Comments over VMware’s decision to not ship Virtual Profiles (the technology VMware gained through their acquisition of RTO software) with VMware View 4.5 continues to rock around the Internet. There are people who bought RTO Virtual Profiles before the acquisition by VMware, who are now upset about the dropping of support (this can be seen in Bridget Botelho’s article on SearchVirtualDesktop.com – Virtual Profiles customers endure VMware acquisition of RTO Software – where RTO customers have now switched to a User Virtualization solution from AppSense) . There are also people who thought that the inclusion of Virtual Profiles in View would solve their user virtualization problems and who now will have to wait longer to try it out, some of which actually purchased VMware View on the premise that RTO Virtual Profile technology would then be included in VMware View 4.5.

You may by now (or at least hopefully) will be aware of the soon to be released and very much anticipated AppSense User Rights Management technology - User Rights Management brings huge opportunity to reduce desktop TCO, improve desktop security & stability, reduce support calls and ensure users have access to the features and applications they require along with optimum user satisfaction.

AppSense, the leading user virtualization solution provider, partner with Fujitsu to enable a desktop virtualization project for 140,000 users across 1,000 site locations at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

Kaweah Delta Medical Center, a leading California-based healthcare organization who has been using a combined Citrix and AppSense solution to deliver virtual desktops to their workforce has kindly recorded a video interview to present the challenges faced in the adoption of desktop virtualization, and more importantly how they use a combined Citrix and AppSense solution to deliver personalized desktops to a wide range of accessing devices from a standard set of provisioned operating system and application components.

Jo Harder, a Senior Architect in the Citrix Readiness Division is hosting another 'Profile' based webinar as part of the Citrix Tech-Talk Expert Webinar Series. Jo has several years a a lead consultant for Citrix, and so has seen some of the worlds largest and most complex Citrix environments; and from this has learnt typical customer challenges and best practices to avoid or solve such issues. In this webinar, Jo will be covering the challenges with user profiles in a XenApp and/or XenDesktop environment - specially looking at options available with Roaming profile, where Citrix User Profile Manager can help, where it can not help / is unsupported, and when Citrix recommend a leading 3rd party specialist solution; such as AppSense.

Simon Rust, VP of Technology at AppSense has written an article for Virtual Strategy Magazine; focusing on how User Virtualization solutions are key to the adoption of desktop virtualization technologies in enterprise environments.

Following on from the recent PubForum event, Andrew Wood has published an interesting article relating to some of the new functionality AppSense were demonstrating as part of our 2010 product release schedule. The article discusses the possibilities and options with regards to 'can you give power to users responsibly' ?

If you were unable to make Citrix Synergy 2010 in San Francisco and can't wait until Citrix Synergy Berlin, fear not; Leading AppSense and Citrix partner Convergence are hosting a series of post Synergy events!

CEMA, a leading Citrix and AppSense reseller in Germany are hosting a 'Hands On' workshop, on the road, in a Citrix truck! The truck comes complete with a mobile data center to give interactive access to Citrix FlexCast and AppSense technology!

During the busy days that was the Citrix Synergy in San Francisco, David Marshall from InfoWorld wanted to see what all the fuss about AppSense, our Citrix Ready Solution of the Year award and AppSense User Virtualization Solutions were all about. David spent time with AppSense VP of Technology - Simon Rust - and has since written an article based on his findings..