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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

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://goliath

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 va

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 versio

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 S

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

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

In episode 318, Douglas Brown interviews Barry Flanagan and Trentent Tye from ControlUp! Trentent, Barry, and Douglas discuss ControlUp’s management and monitoring solution for EUC and IGEL!Learn more, visit https://www.controlup.com/lp/igel/About Barry FlanaganBarry Flanagan leads Americas Sales and Channels at ControlUp. Barry has over 19 years experience in software sales, strategic alliances, channel programs and solutions marketing. As part of that experience, Barry worked extensively in partnership with large technology vendors including Microsoft, IBM, HP, Dell, VMware and Citrix,  This wide variety of experiences has led to many opportunities to communicate to a broad range of audiences on the value of virtualization, end user computing, monitoring and analytics. Barry has contributed substantially to the technology community through social media, hundreds of blog posts, and in more than 1,500 speaking opportunities at venues across the U.S, Europe, Asia and Australia. Barry lives in Indiana with his

In episode 317, Douglas Brown interviews Fredrik Brattstig, EMEA Technology Evangelist at IGEL Technology. Fredrik and Douglas will discuss the Microsoft’s new WVD solution, what this means for all of us, and then they get in to the ‘why IGEL and what value does IGEL bring to the table’ conversation.To learn more visit http://igel.com/wvd/ About Fredrik BrattstigWith over 20 years of experience of the VDI/Remote Apps and Desktops niche, Fredrik lives by the mantra of providing High End User Experience. His hart lies in advanced graphics. Fredrik is currently employed at IGEL Technology, as EMEA Technology Evangelist. One of his responsibilities at IGEL Technology is designing and building demos of high-end multimedia in the world of Remote graphics. The primary focus is to provide extreme user experiences in the world of server-based computing. Recent projects have been about gaming, 3D modelling, CAD and Virtual Reality in the world of IGEL OS, Remote Sessions powered by Nvidia.Fredrik very active in the I

DABCC Radio is BACK! In episode 316, Douglas Brown interviews Jim Moyle, Windows Virtual Desktop Global Black Belt at Microsoft. Jim and Doug discuss the new Microsoft Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD).About Jim MoyleJim Moyle has been an infrastructure technologist with over two decades of passionate involvement in the IT industry. Over the last decade, he has been a specialist in the Server Based Computing, application, and desktop delivery sector. He has worked with many blue-chip companies around the UK, including being involved in the architecture and delivery of some of the largest Citrix deployments in Europe. He also enjoys speaking at various industry events such as BriForum, E2EVC, and Citrix Synergy, and you can find him sharing knowledge on YouTube, twitter @jimmoyle, and on GitHub.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 an

In episode 315, Douglas Brown interviews Garrett Helmer - Senior Vice President of Channels, Eric Johnson - Channel SE, and Kyle Yardley - Partner Business Development Manager at PrinterLogic.  Together we discuss the PrinterLogic serverless printing solution, what it is, how it helps with EUC environments, why you should care and much more.About PrinterLogicPrinterLogic helps IT professionals eliminate all print servers and deliver a highly available serverless print infrastructure. With PrinterLogic’s centrally managed direct IP printing platform, customers empower their end users with mobile printing, secure release printing, and many advanced features that legacy print management applications can’t provide. The company has been included multiple times on the Inc. 500 and Deloitte Fast 500 lists of fastest growing companies in North America.How to create a PrinterLogic Profile on IGEL's UMS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7ywpKjIB54Learn more: https://www.printerlogic.com/Follow on Facebook: https://www.

In episode 314, Douglas Brown interviews Dan Dillman, CEO and Cliff Miller, CTP at A2U! Together we discuss the EUC world today, cloud, VDI, SBC, Microsoft MVD, DaaS, Thin Clients and much more. About A2UBased in Cranberry Township, Pa. and founded in 2003 by current CEO Dan Dillman, A2U has positioned itself as a leader in the IT industry. Initially, A2U began as a cloud hosting company. Under Dillman’s leadership and expertise in Citrix, the company grew into a full cloud hosting provider and IT consulting company by 2012.Today, the company is one of about 30 Citrix Platinum Partners in the country. The company is also highly recognized as a Platinum Partner in Ivanti, IGEL and Imprivata technologies.In 2016 and 2017, A2U was named the fastest growing technology company in Pittsburgh, an achievement driven by A2U’s hiring approach to only recruit top-tier technical talent and people who model and align with company values. Providing around-the-clock, in-house IT support, delivery insurance and a specialty i

Johan van Amersfoort: A Discussion on SBC, VDI, DaaS, VMware EUC and so much more - Podcast Episode 313In episode 313, Douglas Brown interviews Johan van Amersfoort, the Bearded VDI Junkie! Together we discuss the VDI world today, VDI vs. SBC, VMware, Citrix, DaaS, Thin Clients and much more. This is indeed a fantastic interview.Download the MP3 here: https://api.spreaker.com/v2/episodes/16443984/download.mp3About Johan van AmersfoortSince 1999 I am part of the IT world. The first few years as a field engineer working with SBC products like WinFrame and MetaFrame and later mostly with TS/RDS based solutions.In 2005 I had my first experience with VMware products (Workstation) and since then I got hooked. Especially when I saw my first vMotion. All infrastructures I worked with from that moment on had VMware products as a core part of the infrastructure. Next to Server Virtualization, I focussed on Application Virtualization with both ThinApp and Softgrid/App-V.Late 2013, it was time to make a career change. B

In episode 312, Douglas Brown interviews Lee Bushen, Partner Enablement Manager at StorMagic and Chris Edwards, Technical Marketing Lead for Citrix Ready. Lee, Chris, and Douglas discuss the StorMagic’s SvSAN edge appliance for Citrix Cloud Services. Lee dives into how it works, the problems they solve, why we should care and much more.Download the MP3 here: https://api.spreaker.com/v2/episodes/15389630/download.mp3About StorMagic Established in 2006, StorMagic is simplifying storage at the edge. Its virtual SAN makes edge computing simple for everyone from large organizations with thousands of sites, to companies running a single small datacenter. StorMagic offers customers that are dissatisfied with the cost and complexity of external SANs a highly available, two-server solution that is simple, cost-effective and flexible. For additional information, visit http://www.stormagic.com.Follow on:•Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StorMagicSvSAN/•Google+: https://plus.google.com/+StormagicSvSAN•LinkedIn: https:

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 large

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 acce