Summary: In episode 244, Douglas Brown interviews Jon Wallace / Simon Townsend from AppSense and Anil Kumar, Technical Marketing Lead for Citrix Ready. Together we discusses what’s new at AppSense, how AppSense technologies work with and compliment Citrix solutions, the UEM/UPM market in general and much more. About AppSense AppSense is the global leader in User Environment Management (UEM) with over 3,000 enterprise customers worldwide that have deployed to over 7 million desktops. AppSense DesktopNow and DataNow enable IT teams to deliver the ultimate user experience and productivity across physical and virtual desktops while optimizing security and reducing operational and infrastructure costs. The company is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA with offices around the world. Learn more at http://www.appsense.com/ About Jon Wallace, CTO of Cloud Jon is a senior executive and technology veteran having worked with some of the largest and most complex technology environments in the world. As Chief Technology Officer for Cloud & Emerging Technologies at AppSense, Jon focuses on creating disruptive strategy and maintains an in-depth view of the industry at large. With the experience of working from the field level to the boardroom Jon brings a unique viewpoint catering for many factors and one which is based on real world experience. About Simon Townsend, Chief Technologist As Chief Technologist, Simon works with our largest customers and partners to help them implement AppSense technology and improve their User Environment Management infrastructure and process across physical, virtual, and cloud-based environments. In addition, he advises on best practice for securing endpoints. Prior to AppSense, Simon worked for a leading Citrix distributor and reseller. He holds a BSC Honors degree in Business Information Technology and is an informative and engaging presenter at leading industry events and webinars. 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 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 is also host of the #1 rated virtualization and cloud podcast show, DABCC Radio and DABCC TV. Follow Douglas on Twitter at http://twitter.com/douglasabrown Connect on LinkedIn here, https://www.linkedin.com/in/dabcc
