# AppSense

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AppSense Founded 1999; 27 years ago (1999) Founder Charles Sharland Successor Ivanti (2016) Headquarters Sunnyvale, California Daresbury, England Number of locations 23 countries Area served California New York City England Products virtualization technology

**AppSense** was a company that provided virtual user/desktop infrastructure. It was acquired by [Ivanti](/source/Ivanti) (then called LANDESK) in 2016. AppSense offered virtual user environments for enterprise desktop infrastructure, from user rights management to personalization settings.[1]

## History

AppSense was founded in 1999 by Charles Sharland.

In February 2011, AppSense announced a $70 million round of funding from [Goldman Sachs](/source/Goldman_Sachs) for a minority share in the company.[2] Originally based in [Daresbury](/source/Daresbury), [England](/source/England), in 2010 AppSense opened a US headquarters in [New York City](/source/New_York_City), with a Technology and Development center located in [Sunnyvale, California](/source/Sunnyvale%2C_California). The company relocated its headquarters to [Sunnyvale, California](/source/Sunnyvale%2C_California) from New York City in 2013.

In May 2010, AppSense was mentioned for use with [Citrix](/source/Citrix) systems.[3] In 2010, AppSense joined the [Microsoft](/source/Microsoft) System Center Alliance, and is an ISV Partner.[4] In May 2011, AppSense announced a partnership with [Cisco](/source/Cisco).[5]

In March 2016 AppSense was acquired by [LANDESK](/source/LANDESK). In 2017, LANDESK and HEAT Software were merged to create a new software company called [Ivanti](/source/Ivanti).[6]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** David Marshall (3 June 2010). ["AppSense user virtualization solution helps desktop virtualization adoption"](https://www.infoworld.com/article/2627547/appsense-user-virtualization-solution-helps-desktop-virtualization-adoption.html). Retrieved 9 August 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Ari Levy (23 February 2011). ["Goldman Sachs Boosts Web Wager With $70 Million AppSense Stake"](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-23/goldman-sachs-boosts-web-wager-with-70-million-appsense-stake.html). Bloomberg. Retrieved 22 July 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Vicky Pomarico (11 May 2010). ["AppSense named the Citrix Ready 2010 Solution of the Year Winner"](http://blogs.citrix.com/2010/05/11/appsense-named-the-citrix-ready-2010-solution-of-the-year-winner/). Retrieved 29 July 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Robin Wauters (18 May 2011). ["AppSense Now A Microsoft Managed Partner"](http://virtualization.com/2011/05/18/appsense-now-a-microsoft-managed-partner/). Virtualization.com. Retrieved 22 July 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Andy Dornan (26 May 2011). ["Cisco, AppSense Partner On Virtualization"](http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/infrastructure/229700020). InformationWeek. Retrieved 29 July 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["LANDESK and HEAT Software Merge to Form Ivanti"](https://www.ivanti.com/en-gb/company/press-releases/2017/landesk-and-heat-are-now-ivanti). *www.ivanti.com*. Retrieved 2023-07-13.

## External links

- [Official Ivanti Website](http://www.ivanti.com/)

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