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A chat with Samit Halvadia about Rimo3

|Posted In: Application Compatibility , Automation , Cloud , End User Computing | July 6, 2022 | 0

Jarian is back again with co-host Kees Baggerman. Jarian and Kees had the pleasure of chatting samit with Samit Halvadia, Chief Technology Officer of Rimo3. We discussed Samit’s history with application landscape, all things Rimo3, and the upcoming Rimo3 release.

On this podcast we had the pleasure of talking with Samit about:

  • Samit’s history with the application landscape
  • Rimo3’s history
  • Challenges Rimo3 solves
  • Samit’s thoughts on application landscape and challenges
  • Evolution of app packaging and testing for traditional Windows applications
  • Rimo3’s integration with other products
  • Samit’s thoughts of impact of cloud computing
  • Rimo3’s new product announcement and features coming

A chat with Chuck Brady and Nico Zieck about Liquit

|Posted In: Automation , Cloud , End User Computing , Workspace | February 9, 2021 | 0

Happy new year! Jarian is back again with specialchuck-brady-and-nico-zieck guest co-host Shane Kleinert. We had the pleasure of chatting with Chuck Brady, Vice President of the Americas and Nico Zieck, Director of Technology and Solutions at Liquit.  We discussed all things Liquit with Chuck and Nico.

On this podcast we had the pleasure of talking with Chuck and Nico about:

  • Liquit overview and company history
  • What is the modern workspace and what it means to Liquit?
  • What use cases and verticals is Liquit seeing interest from and targeting?
  • How does Liquit enable a seamless experience?
  • What protections exist to ensure balance between flexibility and security?
  • How does Liquit fit into the mix with the big EUC players?
  • How does Liquit fit into existing deployed EUC solutions?
  • What does Liquit have for monitoring and are there any predictive analytics?
  • What is the Liquit “Smart Icon” and what makes them smart?
  • Liquit’s ability to drop their workspace into existing workspaces
  • What does Liquit’s architecture look like?
  • What are Liquit’s key areas to help extend the overall platform?
  • What is the learning curve to deploy Liquit?
  • How is Liquit licensed?
  • Does Liquit have a community license and how do community programs get access?

Thanks to Shane for being our special guest co-host!

To learn more about Liquit:

A chat with Sam Benihya about Automai

|Posted In: Automation , Cloud , End User Computing | December 15, 2020 | 0

sambenihyaautomaiJarian is back again with special guest co-host Shane Kleinert. We had the pleasure of chatting with Sam Benihya, Chief Technology Officer at Automai. We discussed all things Automai with Sam.

On this podcast we had the pleasure of talking with Sam about:

  • Automai overview and company history
  • What is robotic process automation (RPA)?
  • What use cases does RPA solve?
  • How Automai expanded to additional use cases and offerings
  • Thoughts on the branding change and how it better positions Automai
  • Automai architecture of solutions offerings
  • Automai learning curve
  • Difference between load testing, availability testing, and RPA
  • Automai licensing
  • Proactive availability testing versus probing
  • Automai difference from other load testing products
  • Where does Sam see Automai in the next 2-3 years?
  • Automai community license and community programs

Thanks to Shane for being our special guest co-host!

Automai Demo – How to run Affordable Performance Tests for Any Business Process

Since the recording of the Automai / FrontLine Chatter podcast, Automai has developed and will be soon releasing the new and exciting Nanobot series. These Nanobots are lightweight single-purpose Robotic Process Automation (RPA) bots to solve complex problems with great simplicity. The first Nanobot in the lineup is the Automai Intelligent Session Recording (ISR) Nanobot, enabling both intelligent and programmatic pause and resume session recording for Citrix and Calabrio.  

See Intelligent Session Recording (ISR) Nanobot for regulatory compliance. (automai.com) for further details! 

