Episode #15 - A Conversation with Antony Awaida & Andy Tynes of Apporto
09/06/24 • 41 min
Join us for Episode #15 of ControlUp Community Radio, where host Douglas Brown sits down with Antony Awaida, Founder and CEO of Apporto, and Andy Tynes, Head of Sales and Alliances. In this episode, Antony and Andy share the story of Apporto's growth, its leadership in the education sector, and plans to expand into other industries. They discuss Apporto's unique cloud-based approach to EUC, innovative technology, and how they're reshaping the VDI market. Whether you're curious about Apporto's expansion, technical capabilities, or how it compares to competitors, this episode is packed with valuable insights.
Key discussion points include:
- The founding story and growth of Apporto
- Why Apporto is making a push into the EUC market now
- Apporto's expansion plans beyond the education sector
- A look at Apporto's architecture, scalability, and HyperStream protocol
- Addressing browser limitations and integration with other solutions
- Apporto's setup, hosting, and migration capabilities
- Innovations in DEX and its impact on user experience
- Being named a Microsoft Preferred Partner for Azure Lab Services
- Apporto's position in the evolving VDI market
- How Apporto supports enterprise customers
- How to learn more and try Apporto
Learn more:
Learn more about Apporto
Join the ControlUp Community here
About Antony Awaida
Antony Awaida holds an MS degree from MIT. Spent decades in Silicon Valley with large (Oracle) and small companies (Intellicorp). Antony is passionate about taking complex matters and making them simple. When he is not working with the Apporto team, Antony can be found tending to his grapes and olives.
- Follow Antony on Linkedin
About Andy Tynes
Andy Tynes leads sales and alliances for Apporto. A seasoned EUC veteran, he helped build FSLogix from a start-up to 1200+ customers, which led to its acquisition by Microsoft. He has also led teams at Microsoft, IGEL, and Rimo3. Andy holds a BA degree from Wake Forest University and enjoys golf and college football in his spare time.
- Follow Andy on LinkedIn
About Douglas A. Brown
Douglas Brown is the VP of Community at ControlUp, where he plays a pivotal role in invigorating the company's customer and partner base. His responsibilities include cultivating and expanding the ControlUp Community.
As VP of Community at IGEL, Douglas Brown grew their community to 9,000 members with 330,000 messages, led the VIP Program with 45 experts, managed Technical Publications, and was the Global Technology Evangelist.
With 25+ years in virtualization and cloud computing, Doug Brown founded DABCC, Inc., a pioneering and top-visited EUC website.
Doug was honored as Citrix's SE of the Year in 2002, received the Microsoft MVP award from 2005 to 2016, and earned the Citrix CTP and VMware vEXPERT titles. A regular speaker at industry events, he has been an active author for two decades.
Join us for Episode #15 of ControlUp Community Radio, where host Douglas Brown sits down with Antony Awaida, Founder and CEO of Apporto, and Andy Tynes, Head of Sales and Alliances. In this episode, Antony and Andy share the story of Apporto's growth, its leadership in the education sector, and plans to expand into other industries. They discuss Apporto's unique cloud-based approach to EUC, innovative technology, and how they're reshaping the VDI market. Whether you're curious about Apporto's expansion, technical capabilities, or how it compares to competitors, this episode is packed with valuable insights.
Key discussion points include:
- The founding story and growth of Apporto
- Why Apporto is making a push into the EUC market now
- Apporto's expansion plans beyond the education sector
- A look at Apporto's architecture, scalability, and HyperStream protocol
- Addressing browser limitations and integration with other solutions
- Apporto's setup, hosting, and migration capabilities
- Innovations in DEX and its impact on user experience
- Being named a Microsoft Preferred Partner for Azure Lab Services
- Apporto's position in the evolving VDI market
- How Apporto supports enterprise customers
- How to learn more and try Apporto
Learn more:
Learn more about Apporto
Join the ControlUp Community here
About Antony Awaida
Antony Awaida holds an MS degree from MIT. Spent decades in Silicon Valley with large (Oracle) and small companies (Intellicorp). Antony is passionate about taking complex matters and making them simple. When he is not working with the Apporto team, Antony can be found tending to his grapes and olives.
- Follow Antony on Linkedin
About Andy Tynes
Andy Tynes leads sales and alliances for Apporto. A seasoned EUC veteran, he helped build FSLogix from a start-up to 1200+ customers, which led to its acquisition by Microsoft. He has also led teams at Microsoft, IGEL, and Rimo3. Andy holds a BA degree from Wake Forest University and enjoys golf and college football in his spare time.
- Follow Andy on LinkedIn
About Douglas A. Brown
Douglas Brown is the VP of Community at ControlUp, where he plays a pivotal role in invigorating the company's customer and partner base. His responsibilities include cultivating and expanding the ControlUp Community.
As VP of Community at IGEL, Douglas Brown grew their community to 9,000 members with 330,000 messages, led the VIP Program with 45 experts, managed Technical Publications, and was the Global Technology Evangelist.
With 25+ years in virtualization and cloud computing, Doug Brown founded DABCC, Inc., a pioneering and top-visited EUC website.
Doug was honored as Citrix's SE of the Year in 2002, received the Microsoft MVP award from 2005 to 2016, and earned the Citrix CTP and VMware vEXPERT titles. A regular speaker at industry events, he has been an active author for two decades.
