental role he has played in IGEL’s pivot starting in 2016 from a hardware-centric to a software-first company. As Global CEO, Ayres leads IGEL’s seasoned team of executive leaders as the company works to align with the world’s most prominent cloud providers to transform end user computing by simplifying and securing the cloud-delivery of all needed applications and resources.Ayres brings more than 20 years of technology experience to IGEL and has a wide range of industry experience across workspace management, virtualization and mobility. Prior to joining IGEL, he was the SVP of Worldwide Marketing for AppSense, where he helped the company rebrand and achieve significant growth prior to being acquired by LANDESK. Ayres was also CMO at MCPc, a $300m+ Solutions Provider in Cleveland that achieved rapid and sustained growth and was acquired by Logicalis. Prior to MCPc, he spent six years as SVP of Partner Management and Marketing at national Solution Provider MTM Technologies, a large Citrix Platinum Partner that focuses on virtualization and managed services.Previously, Ayres held senior management positions at MegaPath, Rhythms NetConnections and GE Capital IT Solutions. He has also held a number of advisory board positions, including Citrix Platinum Council, VMware Global Partner Advisory Board, Hewlett Packard Partner Marketing Advisory Board and the Cisco Marketing Council.Ayres holds a BS in Business Administration from Sonoma State University and an MBA from San Francisco State University. An avid swimmer, biker and runner, Ayres successfully completed six full Ironman races and several ultramarathons. He resides in Marin, California.Connect with Ayres on Twitter, LinkedIn and via email at ayres@igel.com.About Douglas A. BrownDouglas Brown currently works as the Vice President of Community at IGEL Technology. He is also the Founder of DABCC.com. Doug has more than 25 years of experience in virtualization, cloud, and end-user computing technologies and markets. 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...

In episode 322, Douglas Brown interviews Simon Richards, Chief Customer Officer at IGEL Technology. Simon and Douglas discuss the new IGEL Trade-Up program, including topics such as what is it, who is it for, what needs to be done to trade up, how long it runs for, and much more. About IGEL Trade-Up Program IGEL appreciates that customers running older versions of our operating system require increased support for newer cloud-delivered desktops and newer embedded technologies. IGEL OS 11 provides a secure workspace environment allowing access to Office 365, Teams, Citrix, VMware, Amazon WorkSpaces, and Microsoft WVD.To help those existing customers deliver newer platforms, support enhanced graphics, and custom partitions, IGEL is offering a migration to IGEL OS 11 as part of a trade-up program to all customers with active maintenance.IGEL has simplified the process to include customers with or without the multimedia codec licenses (MMCP). Moving to IGEL OS 11 ensures our customers can deploy the latest version of IGEL solutions and can benefit from over 80+ integrated technologies.Learn more: https://www.igel.com/tradeup/About Simon RichardsSimon Richards serves as Chief Customer Officer for IGEL Technology responsible for the global customer strategy. Focussed on building long term revenue and relationships with our customers through our consultant group, renewal/retention teams, highly trained technical engineers, and proudly involved in the IGEL Community. He has more than 20 years of experience in sales within the IT sector with both Enterprise, SMB, and Channel experience, loves technology and the ever-changing landscape it brings, During his tenure at IGEL, he started the IGEL UK business, led the growth and expansion of IGEL’s USA sales and was Chief Sales Officer from 2016 to 2019. Prior to joining IGEL, Richards served as Channel Sales Director for Wyse Technology where he was responsible for the development of distribution and reseller channels throughout the EMEA region. Earlier in his career, he held sales roles with Motorola and Cray Communications. Richards resides in Hampshire, England with no hobbies except for collecting air miles.About 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 

