Liquidware Labs™ Continues To Gain Recognition as Virtualization Innovator and Thought-Leader

CHICAGO, May 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Liquidware Labs announced today, that again, it been recognized for its thought-leadership and innovation in the virtualization arena.  The company has been named to CRN's 2013 Virtualization 50 list. The annual listing highlights the companies with the most innovative virtualization solutions available today.  On a separate note, Liquidware Labs Technology Evangelist, Pete Del Rey has been named to the vExperts List for 2013 for the second year in a row.

CRN Virtualization 50
Selected by CRN editors, the 2013 CRN Virtualization 50 recognizes the vendors that are addressing an emerging market need for the channel and offering the most innovative solutions. The list is designed to help solution providers identify and evaluate virtualization products and programs to help grow their business.

Liquidware Labs is helping to change the way companies deliver desktops.  With its unique Stratusphere™ solutions, desktop administrators can gain much more visibility into the applications, processes, users and desktop resources that are utilized throughout an enterprise.  The company's innovative ProfileUnity™ FlexApp™ solution decouples user persona, data and applications from the OS and hardware to support flexible anytime, anywhere, any device delivery of mobile desktops.  All of the company's solutions are available on a low overhead virtual appliance and are direct-to-use with minimal time for installation, configuration and setup.  Unlike many of its competitors who need to support legacy software built for physical environments, Liquidware Labs is a true virtualization pure-play 3rd party software provider for both physical and virtual desktops.  Since its founding in 2009, Liquidware Labs has built a substantial global network of VAR and distribution channel partners, who have made a commitment to developing deep expertise in the company's desktop virtualization transformation methodology and solutions.

"Solution providers have plenty of options when it comes to virtualization technology. However, understanding the diversity of vendors and their solution nuances can be incredibly daunting," said Robert Faletra, CEO, UBM Tech Channel. "CRN's annual list aims to cut down the noise and highlight the most innovative technology vendors that are not only delivering powerful virtualization technology, but also helping VARs capitalize on the market opportunity for such solutions."

"We knew that virtualization held the key to addressing the desktop and application sprawl that is becoming more and more unmanageable and insecure. When the only way you can scale is to add more boxes, it's clear you will escalate more problems at the same time," said David Bieneman, CEO and co-Founder of Liquidware Labs. "Since 2009, our single goal has to been to transform and simplify desktop delivery with innovative virtualization technologies, and I am glad to say we are leading the pack with software that successfully reduces complexity and overhead, while advancing manageability and scalability. We also have built a network of channel partners who are exceptional in their understanding of, and expertise in, applying our products to create best-practice desktop architectures. We are very pleased by the recognition from UBM and CRN, in grouping us with other world-class leaders in virtualization."

The 2013 Virtualization 50 list is featured in the May issue of CRN Magazine and will be featured online at www.crn.com.

Peter Del Rey, vExpert 2013
Once again, Liquidware Labs Pete Del Rey has been named to the VMware vExperts List for 2013, making this the second year in a row he has been recognized for his contributions to virtualization thought leadership and active promotion within the virtualization community. Del Rey is a long time virtualization Industry veteran who co-founded PHD Virtual in 2006. Del Rey joined Liquidware Labs in 2011 and currently manages the company blogging site in addition to www.vdi.com and thevirtualheadline.com his personal blogging site.  He has also been active in the VMware and XenServer community boards and regularly contributes to these sites.

vExperts have demonstrated significant contributions to the community and a willingness to share their expertise with others.  This group is responsible for much of the virtualization evangelism that is taking place in the world — both publicly in books, blogs, online forums, and VMUGs; and privately inside customers and VMware partners. A full list of vExperts can be found here: http://blogs.vmware.com/vmtn/2013/05/vexpert-2013-awardees-announced.html

About Liquidware Labs
Liquidware Labs™ is the leader in desktop transformation solutions for next-generation physical and virtual desktops, including VMware View®, Citrix® XenDesktop, Red Hat® and Microsoft® Windows 7. The company's innovative Stratusphere™ and ProfileUnity™ FlexApp™ solutions deliver powerful features to accelerate critical desktop transformation phases. Liquidware Labs solutions support key phases including assessing existing physical environments, decoupling users and applications from the operating system and migrating to virtual platforms. In POC and production environments, Liquidware Labs solutions support managing the user experience and monitoring troubleshooting and optimizing end-to-end desktop environments. Liquidware Labs products are VMware certified, and are available through a global network of partners. Visit www.liquidwarelabs.com for further information.

About UBM Tech Channel
UBM Tech Channel, a UBM company is the premier provider of IT channel-focused events, media, research, consulting, and sales and marketing services. With more than 30 years of experience and engagement, UBM Tech Channel has the unmatched channel expertise to execute integrated solutions for technology executives, managing partner recruitment, enablement and go-to-market strategy in order to accelerate technology sales. To learn more about UBM Tech Channel, visit us at http://www.ubmchannel.com. Follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/UBMTechChannel.

About UBM llc 
UBM llc is a leading global business media company. We inform markets and bring the world's buyers and sellers together at events, online, in print and provide them with the information they need to do business successfully. We focus on serving professional commercial communities, from doctors to game developers, from journalists to jewelry traders, from farmers to pharmacists around the world. Our 6,000 staff in more than 30 countries are organised into specialist teams that serve these communities, helping them to do business and their markets to work effectively and efficiently. For more information, visit www.ubm.com.

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