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Episode #14 - A Conversation with Benny Tritsch, EUCScore.com
Join us for Episode #14 of ControlUp Community Radio, where host Douglas Brown sits down with the renowned Dr. Bernhard Tritsch, also known as "Benny." As a CTP, MVP, vEXPERT, NGCA, VIPP, and leading expert in virtualization and end-user computing, Benny's insights are exclusive. In this episode, he shares the inspiration behind creating the EUCScore methodology and toolset, offering unique insights into how it benefits the EUC community. With decades of experience, Benny shares his thoughts on the future of EUC, the role of DEX, and the impact of AI and machine learning on the industry. This episode is a must-listen for anyone involved in EUC and IT strategy.
Key discussion points include:
- The inspiration behind the EUCScore methodology and toolset
- How EUCScore supports the broader EUC community
- Key factors in evaluating an EUC solution
- What sets EUCScore apart from other benchmarking tools
- Recent updates to the EUCScore toolset
- Ensuring accuracy and reliability in benchmarking
- DEX's role in EUC and key metrics to focus on
- The future of AI and machine learning in EUC
- Benny's vision for EUC over the next 5-10 years
Learn more:
About Benny Tritsch
Benny is a technology evangelist, system architect, and market analyst focusing on virtualization solutions based on Microsoft Remote Desktop Services, Azure Virtual Desktop, VMware Horizon, Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops, and Parallels Remote Application Server. I have many years of experience in IT research, Windows system tools development, remote graphics benchmarking, and large-scale end-user computing designs. In September 2015, I started Dr. Tritsch IT Consulting.
Benny holds an equivalent to a PhD in Computer Science (Dr.-Ing.) from Darmstadt Technical University in Germany, an equivalent to a Master of Science in Physics (Dipl.-Phys.) from Freiburg University in Germany, and a Bachelor of Science in Physics from Freiburg University in Germany.
Research institutes I've had the honor and the pleasure to work at: Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems in Freiburg (Germany), Royal Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (RONAST) in Kathmandu (Nepal), European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva (Switzerland) and Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics in Darmstadt (Germany).
- Following Benny on Linkedin
- Follow Benny on X (Twitter)
About Douglas A. Brown
Douglas Brown is the VP of Community at ControlUp, where he plays a pivotal role in invigorating the company's customer and partner base. His responsibilities include cultivating and expanding the ControlUp Community.
As VP of Community at IGEL, Douglas Brown grew their community to 9,000 members with 330,000 messages, led the VIP Program with 45 experts, managed Technical Publications, and was the Global Technology Evangelist.
With 25+ years in virtualization and cloud computing, Doug Brown founded DABCC, Inc., a pioneering and top-visited EUC website.
Doug was honored as Citrix's SE of the Year in 2002, received the Microsoft MVP award from 2005 to 2016, and earned the Citrix CTP and VMware vEXPERT titles. A regular speaker at industry events, he has been an active author for two decades.
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Episode #16 - 1st Year Recap with Jed Ayres, CEO of ControlUp
In this milestone episode of ControlUp Community Radio, host Douglas Brown sits down with Jed Ayres, CEO of ControlUp, to reflect on his first year at the helm. In this insightful conversation, Jed shares his key learnings, surprises, and favorite memories from the past year. The discussion dives into tool consolidation, automation success stories, and how ControlUp expands its solutions beyond traditional VDI and Citrix environments with the ControlUp DEX Platform.
Jed also provides a glimpse into ControlUp's exciting innovations, from security advancements to SaaS monitoring and support for Chromebooks. He discusses the company's progress in the DEX space and how the ControlUp DEX Platform is shaping the future of digital employee experience management.
Key discussion points include:
- Reflections on Jed's first year at ControlUp, including lessons learned and favorite moments.
- The importance of tool consolidation and an automation success story.
- How ControlUp is succeeding beyond DaaS and VDI and shifting the perception of being a "Citrix-only" solution.
- ControlUp's latest innovations in security, SaaS monitoring, and Chromebook support.
- Insights into the DEX space and the role of the ControlUp DEX Platform as a durable and relevant category.
- Best customer success story from the past year.
Please tune in to hear Jed's vision for the future and how ControlUp and its powerful DEX platform are poised to lead the way in digital employee experience management!
Learn more:
About Jed Ayres, CEO, ControlUp
Jed Ayres is widely recognized for the transformational impact he is making on the end-user computing industry and joined ControlUp as CEO in August 2023.
Ayres has more than 20 years of technology experience and has a wide range of industry experience across workspace management, virtualization and mobility. Prior to joining ControlUp, he was the CEO at IGEL where he drove the company’s successful pivot from a hardware-centric to a software-first company and was instrumental in its acquisition by TA Associates. Before that, he was the SVP of Worldwide Marketing for AppSense, where he helped the company rebrand and achieve significant growth prior to being acquired by Thoma Bravo to be integrated into Ivanti. Ayres was also CMO at MCPc, a $300m+ Solutions Provider in Cleveland that achieved rapid and sustained growth and was acquired by Logicalis. Before McPc, he spent six years as SVP of Partner Management and Marketing at national solution provider MTM Technologies.
He has also held a number of advisory board positions, including Citrix Platinum Council, VMware Global Partner Advisory Board, and the Cisco Marketing Council. Ayres holds a BS in Business Administration from Sonoma State University and an MBA from San Francisco State University. An avid swimmer biker, and runner, Ayres successfully completed six full Ironman races and several ultramarathons. He resides in Marin, California.
Connect with Mr. Ayres on LinkedIn.
About Douglas A. Brown
Douglas Brown is the VP of Community at ControlUp, where he plays a pivotal role in invigorating the company's customer and partner base. His responsibilities include cultivating and expanding the ControlUp Community.
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