Louise Matthews
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Getting ready for Citrix Summit… and Synergy 2012
I'm just sat in final rehearsals for the Summit keynote and having had a sneak preview, the high energy start to our week in Barcelona made my spine tingle a little! Now, I know you might think that's something I'm 'meant to say' having been with Citrix for nearly six years but it's not, it's something I feel - I'm totally proud of what we're ...
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Looking forward to ‘interviewing’ Cancer Research next week!
Next week, I'm hosting a Q&A-style webinar with Jane Swindle, IS server manager , and Stephen Bombardiere, senior technical analyst, from Cancer Research (both with me in the photograph attached) Patrick Irwin and I popped along to Cancer Research's offices in Islington this morning to suss out where we'll be 'going live' from and my word, are we going to have lots to share! I'm with customers regularly hearing ...
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Guardian Public Services Awards – a humbling event
I attended the Guardian Public Services Awards last night because Citrix sponsored the Transformation category (congratulations Brighton & Hove Borough Libraries!). We were joined by four customers and I think it is safe to say, we all found it a very humbling experience. The challenges public sector organisations face, whether due to to budget or red tape, are significant and yet, there are clearly many making a ...
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Looking back on Barcelona
Well, as good as it is to see all my friends and colleagues in the UK, it feels ever so slightly bizarre to be sat at my desk today! I'm not scurrying the length of the CCIB x at 15 each day or dashing over to the Hilton Diagonal or doing laps of the Solutions Expo and my feet, while grateful, are a little shell-shocked :-) Since landing ...
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Pics from last night’s party @ Opium
It's safe to say everyone had a great time at the Synergy party last night. I was in Opium for the UK, Ireland, South Africa and Americas party and managed to take a few snaps which I thought I would share :) I hope you all managed to get around the five different clubs for the party on Barceloneta Beach, I didn't manage it but then ...
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Catching up with Atlantis Computing
I just managed to catch up with Max Gill, sales manager for Northern Europe at Atlantis to get his take on Summit & Synergy and the areas the business is focusing on for its customers How do you think Synergy has helped customers looking at desktop virtualisation? Citrix has addressed four of the main barriers, in my opinion, to desktop virtualisation very well – complexity, cost, user ...
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This morning’s CTO Super Session *thumbs up*
Despite the slightly fuzzy head after a brilliant Synergy Party at Opium last night, I thoroughly enjoyed the Super Session with our CTO’s this morning. It covered collaboration, cloud and mobility. Bernd Christiansen, VP and CTO, kicked off the session by focussing on collaboration. He explained how collaborating is not just changing how we work but also the roles people have. For example, many job roles ...
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Demonstrators have the best titles :)
Having seen some of the titles my fellow Citrites have over the past few days, I think we could all benefit from having a little more fun with them…. ‘solutions marketing manager’ doesn’t quite cut it compared to: Chief demo daredevil Chief demo officer Laid back demo guy Citrix Mobility Jedi Have you spotted any others? :-)
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Fact fans – how many virtual machines, virtual desktops and NetScaler VPXs does it take to…
I caught up with the events team to understand more about the Desktop Transformation Centre and how it is underpinning all of the infrastructure at Summit and Synergy. The glass-enclosed centre in the main foyer is attracting a lot of attending and rightly so, it's pretty cool! So fact fans, Synergy's vital statistics are: 657 Virtual Machines 407 Virtual desktops 8 NetScaler VPX The goal, much like for our customers ...
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Tonight’s party… even if it does mean ‘hair of the dog’ ;)
While I know variations are used in other countries around Europe, for those of you unfamiliar with the English colloquial expression, 'hair of the dog' refers to consuming an acoholic drink with the aim of lessoning the effects of a hangover! Now, I'm not suggesting we've ALL been following our busy days at Summit and Synergy with a trip to the odd bar or two BUT I'm willing ...