Former VMware Application Strategy Expert Joins Liquidware Labs

Newly created position will provide strategic application guidance to customers

Chicago, Il. – June 2, 2015 -- Liquidware Labs today announced the appointment of Raymond Dusseault to the role of Director of Application Strategy. This newly created role highlights the growing importance of application virtualization strategies for next generation desktop architectures. Dusseault, known most recently in the industry for his ThinApp application virtualization expertise at VMware, will bring his long-standing insights and expertise to the company’s FlexApp application layering solution, as well as to the overall Liquidware Labs product portfolio.

A respected industry veteran, Dusseault brings more than 15 years of global experience within the Application space. Before joining Liquidware Labs, Dusseault founded Sparrow Consulting Group, a consultancy focused on providing strategic application guidance to enterprise customers. Prior to that, Dusseault served as a VMware Global Consulting Architect and was one of the VMware global ThinApp leads, working with enterprise customers across all verticals. Dusseault also previously specialized in enterprise-level Microsoft App-V integrations.

“I am thrilled to be joining Liquidware Labs as Director of Application Strategy and working with a team that is laser-focused on building superior technology and who has an ironclad commitment to customer satisfaction,” said Dusseault. “I am also excited for the opportunity to enhance the overall Liquidware Labs suite of products as the demand grows for innovative and original strategies that can ease the burden of provisioning and managing the growing number of applications in use at enterprise organizations.”

For the past several years, Liquidware Labs has led the market with its ground-breaking solutions, including ProfileUnity with FlexApp, Stratusphere FIT, Stratusphere UX and Flex-IO. These solutions work synergistically to address key requirements to successfully deploy and scale desktop virtualization projects. The suite of solutions is designed to work across all Windows desktop environments – both virtual and physical - and provides User Environment Management, Applications Layering, in-depth User Experience monitoring and IOPS acceleration.

“With industry leaders such as Dell, HP, Citrix, and VMware – all key Liquidware Labs partners -- putting emphasis on User Environment Management, Application Layering, and User Experience Monitoring, it’s an exciting time to be at the center of the market with ground-breaking solutions that not only meet, but actually exceed, customers’ expectations,” said Jason E. Smith, Director of User Environment and Application Management Solutions at Liquidware Labs. “Having an expert such as Ray Dusseault join our team will be a great asset to our customers and partners alike. As we ramp up our knowledge base and education programs, we look forward to Ray’s contributions as an additional trusted adviser and voice within the community, as we continue to define best practices for next generation desktop deployments.”

About Liquidware Labs

Liquidware Labs™ provides industry leading platform-agnostic desktop solutions for hybrid Windows desktop environments including Citrix® XenApp/XenDesktop, VMware Horizon View®, and physical Microsoft® Windows PCs. Stratusphere™ FIT and Stratusphere™ UX products deliver visibility into desktop environments and support assessment, design, monitoring and diagnostics (Health Checks). ProfileUnity provides just in time delivery of User Profiles, application and user rights management and context-aware policies. ProfileUnity’s FlexApp feature delivers advanced Application Layering. Flex-IO supports IOPS acceleration in virtual desktop environments. The solutions are available in an extremely cost-effectively priced bundle called Liquidware Labs Essentials. Liquidware Labs products are Citrix Ready, VMware-certified, and are available through a global network of partners. Visit www.liquidwarelabs.com for further information.

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