A Chat with Steve Greenberg

|Posted In: Citrix , Cloud , End User Computing , FSLogix | November 30, 2020 | 0

Happy New Year! Jarian and our special guest co-host Rory Monaghan had the pleasure of chatting with Steve Greenberg. Steve is steveknown for his work in the End-User Computing (EUC) space. He has done many presentations around the EUC space at various events. He is a long time Citrix Technology Professional (CTP) and has been awarded as one the inaugural CTP Fellows. Steve is a co-leader of the Phoenix Metro CUGC group and hosts his own EUC Masters Retreat.

On this podcast we had the pleasure of talking with Steve about:

  • Steve’s background
  • How did he get started in his tech career?
  • What is Steve’s day to day work like?
  • Why the name Thin Client Computing?
  • What is his approach to end user experience when executing a new customer project?
  • How does he strike balance of giving end users what they want while also keeping the company secure?
  • What are some of the common mistakes he’s experienced made by those in enterprise IT when it comes to architecting EUC solutions?
  • How has his partner relationship changed over the years with Citrix?
  • What impact has Citrix Cloud had on his business?
  • What are his thoughts on Microsoft Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD)?
  • With him being an FSLogix investor and partner, how does he feel about the Microsoft acquisition?
  • Out of all the industries/verticals he’s worked with, what has been the most challenging when it comes to projects?
  • Is there any particular challenging project he’s worked on or whoopsie moment he’s willing to share?
  • How does he feel about the current state of EUC?
  • Where does he see EUC going in the next 10 years?
  • How has the CTP program changed from when it started to now?
  • What is the EUC Masters Retreat and how is it different from other events?
  • What excites him in tech outside of his day job?
  • What is he passionate about outside of work?

While we discussed the EUC Masters Retreat and the upcoming event, the event is now targeted for November 2021 due the current pandemic climate. Please check the EUC Masters Retreat website for more information.

Thanks as always to Rory for being our special guest co-host.  Please check out Rory’s 5 Bytes Podcast!

A chat with Simon Townsend about IGEL

|Posted In: Cloud , End User Computing | September 27, 2019 | 0

Jarian is back again this time with co-host Kees Baggerman.  Jarian and Kees had the simon_townsendpleasure of chatting with Simon Townsend, Chief Marketing Office EMEA of IGEL.  We discussed Simon’s background and all things IGEL.

On this podcast we had the pleasure of talking with Simon about:

  • Simon’s transition to IGEL
  • IGEL’s next gen edge OS for Cloud Workspaces
  • IGEL not being a thin client vendor
  • Where does Simon see growth in the space for IGEL?
  • Simon’s thoughts on changing EUC landscape
  • Simon’s thoughts on Windows 10
  • Security on edge and endpoint security
  • Simon’s thoughts on IGEL’s near futurein EUC space
  • Outside of anything tech, what excites him and what is he passionate about?

A chat with Arthur Hitomi about Numecent

|Posted In: Application Compatibility , Application Layering , Cloud , End User Computing | May 17, 2019 | 0

Jarian is back again with our special guest co-host Rory Monaghan.  Jarian and Rory had the pleasure of chattingarthur-hitomi-1 with Arthur Hitomi, CEO and Co-Founder of Numecent.  We discussed all things Numecent and how they make application delivery simple with Cloudpaging.

On this podcast we had the pleasure of talking with Arthur about:

  • Numecent and company history
  • Cloudpaging and packaging applications
  • Cloudpaging learning curve
  • App Challenge at Citrix Synergy
  • Windows 10 and Cloudpaging
  • Cloudpaging and end user computing
  • Cloudpaging integration with products like System Center
  • On-premises vs cloud solutions for application delivery
  • Integration with Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops
  • Thoughts on what the future holds for enterprise application delivery
  • Short and long term goals for Numecent
  • Outside of anything tech, what excites him and what is he passionate about?

Thanks as always to Rory for being our special guest co-host.  Please check out Rory’s 5 Bytes Podcast!

A chat with Chris Matthieu, CEO of Computes

|Posted In: Cloud , IoT | August 8, 2018 | 0

We’re back at it!  Recently Jarian and our special guest co-host Rory Monaghan caught up with Chris Mattieu, CEO cmof Computes.

