Citrix Startup Accelerator Announces Startup.Synergy $100K Challenge Finalists

The IT landscape is in a period of dramatic change, shifting expectations of IT and computing capabilities and providing an possibility for entrepreneurs to contribute their ideas. As the exceptions of the PC Era – mobile users, personal devices, and wireless access – rapidly become the assumptions of the Cloud Era, Citrix recognizes that startups can help shape the future. With the Startup Accelerator program, Citrix continues to lead technology by enabling entrepreneurs to benefit from the global Citrix presence, its large customer base and seasoned go-to-market strategies to help furthermore their ideas.

“When we launched our open research initiative last year, we invested in companies that would stretch the research landscape. Having the first two companies coming out successfully is a fantastic result.”

Citrix Systems, Inc. transforms how businesses and IT work and people collaborate in the cloud era. With market-leading cloud, collaboration, networking and virtualization technologies, Citrix powers mobile workstyles and cloud services, making complex enterprise IT simpler and more accessible for 260,000 organizations. Citrix products touch 75 percent of Internet users each day and it partners with more than 10,000 companies in 100 countries. Annual revenue in 2011 was $2.21 billion. Learn more at www.citrix.com.

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