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Harry Labana – CTO of Citrix to VMware EUC VP and all that was in between.

|Posted In: End User Computing , Podcasts | March 25, 2015 | 0

downloadIt is with great pleasure we’re releasing episode #4 of FrontLine Chatter and what an episode we have for you! Taking time out of his extremely busy schedule, the one and only Harry Labana met with us to record a podcast about all things Harry, VMware and EUC. Harry is an iconic figure in the EUC industry who needs no introduction, so without further ado!

in this episode we had the pleasure of talking about the following topics:

  • Where did Harry start and how has career path taken him to VP of VMware EUC.
  • How has his transition from App Volumes to VMware been.
  • The latest acquisition of Immidio, where does it fit.
  • Project Fargo and Project Meteor. The vision of “Live Forking” VM’s.
  • VMware’s EUC vision.
  • Other markets that excite Harry.

 

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Kees Baggerman – EUC Consultant to Nutanix. The first 3 months.

|Posted In: End User Computing , Podcasts | February 18, 2015 | 0

In our second installment of the FrontLine Chatter podcast, Jarian and Andrew are joined by CTP, vExpert, RSVP and Desktop virtualisation aficianado Kees Baggerman.

Kees has been a key member in the twitter and blogosphere for Desktop Virtualisation for many years. We caught up with him to record this podcast on his move from “master of his own destiny” EUC consultant to Senior Solutions and Performance Engineer at Nutanix. How the transition went and how he’s getting on.

In this episode Jarian & Andrew had the pleasure of talking about the following with Kees:

  • RES Software.
  • Making the move to Nutanix.
  • What excited him about Nutanix.
  • XenServer support.
  • Kees likes AppVolumes.
  • UEV & Immidio acquisition for VMware.
  • What will / Should Citrix do?

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Check back next week where we’ll be speaking with a selection of the new class of 2015 Citrix CTP’s.

Rory Monaghan on Unidesk, App Volumes & EUC application compatibility

|Posted In: Application Compatibility , Podcasts | February 5, 2015 | 2

roryIn our first ever Podcast, Jarian and Andrew invited MVP, Application compatibility expert and all round “wise guy” Rory Monaghan to come on and talk to us about layers, isolation and compatibility!.

Rory is a very active member of the End User Computing community, via both Twitter and the Microsoft Application Virtualisation forum.

In this episode Jarian & Andrew had the pleasure of talking about the following with Rory:

  • Rory’s upbringing in IT.
  • how Rory got to where he is today.
  • The layout of the Application compatibility industry.
  • Unidesk simplifying application deployment
  • Unidesks Hyper-V tech preview.
  • VMwares new aquisition App Volumes.
  • Fslogix.
  • Cameyo.
  • Other random banter.
  • and of course, with two irish guys on the call, potato’s.

 

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Check back next week for our next episode where we talk to Kees Baggerman about his first 3 months in Nutanix, the user environment virtualisation space and VMware’s Immidio acquisition.