Rick Yvanovich

Rick is a versatile leader that wears multiple hats: he is USA Today and Wall Street Journal best-selling author, a Speaker, an Entrepreneur, a Techie, a Brit, a Baby Boomer, and a professional bean counter (hence the FCMA CGMA FCPA). Rick has worked for 30+ years in supermarkets, the accounting profession, breweries, newsagents, defence manufacturing, IT, property development and BP in the UK, China, Singapore, Switzerland and Vietnam. Rick views Coaching as essential to leadership and is inculcating the value in his own organisation. Thus, his current focus is on Ikigai, Life, Executive, Performance, Team, and Coaching Culture Coaching. Rick inspires and transforms professionals for consistently higher achievement through coaching.

Recent TRG Blog Posts

DWA – Virtual teamwork on multiple locations

Posted by Rick Yvanovich on Tue, Jan 10, 2012

DWA is an ambitious installation and energy consulting firm that develops building installations for cooling, heating and isolation, among other things. More than 100 employees support projects in the area of environmental awareness, sustainable construction and energy efficiency. The DWA headquarters is located in Bodegraven in the Netherlands. Find out:

The challenge – Enable employees to work together from different locations
Implementing Citrix virtualization
Local teams work together with a centralized
graphical AutoCAD application
Freedom and control come together

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2012: Virtual Desktops Are All the Rage

Posted by Rick Yvanovich on Tue, Jan 10, 2012

As budgets are locked in for 2012 it's time to aggressively expand server virtualization, and for those who have been held back by cost, to consider virtual desktops.

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Citrix: Desktop Virtualization Makes Good Security Sense

Posted by Rick Yvanovich on Tue, Jan 10, 2012

Network World — One of the main reasons for deploying desktop virtualization is the security advantages it can provide, such as keeping sensitive data off the endpoint, according to Citrix.

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Seminar - Financial Consolidation: leaping to success - 15 Feb 2012

Posted by Rick Yvanovich on Tue, Jan 10, 2012

Are spreadsheets wearing you out?

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Blog Topics: Financial Accounting Management Software

Why You Can Never Stop Perfecting Your Business

Posted by Rick Yvanovich on Mon, Jan 9, 2012

The most successful owners, like the best athletes, know there's no reaching the top. There's only working harder and learning faster than the next guy.

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Blog Topics: Talent Management

Citrix: Desktop Virtualization Makes Good Security Sense

Posted by Rick Yvanovich on Mon, Jan 9, 2012

Network World — One of the main reasons for deploying desktop virtualization is the security advantages it can provide, such as keeping sensitive data off the endpoint, according to Citrix.

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Seminar - Financial Consolidation: leaping to success - 15 Feb 2012

Posted by Rick Yvanovich on Mon, Jan 9, 2012

Are spreadsheets wearing you out?

0 Comments Click here to read/write comments

Blog Topics: Financial Accounting Management Software

2012: Virtual Desktops Are All the Rage

Posted by Rick Yvanovich on Mon, Jan 9, 2012

As budgets are locked in for 2012 it's time to aggressively expand server virtualization, and for those who have been held back by cost, to consider virtual desktops.

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DWA – Virtual teamwork on multiple locations

Posted by Rick Yvanovich on Mon, Jan 9, 2012

The challenge – Enable employees to work together from different locations
Implementing Citrix virtualization
Local teams work together with a centralized
graphical AutoCAD application
Freedom and control come together

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Blog Topics: Cloud Computing

Independent Bank invests in Citrix end-to-end virtualization

Posted by Rick Yvanovich on Mon, Jan 9, 2012

Independent Bank is an Ionia, Michigan based bank holding company with total assets of approximately $3 billion and about 1,300 employees. Founded as First National Bank of Ionia in 1864, Independent Bank now operates more than 100 offices across Michigan’s Lower Peninsula. It provides a full range of financial services including retail and commercial banking, mortgage lending, investments and title services. Find out:

The challenges – Ensure a consistent user experience and improve IT operations
Expanding and enhancing the Citrix environment
Benefiting users and IT with OS provisioning
Seeing what users see
Enabling employees to keep working during an interruption
Consolidating to cut IT requirements
Key Benefits
Improves the user experience
Increases IT efficiency and flexibility
Provides a platform for business continuity
Avoids expenditures for bandwidth and hardware

Applications delivered

More than 120 applications, including:
- Consumer and commercial loan platforms
- Banking services platform
- Microsoft® Office Suite 2007

Networking Environment

Citrix® XenApp™, Platinum Edition running on six Dell R900 servers
Citrix Essentials™ for XenServer™, Platinum Edition
Citrix XenDesktop, Enterprise Edition
Citrix Access Gateway, Enterprise Edition
Citrix® XenServer™, Platinum Edition
Microsoft® Windows Server® 2003
PCs and Wyse thin-client appliances

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Rick Yvanovich

Recent TRG Blog Posts

DWA – Virtual teamwork on multiple locations

2012: Virtual Desktops Are All the Rage

Citrix: Desktop Virtualization Makes Good Security Sense

Seminar - Financial Consolidation: leaping to success - 15 Feb 2012

Why You Can Never Stop Perfecting Your Business

Citrix: Desktop Virtualization Makes Good Security Sense

Seminar - Financial Consolidation: leaping to success - 15 Feb 2012

2012: Virtual Desktops Are All the Rage

DWA – Virtual teamwork on multiple locations

Independent Bank invests in Citrix end-to-end virtualization

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