By Klaus Besier CEO, RES Software

I’ll make a prediction: the days of RES Software and AppSense competition are nearing their end.

If you’ve looked at our workspace virtualization space, you know there are really only two players out there. (Yes there are others, but they provide point solutions or solutions that only work within VDI rather than today’s hybrid desktop infrastructures.) In terms of end-to-end workspace virtualization providers it’s “us,” RES Software, and it’s “them,” AppSense. And it’s been that way for years.

AppSense is the best kind of competitor to have. They spring from the same space as RES Software, but they’re pursuing a starkly different vision. And it’s this

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You’ve upgraded your desktops. You’ve upgraded your data centers. But have you upgraded the IT experience for users? Years and years ago if a user wanted a service from IT, they would call the help desk and open a request or ticket. That could be a request for applications, printers, a new peripheral or even a password or pin reset. The user’s whole experience with IT requests was dominated by a call to the help desk and then: hurry up and wait. Why? Because that help desk agent had to seek approval requests, do resource discovery, acquire the requested service and then deliver the service to the end user. All ... READ MORE>>

On April 8th we released Automation Manager SR4. Below you'll find a list of the most important changes in this release. Please download the release notes from our support portal to read the full list of new features and enhancements.    New features: PowerShell 3.0. support: Automation Manager now fully supports Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 and enables administrators to copy paste existing Powershell 3.0 scripts into a secure, efficient and controllable Module that can be delegated to virtually anybody within or outside of IT. Support for Windows Authentication when using Microsoft SQL Server: To support environments with high security requirements Automation Manager now support Windows Authentication when connecting to the Microsoft SQL ... READ MORE>>

By Jeff Fisher, VP Strategy

The world of enterprise IT is in flux and changing at a pace faster than any of us likely imagined even a few years ago. Just looking at some of the recent headlines around declining PC shipments and Windows 8 adoption makes it clear to us at RES Software that our industry is entering the post-PC era.

So what does this mean for a company like RES that was born out of a unique set of challenges and related opportunities created by the Wintel paradigm? How can RES stay relevant and strategic in this brave new world? 
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RES HyperDrive is a secure, on-premises technology designed for today’s mobile workforce. Developed to address the expanding security requirements of your IT department, but meet the ease of use, cross-platform and simplicity requirements of a new generation of IT consumers, RES HyperDrive leverages your own data center or private cloud to provide rapid data access to users, regardless of location and device. Today, RES Software released a next milestone release of RES HyperDrive that contains great new value. Client Enhancements Non-caching Microsoft Windows client As of today, RES HyperDrive offers a non-caching client for Microsoft Windows, that is ideal remote desktops and/or virtual desktops. With this new client in place, people can access their data from any type of ... READ MORE>>