AppSense, a leading provider of user virtualization technology, recently launched the AppSense Certified Service Provider (ACSP) program which gives access to products, training, support and specialized pricing to optimize user virtualization service offerings. The program will be explained in detail on October 12 in an introductory webinar, "Delivering High-Value Desktop Services with User Virtualization." Through the webinar, the service providers can learn how user virtualization can bring additional customer value and operational cost savings to their managed desktop service offerings.

The ACSP program is open to companies offering desktop services via a subscription-based model that includes all required software and support. The program will enable service providers to deliver user virtualization as a service. The service providers will also learn the ways to increase control over delivered desktops and ensuring the user receives a fully personalized experience.

"With user virtualization, service providers now have an opportunity to optimize customer value and reduce delivery costs for their offerings while delivering a personalized desktop experience on a highly standardized, scalable and supportable cloud fabric," said Barb Goldworm, president and chief analyst of analyst firm FOCUS, in a statement. "The 'as a service' model is extremely attractive to organizations looking to save money, and the increased interest in subscription-based pricing makes this an extremely smart move for AppSense."

"User virtualization can be a powerful tool for accelerating the rate at which organizations are able to transition to desktops and applications as a service, by serving as a bridge between traditional OS or application deployment, and virtual or cloud delivery," said Doug Lane, director of product marketing at AppSense. "The ACSP program makes it extremely easy for service providers to deliver user virtualization as a service, enabling them to increase control over delivered desktops while also ensuring the user receives a fully personalized experience."

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Edited by Rich Steeves