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Citrix @WorkMail has arrived … Why ?
Why email ? Why not native email ? Why Citrix ? … Those are questions I frequently get when talking about our new entry to the mobile enterprise market. This is a big bet Citrix is making and could be considered a significant step outside our traditional app delivery and infrastructure scope. On the other hand we think this makes a lot of sense, here's ...
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How the Mobile Generation Was Born
Citrix recently had the honor to host a panel of Tech luminaries that led the first generation of SmartPhones and Tablets. Going back 20 years to the first SmartPhone, Jerry Merckel tells the story about how he sold the concept at IBM that resulted in the Simon Personal Communicator. He had one of the original units that did cell calls, email, mobile apps even faxes.. and ...
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20 Years ago the first Smartphone was developed, what’s next for Mobility?
Thats right, the Simon Personal Communicator was originally developed by IBM in 1992 and brought to market in collaboration with Bellsouth. The Simon was the first device to combine a cell phone and PDA with data access, the industry accepted definition for a SmartPhone. In fact the Simon had email, mobile apps, a touch screen display with virtual keyboard and even handled faxes! of course ...
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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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Better Secure Email for iOS .. from Citrix
Mobile Email is the killer app that must be addressed first as part of any corporate IT mobile strategy. At Citrix we decided to get serious about mobility and target a solution at the core of a typical IT challenge today. A native iOS email app that satisfies IT security requirements and users won't hate. Beyond that we also have the opportunity to provide a superior user ...
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In the Post PC Era Where Does the Desktop Go?
Now that Synergy San Francisco has come and gone, one of the lasting big questions I have been pondering is the future of the Desktop metaphor. It was the demonstration of Podio, the business social service integrated with documents, GoToMeeting, Windows apps, SaaS and Web apps that got a number of big thinkers asking, " could this concept emerge as the future of the desktop as we ...
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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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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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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 ...