UEM Smackdown – Time for an update
One of these whitepapers is the UEM Smackdown, it’s an overview of all the UEM solutions on the market, what they do and what they don’t. The last version is found here.
For those who are wondering, UEM stands for User Environment Management, it’s everything you do with profiles, logon scripts, policy and more.
What is it used for?
One misconception about the whitepaper is that it’s a race, the one with the most marks wins. Although it might seem like that, it’s far from a race.
Think of the whitepaper as your lifeline in picking the right solution for your environment, if you don’t know which solution is able to do what, how can you choose the right one. Before this whitepaper or without this whitepaper, solutions or products are chosen because some sales guy says they are the best. Their product rocks and you need it and by the way you get a 10 no even a 15% discount.
I don’t think you should buy products with that much impact on your employees from a sales perspective, you should choose what fits your organisation best. That’s where this whitepaper comes into play, you set the goals we provide the matrix, you choose the one that fits you best. Don’t need security, don’t pick one with security embedded, Performance is key, check the boxes read the text and find the one that suits you.
Version
The UEM smackdown is currently at version 2.1, created in 2014 and is far far behind. If I look at the vendors and the release numbers I can’t but realize we need to update the whitepaper.
If we look at the versions of products we end up with this list, and then you see it’s outdated.
Product |
Version |
AppSense Environment Manager |
8.4 SP2 |
AppSense Performance Manager |
8.1 |
AppSense Application Manager |
8.7 |
Citrix User Profile Manager |
3.1 |
Immidio Flex+ |
8.1 |
Liquidware Labs ProfileUnity |
5.7 |
Microsoft Windows Server and Client |
2008 R2 and 7 |
Microsoft User Experience Virtualization |
2.0 |
PolicyPak Professional |
Build 557 |
Quest vWorkspace |
7.2 |
RES Workspace Manager |
2012 SR3 |
Scense User Workspace Management |
8.1 |
Tricerat Simplify Suite |
5.5 |
Unidesk |
2.5 |
If we look at the current versions of product we see that all vendors have gone forward.
Product |
Version |
Nu |
AppSense Environment Manager |
8.4 SP2 |
8.6 |
AppSense Performance Manager |
8.1 |
8.3 |
AppSense Application Manager |
8.7 |
8.9 |
Citrix User Profile Manager |
3.1 |
5.2 |
Immidio Flex+ |
8.1 |
VMware UEM now |
Liquidware Labs ProfileUnity |
5.7 |
6 |
Microsoft Windows Server and Client |
2008 R2 and 7 |
2012R2 and 10 |
Microsoft User Experience Virtualization |
2.0 |
2.1 |
PolicyPak Professional |
Build 557 | |
Quest vWorkspace |
7.2 |
8.6.1 |
RES Workspace Manager |
2012 SR3 |
2015 |
Scense User Workspace Management |
8.1 |
10 |
Tricerat Simplify Suite |
5.5 |
5.8 |
Unidesk |
2.5 |
3.4 |
VMware UEM |
8.7 |