Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CTXS), today unveiled session
content and the speaker lineup for Citrix Synergy™ San Francisco.
Taking place May 12 to 14 at the Moscone West Convention Center,
Synergy is the industry’s only conference focused on the growing
convergence between virtualization, networking and cloud computing.
It will provide an open forum for discussion about the practical
realities of these technologies and feature content, speakers and
thought leaders from around the industry. Citrix also announced
that IDG Enterprise is the event’s media sponsor. IDG will take a
lead role in shaping the IT Business and Strategy track as well as
the new Citrix Synergy Best of Show award program.
IT Business and Strategy Track
Produced by CIO Magazine
The IT Business and Strategy track, produced by CIO Magazine,
will examine how businesses can drive more agility through their
organizations with desktop virtualization. It will highlight how
leading organizations are implementing desktop virtualization,
discuss what tangible results they are realizing and share lessons
learned around desktop virtualization. The track will also explore
private and public clouds, and will offer attendees advice, success
stories and lessons learned when implementing cloud computing
technologies.
Speakers for this track include John Gallant, chief content
officer, IDG Enterprise; Ken Male, executive vice chairman and
founder, TheInfoPro; Phil Grove, global director, End User
Services, CSC and Steve Matthews, executive director, Morgan
Stanley.
All-New Citrix Synergy Best of
Show Award Program
The all-new Citrix Synergy Best of Show award program, sponsored
by Computerworld, will recognize outstanding new products and
services submitted by Synergy sponsors. This award program fosters
competition, provides special recognition and showcases industry
leading technologies and solutions.
Award categories include best of show, desktop virtualization,
network virtualization, cloud computing and server virtualization.
A panel of judges, including IDG representatives, IT practitioners,
technology vendors and industry analysts, will review and evaluate
submissions to determine award winners. Deadline for submissions is
March 30 and winners will be announced at the event on May 13.
Please visit www.citrixsynergy.com on March 1 for more information
and entry criteria.
Session Content and
Speakers
Synergy will offer an array of technical and business sessions,
as well as Hands-on Learning Labs. More than 60 breakout sessions
will be led by experts from a wide range of analyst firms,
technology vendors and independent industry organizations. Sessions
will focus on desktop virtualization, datacenter and cloud
technologies, and IT business and strategy.
“Citrix made a promise to the industry that Synergy 2010 would
be open, transparent and inclusive,” said Kim Woodward, vice
president of corporate marketing, Citrix Systems, and reiterated in
her blog. “More than 40 percent of the event’s session content will
be delivered from industry speakers, selected by a panel of
analysts and practitioners from across the industry. The open award
and sponsorship programs are further demonstration of our
commitment to create the most open virtualization event in the
industry.”
The following analysts and industry experts are among the
distinguished speaker roster for Synergy 2010:
- IT Forecasting – Frank
Gens, senior vice president and chief analyst at IDC, guides IDC's
research into broad IT industry trends, particularly the strategic
adoption of technology by Global 2000 businesses and the industries
in which they compete. Gens will discuss the future of enterprise
IT during the day-two keynote, and address cloud computing,
pervasive mobility, social computing, the embedded “Internet of
things” and the ubiquitous analytics.
- Real World Desktop
Virtualization – Stephen Greenberg, founder and president at
Thin Client Computing, is a pioneer in advanced deployments of
Citrix technologies. His session, “Desktop virtualization for the
real world,” will examine desktop virtualization benefits and the
complete lifecycle of real world desktop virtualization
projects.
- Datacenter-Cloud – Chris
Wolf, senior analyst at Burton Group, is part of the firm’s Data
Center Strategies practice. During his presentation, “Heterogeneous
virtual infrastructures – practical solutions for managing
multi-hypervisor environments,” he will discuss strategies,
architectures and tools for managing virtual environments.
- Leveraging Desktop
Virtualization: Business and Technology – Steve Matthews,
executive director at Morgan Stanley, is the global head of Windows
Engineering, including desktop virtualization. His session,
“Delivering flexibility and agility through desktop
virtualization,” will examine business benefits of desktop
virtualization.
Greatly Expanded Hands-on
Learning Labs
Citrix has expanded its Hands-on Learning Labs program for
Synergy San Francisco. Three types of courses, led by Citrix
experts, are now available for Citrix administrator and architect
attendees. The Hands-on Learning Labs program now includes three,
100-person classrooms, making hands-on experiences a core part of
the event. This year’s labs include 24 Introduction, 12 Deep Dive
and eight Workshop labs.
Registration is
Live
Registration for Synergy San Francisco and Berlin is available
at www.citrixsynergy.com. Early bird registration for Synergy San
Francisco has been extended to Feb. 28 and provides new attendees a
$400 savings off the normal conference fee.
About Citrix Synergy 2010
Born as a user conference more than 10 years ago, Citrix
Synergy™ will present the best ideas from leaders in
virtualization, cloud computing and networking to help you build a
simpler and more cost-effective IT environment. Citrix Synergy San
Francisco will take place May 12 to 14, 2010, at Moscone West
Convention Center. Citrix Synergy Berlin will be held at the Estrel
Hotel and Convention Center, Oct. 6 to 7, 2010. More information is
available on the Citrix Synergy web site at
http://www.citrixsynergy.com.
About Citrix
Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTXS) is a leading provider of
virtualization, networking and software-as-a-service (SaaS)
technologies for more than 230,000 organizations worldwide. Its
Citrix Delivery Center™, Citrix Cloud Center™ (C3) and Citrix
Online Services product families radically simplify computing for
millions of users, delivering applications as an on-demand service
to any user, in any location on any device. Citrix customers
include the world’s largest Internet companies, 99 percent of
Fortune Global 500 enterprises, and hundreds of thousands of small
businesses and prosumers worldwide. Citrix partners with over
10,000 companies worldwide in more than 100 countries. Founded in
1989, annual revenue in 2009 was $1.6 billion.
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