AppSense Booms, Plans Global Expansion After $70M Investment
AppSense, a UK-based pioneer in user virtualisation, has announced significant growth and expansion plans. The company, which boasts an impressive client list including BT and JPMorgan Chase, saw its revenue surge by 60% to $47 million in 2010, driven by its 4,000-strong customer base.
AppSense's user virtualisation technology creates individual user profiles, encompassing applications, data, history, and customisations, independent of any specific operating system or virtualisation platform. This innovation simplifies IT policy enforcement and centralises user profile management, although it also presents complexities.
Founded in 1999 by Charles Sharland, who previously established IT security vendor Vistorm (now part of HP), AppSense initially focused on Citrix-based terminal services environments. However, the company has since broadened its scope to encompass VDI systems and technologies from Microsoft and VMware.
In 2011, AppSense secured a $70 million minority stake investment from Goldman Sachs to fuel growth into new markets. The company estimates the user virtualisation market could reach $2 billion by 2015, attracting competition from major players like VMware, Microsoft, and Citrix.
AppSense plans to utilise its investment to bolster its global presence, particularly in the US, and enhance its cloud-based user virtualisation service and mobile platform support. With a strong customer base, proven technology, and substantial financial backing, AppSense is well-positioned to capitalise on the growing user virtualisation market.
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