In episode 322, Douglas Brown interviews Simon Richards, Chief Customer Officer at IGEL Technology. Simon and Douglas discuss the new IGEL Trade-Up program, including topics such as what is it, who is it for, what needs to be done to trade up, how long it runs for, and much more. About IGEL Trade-Up Program IGEL appreciates that customers running older versions of our operating system require increased support for newer cloud-delivered desktops and newer embedded technologies. IGEL OS 11 provides a secure workspace environment allowing access to Office 365, Teams, Citrix, VMware, Amazon WorkSpaces, and Microsoft WVD.To help those existing customers deliver newer platforms, support enhanced graphics, and custom partitions, IGEL is offering a migration to IGEL OS 11 as part of a trade-up program to all customers with active maintenance.IGEL has simplified the process to include customers with or without the multimedia codec licenses (MMCP). Moving to IGEL OS 11 ensures our customers can deploy the latest version of IGEL solutions and can benefit from over 80+ integrated technologies.Learn more: https://www.igel.com/tradeup/About Simon RichardsSimon Richards serves as Chief Customer Officer for IGEL Technology responsible for the global customer strategy. Focussed on building long term revenue and relationships with our customers through our consultant group, renewal/retention teams, highly trained technical engineers, and proudly involved in the IGEL Community. He has more than 20 years of experience in sales within the IT sector with both Enterprise, SMB, and Channel experience, loves technology and the ever-changing landscape it brings, During his tenure at IGEL, he started the IGEL UK business, led the growth and expansion of IGEL’s USA sales and was Chief Sales Officer from 2016 to 2019. Prior to joining IGEL, Richards served as Channel Sales Director for Wyse Technology where he was responsible for the development of distribution and reseller channels throughout the EMEA region. Earlier in his career, he held sales roles with Motorola and Cray Communications. Richards resides in Hampshire, England with no hobbies except for collecting air miles.About 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 

In episode 321, Douglas Brown interviews Christiaan Brinkhoff, Global Black Belt for Windows Virtual Desktop at Microsoft. Together they discuss the Microsoft Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) solution. About Christiaan Brinkhoff Christiaan Brinkhoff works as a Global Black Belt for Windows Virtual Desktop at Microsoft. His primary focus areas are Azure Cloud-based - virtualization infrastructures for Microsoft's largest customers. In his spare time, he also shares his knowledge by speaking at large international conferences and local user groups.Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Brinkhoff_CWeb site: https://www.christiaanbrinkhoff.com/About 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://join.igelcommunity.com/.  You will love it!

In episode 321, Douglas Brown interviews Christiaan Brinkhoff, Global Black Belt for Windows Virtual Desktop at Microsoft. Together they discuss the Microsoft Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) solution. About Christiaan Brinkhoff Christiaan Brinkhoff works as a Global Black Belt for Windows Virtual Desktop at Microsoft. His primary focus areas are Azure Cloud-based - virtualization infrastructures for Microsoft's largest customers. In his spare time, he also shares his knowledge by speaking at large international conferences and local user groups.Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Brinkhoff_CWeb site: https://www.christiaanbrinkhoff.com/About 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://join.igelcommunity.com/.  You will love it!

In episode 320, Douglas Brown interviews Ruben Spruijt, Sr. Technologist at Nutanix. Together they discuss Nutanix FRAME, the history, how it works, VDI vs. DaaS, typical use cases, the future and much more. Learn more:Official Nutanix FRAME product page: http://nutanix.com/frame Ruben Spruijt’s FRAME related articles: https://www.nutanix.com/company/authors/ruben-spruijt Why FRAME? https://www.nutanix.com/blog/what-makes-nutanix-xi-frame-different-than-amazon-citrix-microsoft-and-vmware-daas-solutions30 day trial - unlimited users - https://www.nutanix.com/work-from-home About Ruben SpruijtRuben Spruijt is Sr. Technologist at Nutanix, former CTO at Frame and a well-regarded author, speaker, market analyst, technologist.An all-around End User Computing geek.About 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://join.igelcommunity.com/.  You will love it!

In episode 320, Douglas Brown interviews Ruben Spruijt, Sr. Technologist at Nutanix. Together they discuss Nutanix FRAME, the history, how it works, VDI vs. DaaS, typical use cases, the future and much more. Learn more:Official Nutanix FRAME product page: http://nutanix.com/frame Ruben Spruijt’s FRAME related articles: https://www.nutanix.com/company/authors/ruben-spruijt Why FRAME? https://www.nutanix.com/blog/what-makes-nutanix-xi-frame-different-than-amazon-citrix-microsoft-and-vmware-daas-solutions30 day trial - unlimited users - https://www.nutanix.com/work-from-home About Ruben SpruijtRuben Spruijt is Sr. Technologist at Nutanix, former CTO at Frame and a well-regarded author, speaker, market analyst, technologist.An all-around End User Computing geek.About 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://join.igelcommunity.com/.  You will love it!

