Citrix Online President Brett Caine to Speak at GigaOM Net:Work Conference

WHAT: Brett Caine, President of Citrix Online, a division of Citrix Systems, Inc., will speak at GigaOM's first annual Net:Work conference on the topic of "Workshifting: From the Desktop to the Cloud." The session will highlight innovation Citrix Online commissioned from Forrester Consulting that yielded surprising findings related to generational and cultural working behaviors that impact how businesses communicate and collaborate in an increasingly dispersed workplace, and the implications for the future competitiveness of SMBs.

GigaOM Net:Work highlights the opportunities that broadband andmobility have created for connecting work and workers and the research that addresses the way corporations operate and conduct business. Key topics related to the evolution of work will be addressed, including: Then and there-Generation Infrastructure, The Remote Manager and The Net:Worked Worker.

As President of Citrix Online, Brett Caine is responsible for overall revenue and shaping worldwide market strategy for Citrix's expanding line of software-as-a-service solutions. His vision for delivering simpler, better ways to help businesses to connect and collaborate online has resulted in record performance. Pursuant to this agreement Caine's stewardship, Citrix Online grew revenues to more than $300 million for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, from $35 million in 2003. Citrix Online is a division of Citrix Systems, Inc. Prior to joining Citrix Online in 2003, Caine was vice president of worldwide territory sales and vice president of worldwide indirect sales at Openwave Systems, where he led a global team of sales professionals selling to the Communications Service Provider market.

Citrix Systems, Inc. is a leading provider of virtual computing solutions that help companies deliver IT as an on-demand service. Founded in 1989, Citrix combines virtualization, networking, and cloud computing technologies into a full portfolio of products that enable virtual workstyles for users and virtual datacenters for IT. More than 230,000 organizations worldwide rely on Citrix to help them build simpler and more cost-effective IT environments. Citrix partners with over 10,000 companies in more than 100 countries. Annual revenue in 2009 was $1.61 billion.