Michael Harries
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Changing the game – new rules – shifting strategies
Why don’t we change the game? You’re coming to Synergy to hear about all the fantastic things Citrix is doing today and tomorrow. I’d like to share some secrets just a little further ahead of the curve. Citrix Startup Accelerator is part of Citrix Labs and invests in cool startups with insights and attitude that we reckon will matter to the enterprise. We’re going to hear ...
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Citrix Startup Accelerator, Makers and Synergy
I'm excited. Maker Faire this weekend, an amazing and cool celebration of Silicon Valley (and beyond) culture *. Then Synergy next week in Anaheim. Just too much awesome. We're bringing a slice of Silicon Valley to Anaheim with some of our innovative, enterprise-oriented, Citrix Startup Accelerator companies. On Thursday at 2pm, I’m going to share our approach to Open Innovation, Silicon Valley style; followed by a pitching competition, with our ...
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For When the Magic Doesn’t Work – Makers and AppEnsure
Transparency (theme 1) Arthur C Clark famously claimed that "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic". This is nowhere more true than in our world of mobile devices and cloud computing. Indeed, for many, the very notion of 'cloud computing' is a mystical notion and they have only very hazy notions of what occurs within and beyond their device. This is a modern malaise at the consumer level ...
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Armor5 Shuffles the Deck
Innovation lives at the fringes of current practice. Sometimes it comes about through shuffling existing capabilities in new ways. Often it addresses newly emerging challenges. Late last year we made an investment in a cool new startup by the name of Armor5, just now out of stealth. They happened to have offices just up the road from our Accelerator (on Lawrence expressway), so it was very easy for the whole team ...
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YACs, the Colosseum, and Email Collaboration
Collaboration is a broad arena and these days we have dozens, nay hundreds, of collaboration species; beautiful, multi-hued, extremely capable. Some of the best examples are the beauty of Gotomeeting, the power of Podio, and the elegance of ShareFile. Of course there are also the many non-Citrix variants, enterprise social, and traditional technologies like email, phone and face to face meetings. So this is a good ...
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Changing Definitions of Cloud – Citrix Startup Accelerator Invests in CumuLogic
It feels weird to start a blog talking about definitions of cloud - just so 2005 - however definitions matter. They affect how we perceive new ideas, "frame" our thoughts, and our responses. They provide, like an introduction to chess, the rules for the game. Cloud has entered the zeitgeist as a shorthand for internet, scalability and the rapid shift to using remote computers of all ...
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Future of Mobile: Secrets from Citrix Startup Accelerator
One of the reasons we set up the Citrix Startup Accelerator was to explore what's coming next by working with cool, inspirational entrepreneurs. This talk exposes some of our thinking around investments in four mobile oriented startups, and uses them as jumping off points to talk about emerging mobile trends. (Recorded at Citrix Synergy last week.) Let's peek into the crystal ball. Last week we also held ...
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Drawing back the curtains – Startup.Synergy finalists
Startup.synergy is now just a week away (May 9) and I'm excited to announce our finalists who will be competing on stage for a $100k investment from Citrix Startup Accelerator. At Startup.Synergy we will also be celebrating our first group of enterprise-oriented startup companies and their successes throughout the year. We'll be showcasing our groundbreaking approach to corporate innovation via taking startups from seed through to ...
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Future of Mobile, Startups, and upside-down IT
Have you heard about the Citrix Startup Accelerator? It’s been running since early 2011; we’ve invested in 11 very cool, interesting startups; some of which are great examples of the new capabilities in our IT world emerging from mobile. At the upcoming Citrix Synergy, I’m going to share some insights into how this will continue to turn IT upside down using some of our investments ...
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GrexIt brings Shared/Public Folders to Google Apps mail (Citrix Startup Accelerator Company)
GrexIt is a Citrix Startup Accelerator company. Shared or Public Folders have been a hugely popular feature in MS Outlook and Exchange, whereas they have always been absent from Google Apps email. Being able to share email conversations with your colleagues is of great value for most email users, and GrexIt brings this functionality into Google Apps. And its so much better than Shared email Folders ...