Chris is known for development and working with/building emerging technologies.  His most recent ventures were co-founding Octoblu and founder of Nodester.  When Chris is not computing, he can be found restoring and riding old Indian motorcycles.

On this podcast, we had the pleasure to speak with Chris about his new adventure with Computes:

  • How and why did he start Computes?
  • How Computes is being used for medical research.
  • What vendors and organizations Computes is getting interests from?
  • How Computes can use idle datacenter resources from enterprise IT and cloud vendors?
  • How Computes can add value in IoT, AI, VR, and Machine Learning when copious amounts of GPU and CPU are required?
  • Chris’s decentralized notepad.
  • Does Computes overlap with Edge Computing?
  • Does Computes focus on a primary/one vertical?
  • Computes in the enterprise to be harnessed in a private manner.
  • What Chris sees as Computes short term and long term goals.
  • Chris’s love for Indian motorcycles.

Thanks to Rory for being our special guest co-host. Please check out Rory’s 5 Bytes Podcast!

A catch-up with Jeremy Moskowitz, Founder of PolicyPak Software

|Posted In: Citrix , Cloud , End User Computing , FSLogix , Horizon , Microsoft RDS , Mobility , Remote Desktop Services , VDI , VMware | January 24, 2018 | 0

Happy New Year!  On this episode of Frontline Chatter, Jarian and Kees had the pleasure to speakjeremy-m with Jeremy Moskowitz, CTO & Founder of PolicyPak Software.

Jeremy founded PolicyPak Software in 2007.  He’s a 14-year awardee as a Microsoft MVP for Group Policy.  Jeremy has written books on Group Policy and delivered training as well.  He is also the founder of GPanswers.com where you can find all kinds of resources on Group Policy.

On this podcast, we had the pleasure to speak with Jeremy about the following PolicyPak Software topics:

  • Evolving from just applications settings manager/management.
  • What are the top reasons someone comes to implement PolicyPak?
  • What was the genesis of PolicyPak and what inspired Jeremy to go down this road?
  • What are the different PolicyPak options for infrastructure, management and deployment?
  • What are the PolicyPak features?
  • How flexible is PolicyPak?
  • What MDM solutions does PolicyPak integrate with?
  • How easy is PolicyPak to deploy?
  • What are the settings refresh, enforcement, and offline?
  • What are the delivery and reporting mechanisms?
  • What technology partnerships does PolicyPak have?
  • Special announcement for community.

A catch-up with Ruben Spruijt, Field CTO at Frame.

|Posted In: Application Compatibility , Application Layering , Cloud , End User Computing , VDI , VMware | December 18, 2017 | 0

rubenBack again! This week on Frontline Chatter, Jarian and Kees had the pleasure to speak with Ruben Spruijt, Field CTO at Frame.

Ruben has had an illustrious career, from consultant to CTO in one of the best known virtual computing companies, PQR, to CTO of Atlantis Computing and now Frame. Away from this Ruben has been an extremely active member of pretty much every evangelist program that exists in our space. Citrix CTP, Microsoft MVP, Nvidia NGCA, the list goes on.

On this podcast, we had the pleasure to speak with Ruben about the following topics:

  • What are FRAME customer types?
  • What are FRAME run rates, infrastructure, graphics, etc? Is everything public cloud hosted?
  • What clouds and types of instances does FRAME run on?
  • Let’s do deeper in to graphics, any differences between cloud providers?
  • Does FRAME handle everything for the applications? What does application onboarding look like for custom applications?
  • Is AzureStack on your radar?
  • What is does a new client on boarding process look like?
  • What vendors/partners does FRAME integrate with? Let’s talk about those partnerships. VMware Workspace One Express as example.
  • From being an engineer in your Dad’s IT company to multiple CTO roles, how did that evolve?
  • What made you choose FRAME and make the transition from Atlantis?
  • On a personal note, away from your day job. What market or technology are you keenly watching now? What excites you about it?