In episode 319, Douglas Brown interviews Ruben Spruijt, Christiaan Brinkhoff, and Mark Plettenberg. Together they discuss the VDILIKEAPRO State of the Union 2020 survey. Learn more and take the survey here: https://vdilikeapro.com/announcement-the-vdilikeapro-2-0-state-of-the-union-2020-survey-is-now-open/About VDI Like a Proindependent research organization VDI Like a Pro started the ‘state of the EUC union’ survey in 2013. The goal of the survey is to get a clear view of how EUC technologies are used in the field, how EUC adoption is changing and what to expect in the future.Last year close to 750 respondents participated in the survey, making this initiative the largest community-powered research in the EUC market.Topics in the survey will cover many EUC technologies including VDI, DaaS, on-premises, and public clouds, security, management solutions, devices, storage, hypervisors, GPU’s, single- and multi-user operating systems.  Also, a couple of questions about key initiatives for 2021 are in the survey so overall great insights for sure!VDI Like a Pro (www.vdilikeapro.com) is an initiative by Ruben Spruijt, Senior Technologist at Nutanix, Mark Plettenberg, Senior Product Manager at Login VSI and Christiaan Brinkhoff Global Black Belt at Microsoft. They are passionate about End User Computing; connecting, collecting and sharing insights with everybody interested.About Mark PlettenbergMark Plettenberg, Product Manager at Login VSI. Operating in the centre between Sales, Product development, Marketing and last but not least: Research. Aside from optimizing EUC environments Mark enjoys spending time in his garage and driving his motorcycle.About Christiaan BrinkhoffChristiaan Brinkhoff works as a Global Black Belt for Windows Virtual Desktop at Microsoft. His primary focus areas are Azure Cloud-based - virtualization infrastructures for Microsoft's largest customers. In his spare time, he also shares his knowledge by speaking at large international conferences and local user groups.About Ruben SpruijtRuben Spruijt is Sr. Technologist at Nutanix, former CTO at Frame and a well-regarded author, speaker, market analyst, technologist.An all-around End User Computing geek.About 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, 

In episode 319, Douglas Brown interviews Ruben Spruijt, Christiaan Brinkhoff, and Mark Plettenberg. Together they discuss the VDILIKEAPRO State of the Union 2020 survey. Learn more and take the survey here: https://vdilikeapro.com/announcement-the-vdilikeapro-2-0-state-of-the-union-2020-survey-is-now-open/About VDI Like a Proindependent research organization VDI Like a Pro started the ‘state of the EUC union’ survey in 2013. The goal of the survey is to get a clear view of how EUC technologies are used in the field, how EUC adoption is changing and what to expect in the future.Last year close to 750 respondents participated in the survey, making this initiative the largest community-powered research in the EUC market.Topics in the survey will cover many EUC technologies including VDI, DaaS, on-premises, and public clouds, security, management solutions, devices, storage, hypervisors, GPU’s, single- and multi-user operating systems.  Also, a couple of questions about key initiatives for 2021 are in the survey so overall great insights for sure!VDI Like a Pro (www.vdilikeapro.com) is an initiative by Ruben Spruijt, Senior Technologist at Nutanix, Mark Plettenberg, Senior Product Manager at Login VSI and Christiaan Brinkhoff Global Black Belt at Microsoft. They are passionate about End User Computing; connecting, collecting and sharing insights with everybody interested.About Mark PlettenbergMark Plettenberg, Product Manager at Login VSI. Operating in the centre between Sales, Product development, Marketing and last but not least: Research. Aside from optimizing EUC environments Mark enjoys spending time in his garage and driving his motorcycle.About Christiaan BrinkhoffChristiaan Brinkhoff works as a Global Black Belt for Windows Virtual Desktop at Microsoft. His primary focus areas are Azure Cloud-based - virtualization infrastructures for Microsoft's largest customers. In his spare time, he also shares his knowledge by speaking at large international conferences and local user groups.About Ruben SpruijtRuben Spruijt is Sr. Technologist at Nutanix, former CTO at Frame and a well-regarded author, speaker, market analyst, technologist.An all-around End User Computing geek.About 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,