Citrix Synergy 2014: General Session Day One Recap

Quick conference statistics. More than 10,000 individuals from 66 countries across the globe registered for the conference (half of this number includes online attendees).

A partnership between HP, Citrix and Intel. Templeton noted a new partnership between HP, Citrix and Intel, but didn’t go into detail. The partnership will be revealed during tomorrow’s keynotes.

An update on CSPs. Templeton said there are more than 1.4 million business-ready desktops being delivered by cloud service providers, systems integrators, ISVs and solution advisors.

ShareFile update. ShareFile now has more than 45,000 business customers, Templeton said. He said the product has gone from zero to 1,000,000 licenses in less than eighteen months. He attributed the solution’s success to its architecture.

On mobility. He said the average person believes mobility is only about apps, but for Citrix, mobility is about the ability to move or be moved. “We think that infrastructures and solutions should allow organization to join people easily and simply,” he said.

The old way and new reality. He said the old way of thinking revolves around focusing on employees working in the office, but the new reality is where companies focus on employees working on the go.

Own less — a new kind of model. Templeton made note of a new model common among entertainment services providers, where they focus more on providing services instead of owning anything. For example, Netflix doesn’t own monitors or its content.

Citrix’s commitment.  He said Citrix will continue to design products and solutions that provide device and network independence; consumer-like experiences; elastic service capacity and costs; and design approach to services.

A promise to strengthen its commitment. “I promise, we promise, we will stay on this path and continue to deliver the infrastructure and products that deliever these capabilities to you,” he said.

Templeton continues his Pharrell Williams impersonation. “In the end you can be happy and your subscribers can be happy,” he said.

Citrix Workspace Services Cloud. Citrix plans to make a new cloud platform, which is built on Microsoft Azure, available to customers. The product is the underlying platform of the control plane that allows you to drive the services on any public, private, or hybrid cloud, he said.