Microsoft will end support for Windows XP on the 8th April 2014. Organizations that have not started a migration to Microsoft Windows 7 will need to do so quickly or lose support for one of the most important technologies in the enterprise desktop environment. There are two options for customers after this date; either take
Optimize current and future desktop environments by taking the pain and cost out of configuring desktops, troublesome roaming profiles and their lengthy logon times and corruption related support calls, control application access and license enforcement, eliminate the need for Local Administrator accounts, improve resource allocation to increase server capacity and performance, and more easily adopt
Unacceptably long logon times cause user dissatisfaction, reduces their faith in IT and dramatically impacts their productivity. They can also leave systems open to security risks as many users start the logon process then leave the desktop to pursue other activities such as talking with colleagues, getting breakfast or making a hot drink to kill
User Profile Corruption is one the most costly, and common aspects of desktop management. It is a time-consuming IT task which also impacts the business through loss of user productivity and high service desk support costs. For many organizations, when profile corruption occurs, SLAs force IT to spend a predefined amount of time troubleshooting and
In March 2012, AppSense commissioned Forrester Consulting to examine the total economic impact and potential return on investment (ROI) enterprises may realize by deploying the AppSense Management Suite. The purpose of this study is to provide readers with a framework to evaluate the potential financial impact of the User Virtualization Platform on organizations having shared
Shawn Bass and Dr Bernhard Tritsch review the different approaches you can take, the advantages and disadvantages of each and which is most suitable for your environment.
The adoption of Microsoft Windows 7 is a major objective for every enterprise organization. Unfortunately this major transformation is proving to be one of the most costly and complex projects for any IT department, especially when combined with all other on-going IT projects. By employing user virtualization technology as part of a people centric approach
IT departments are rarely short of headaches, but few projects instil quite the same level of pain, disruption and cost as operating system upgrades. Tempted by the perceived benefits of newer technology – greater productivity, better security, more effective management among them – IT professionals soon discover that the problems associated with OS upgrades are
Migrating employees to Windows 7 could be a risky and expensive proposition, especially if it affects the employee’s working environment. AppSense’s user virtualization technology manages all the user-specific elements of the Windows 7 migration process as well as providing an alternative approach to managing the user aspects of the desktop post migration.