Local tech community hears from White House senior technology advisors in advance of $300M in funding announced at Frontiers Conference in Pittsburgh

“Thinks big. Dreams big.” “Pittsburgh’s roots run deep in innovation and it’s been a driving force in technology.” These are the words from White House senior technology advisors used to describe the city of Pittsburgh. Yesterday, Applications2U joined the area’s technology companies and leaders for a Pittsburgh Technology Council meeting at the Carnegie Science Center.…

Cliff(’s) Notes: A summary from A2U IT expert on XenApp and XenDesktop 7.11

A2U Senior Technical Specialist, Cliff Miller shares his “Cliff Notes” with you (pun intended!) that summarize everything IT professionals need to know about the XenApp and XenDesktop 7.11 updates. Are you pressed to see how the updates will benefit your company? Check out the highlights Cliff put together below, broken down by the following sections:…

Employee Spotlight: Joe Bonidy

Applications2U prides itself on our top-tier staff – that’s why, each month we’re highlighting one of our “A-players.” This month, we’re recognizing Joe Bonidy, director of sales who heads up our sales team and develops all key growth strategies required to achieve our fastest-growing technology company’s financial targets. Joe joined the A2U team in June…

2016 A2U Kennywood Takeover Day

At Applications2U, we always deliver a “fast-user experience” – an outcome we take very seriously in work and play. From supercar drives with Xtreme Xperience and various sporting events to riding wicked-fast rollercoasters – you can count on A2U to offer the fastest, end-user experience in the ‘Burgh and beyond. Last Friday, Applications2U hosted “A2U Kennywood…

Podcast – SD-WAN: A shiny, new acronym or a solution that will stick?

  In this podcast Q & A, A2U interviews Garrick Sobeski, sales engineer at Citrix on the real impacts of downtime, the problems hospitals in particular face with their computing infrastructure and all the benefits of SD-WAN. Garrick Sobeski, Citrix   Q: Some refer to SD-WAN as the “future of enterprise WAN.” What do you think…

Why should hospitals migrate to NetScaler SD-WAN?

Imagine that you’re a parent with a sick child and you just spent a couple of hours in the waiting room. The last thing you want to do is be called back to the exam room and continue waiting for the doctor another twenty minutes. Perhaps you ask yourself, “What’s taking the doctor so long?”…

5 ways A2U solves the IT puzzle for accountants

Let’s face it – every day accountants wrestle with 99 problems but IT shouldn’t be one. Did you know more than 30 percent of accountants recently ranked “technology issues” as a top concern? The good news is, we’re here to fight the war against downtime and cranky machines for you. Below, we outline five ways…