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Hello, Cloud Era! Are you ready for Synergy 2012 in San Francisco?

With just a few days to go before Citrix Synergy, the energy and excitement around the big event is seriously heating up. I am thrilled about the amazing array of special guests and entertainment that will be kicking it up a notch in San Francisco next week. It’s going to be a meeting of some of the best minds in our industry, talking about cloud ...

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Powering mobile workstyles and cloud services

2012 is off to a strong start for Citrix. We’ve just reported a great Q1, by driving unprecedented improvements in the way people use computing, the way mobile and cloud services are delivered, and how it all works behind the scenes.We see a world where everyone’s mobile, everyone’s wireless, and everyone’s device is different. Workshifting is the norm.  Workers manage their data and apps across ...

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App Orchestration: Concepts

About three weeks back, we released the App Orchestration technology as part of the Cloud Provider Pack.  App orchestration enables Citrix Service Providers to manage multi-tenant, multi-farm deployments of apps and desktops as a service efficiently. To get you jump-started with app orchestration, I am starting a 10-part blog series to which key engineers of the app orchestration team will be contributing over the next few ...

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FOOTBALL!!! On my laptop.

Ok, the truth first. I normally don't watch football. I like my baseball and hockey, thank you. (A's and Sharks for the win!) But when the 49ers were demonstrating so much awesome in one season, even I got caught up in the excitement. But with the Giants taking the win last weekend, my interest in the Superbowl waned and I find myself getting all Peter ...

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06/06 IPv6 – Beginning of the end for IPv4

06/06 – is the official IPv6 day when some of the big companies and ISPs will make their move to IPv6. Question never was whether to make a switch to IPv6 but when and the time has arrived. Among the companies showing their commitment to IPv6 day are – Microsoft, Google, Facebook and Cisco. And among the service providers moving to IPv6 are Free Telecom, ...

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CloudPortal Services Manager and Rainmaker – Better Together

There has been some excellent feedback about Project Rainmaker from those who have had a chance to see it.  I am very happy with the response so far and hope that we can get more people involved and excited about this new technology.One question that has come up from several people is: how do CloudPortal Services Manager (formerly known as Cortex) and Rainmaker fit together? ...

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From Wow to How: Virtual Desktops, Networking and the Cloud

Thank you to those of you who joined us on Tuesday, November 15th for “From Wow to How 2: Virtual Desktops, Networking and the Cloud” webinar.  I was excited to hear Citrix and Microsoft experts discussing the role of public, personal and private clouds, the power of virtual desktops and ways to provide a single point of authentication for users to securely access ALL applications, ...

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Investing in an End-to-End Hi Def End User Experience (or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Native App)

Traditionally Citrix has corralled and defined the high def user experience under the brand HDX. HDX certainly encompasses much of the goodness that Citrix has offered to provide the seamless user experience in virtual computing environments. Optimizing the end user demands by leveraging local compute, network capabilities and server side resources is a key component of what makes XenDesktop the industry leading virtual ...

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Americas Channel Blog – November 2011

Hello, my name is…Mike Fouts and I want to use my inaugural Citrix Community blog entry to introduce myself, my new role as the Americas Channel Chief and my vision for the future of our channel program.My backgroundI have spent 17 years in the technology industry, and my experience spans several verticals including healthcare, finance, sports and software.  I’m no novice when it comes to ...

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Project Phaser (Universal Print Server) Tech Preview released

For those of you who have been anxiously waiting for the Citrix Universal Print Server, it’s finally here!As promised during my Summit session in Barcelona a few weeks ago, the technical preview of Project Phaser was posted to MyCitrix.com on Nov 8th, 2011.   Any Citrix customer who is current with Subscription Advantage can download and evaluate this new feature of XenDesktop and XenApp.It also means ...

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