@John VMware bought Airwatch, Dell bought EMC, which owns something like 80% of VMware.
On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 6:39 PM, Jay Parekh <[email protected]> wrote: > Citrix acquired Zenprise in 2012 which gave them their own mdm called > XenMobile > > Jay Parekh > > Get Outlook <https://aka.ms/qtex0l> for iOS > > ------------------------------ > *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> > on behalf of Eric Groff <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Tuesday, January 24, 2017 4:59:50 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [mssms] Airwatch Connect Presentation - SCCM is a dead-end? > > Probably a Citrix employee. They bought AirWatch a couple of years ago. > > On Jan 24, 2017 14:10, "Marable, Mike" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Okay, today my supervisor was making the case for the decision to phase > out SCCM. His whole argument centers on a presentation he saw at AirWatch > Connect a few months back. > > > > The presentation was done by a Microsoft employee and in it he stated that > SCCM was a dead-end product and that people should move away from it (and > towards AirWatch). > > > > He couldn’t tell me who this presenter was, but he insists that it was a > Microsoft employee. > > > > That doesn’t jive with what I see and hear, so I’m looking for anyone who > may have been to AirWatch Connect this past Fall and could shed some light > onto the context. Because I am sure that the statement was taken way out > of context. > > > > Thanks > > > > *Mike Marable* > > Microsoft Systems Engineer Lead > > Enterprise Device Engineering and Management > > MCPS, MCITP, MCTS, MCSA, MCSE, MS [ Profile > <http://www.mycertprofile.com/Profile/5319166625> ] [ Blog > <http://thesystemsmonkey.wordpress.com/> ] > > ---------------------------------------------------- > > *"To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is > all."* > > -Oscar Wilde > > > > *"If we wonder often, the gift of knowledge will come."* > > -Arapaho Proverb > > > > *"Be willing to give up who you are now for what you can become."* > > -Unknown > > > > > > > > ********************************************************** > Electronic Mail is not secure, may not be read every day, and should not > be used for urgent or sensitive issues > > > > > -- *Andrew Sanders* | *Manager, Client Computing **Architecture* Systems & Networks | Information Technology Services | The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (336) 334-5028 (p) | (336) 334-5932 (f) 107A McNutt Center | 1400 Spring Garden Street | Greensboro, NC | 27403 [email protected] | http://its.uncg.edu Microsoft Certified IT Professional | Microsoft Certified Technical Specialist
