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All twenty speaking slots for the first ever Geek Speak BarCamp are filled and the scheduled is locked in tight. (Read background on Geek Speak BarCamp here
, here and here). This event happens on the evening of May 21st at Synergy in Houston (in room 360 right after Geek Speak Live).
I have communicated to all the speakers the schedule, and this is now the final one I will post before Citrix Synergy. We have had a few changes (including one speaker dropping due to another commitment) but we have twenty full sessions.
The line up now includes FOUR Citrix Technology Specialists, four consultants, two Escalation Tech Support Engineers, four Product Managers, a HP Print Driver Developer and a Senior Architect from a large healthcare company.
If you have not yet registered for Citrix Synergy, you can click here to to complete your registration. I look forward to seeing you at Synergy and the Geek Speak BarCamp.
I blogged about the Flip Video contest on Wednesday you can read all the about the contest here.
Here is a list of questions I have received via email
- Can I record the demos at the exhibit hall?
Yes go ahead record any interesting demos you see at the exhibit hall. We will be having some very interesting demos around XenApp, XenServer, NetScaler in Techlab.
- Can I record sessions at the Geek Speak Bar camp event?
Absolutely, You can interview geeks and record their sessions.
- What color of Flip Video will I win?
You will a white color Flip Video.
- How will I get the Flip Video after my Video wins the contest by having most views on YouTube?
We will contact you via email and then ship the Flip Video to your office address.
here are some reviews and fun to watch videos of Flip Video
- http://www.amazon.com/gp/mpd/permalink/m19O7AGT0BP8PR:m7KZHLZBM4RWC (As easy as making a peanut butter and Jelly Sandwitch)
- http://video.on.nytimes.com/?fr_story=71d05f5c938be70c6e84e4b5ea8dcd0e2be70830 ( Review by David pogue NY Times)
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Do you want to record some of the fun and interesting things you will see during Citrix Synergy conference and share it with your friends and colleagues? We will be handing out 5 flip cameras every day for 3 days (May 20, 2008 - May 22, 2008) that's 15 first come first serve people. All you have to do is record 1 or more video clips less than 5 min long and give the Flip video back to me. The flip video can record an hour of video. What is a Flip video camera? What series of the Flip Video will be given to winner? How do I sign up for the contest? What is the process for collecting and giving back the Flip video? |
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What are the rules for the contest?-
- No video from the keynote.
- No video from any breakout sessions.
- Ask customers/friends/colleagues to withhold their last name and company to protect them from legal liability.
- Do not Interview any Press or Analysts.
- The video clips have to be less than or around 5 minutes.
- Citrix may use these videos for promotion purposes and can decide not post a video if we find the content inappropriate.
Can you give me few examples of video clips to record?
You can record interesting XenApp or XenServer demos or partner product demonstration at the exhibit hall. You can interview your friends, colleagues or vendors and capture their view about the Synergy. Just be innovative and record fun, cool and informative videos. Show us Synergy through your eyes.
How will I recognize you at the registration desk?
Here is my picture. Click to enlarge.
How will I win a Flip Video?
I will upload all the videos to YouTube and tag them Citrix_Synergy08_flipcontest. The top 3 most viewed videos on YouTube will win the Flip Video. The contest will end on 6th of June 2008 at 6 PM EST.
I have a question not answered above where do I ask it?
Just post a comment on this blog post and I will get back to you
The Citrix Innovation Award is "designed to recognize Citrix customers that strategically leverage application delivery to gain a competitive business advantage". Last year's winner, Cox Communications, is a great example of this.
The voting is now open for this years Citrix Innovation Award -
...the three finalists for the annual 2008 Citrix Innovation Award: Bechtel Corporation, Cocamar Cooperativa Agroindustrial and Mutual of Omaha. These finalists were chosen by a panel of IT industry experts, including an industry analyst and a past Citrix Innovation Award winner. The finalists were selected in recognition of their innovative use of Citrix application delivery and virtualization solutions to address organizational or market challenges and advance their businesses. The three finalists will be recognized for their significant accomplishments at the upcoming Citrix Synergy™ 2008 conference, held at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston from May 20 to May 23. The winner will be determined by votes cast both online and during the conference by registered attendees and will be announced on May 21 in the keynote session. To cast your vote now, go to http://www.citrix.com/innovationaward .
The Citrix Innovation Award is for Citrix customers who innovate in utilizing technology to make a significant impact on their business. Ultimately, information technology is about delivering applications to end users so they can perform business transactions. These three nominees have innovated in their use of Citrix technology to cut costs, reduce time to revenue for projects, and to mitigate risk.
Here is the video from Betchel Corporation -
Next up is Cocamar Cooperativa Agroindustrial-
And finally the video for Mutual of Omaha (yes, the Wild Kingdom guys for those who remember that show) -
The judges for this years Citrix Innovation Award are listed below -
•Josh Nelson - vice president of network and information technology, Cox Communications (Winner, 2007 Citrix Innovation Award)
•Steve Greenberg - founder and president of Thin Client Computing
•Michael Rose - associate research analyst, IDC
• Abolfazl Sirjani - senior director, advanced products, Citrix
•Wes Wasson - senior vice president and chief marketing officer, Citrix
How to Vote
You can vote now for the Citrix Innovation award online at http://www.citrix.com/innovationaward. The winner will be named during the keynote session at Citrix Synergy 2008 on Wednesday, May 21st. Citrix Synergy will be held on May 20th to May 23rd at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston.
If you have not yet registered for Citrix Synergy, you can click here to to complete your registration. I look forward to seeing you at Synergy..
At Synergy, Citrix Education will host a technical breakout session, "The IT Talent You Need Today and Tomorrow," which explores different job roles/activities related to application delivery, and examines the future of IT professionals.
At this session, attendees will learn:
- Methods for training and developing individuals to be application delivery-fluent
- How Citrix is working to fulfill market demand for qualified application delivery IT professionals
- About customers that are developing and transforming their staff and IT organization to support application delivery
The best part is, breakout session attendees will be entered to win one FREE seat in XenServer course CTX-2400BW Citrix XenServer Enterprise Edition 4.1: Administration.
"The IT Talent You Need Today and Tomorrow" (session ID 110) breakout session will be held on May 20th at 3:30pm. For more info, Click here to preview the Synergy technical breakout session list and access session 110.
In my previous post on Geek Speak Bar Camp (May 21st at Citrix Synergy), we had foruteen of the twenty speaking slots filled. As of now, all twenty speaking slots for the first ever Geek Speak BarCamp are filled. (Read background on Geek Speak BarCamp here, here and here).
The line up now includes three Citrix Technology Specialists, four consultants, two Escalation Tech Support Engineers, a VDI Specialist from VMWare, four Product Managers, an HP Print Driver Developer and a Senior Architect from a large healthcare company.
I am looking forward to flying to Houston and getting this event started. I think that after seeing this line up and the list of technical sessions in the other tracks, I think you will agree with Shawn Bass when he wrote -
I'm getting the general feeling like this might just be the most technical Citrix iForum ever
I am still working on juggling the time schedule to meet everyones equipment requirements and time constraints. I expect to finalize by Monday or Tuesday.
If you have not yet registered for Citrix Synergy, you can click here to to complete your registration. I look forward to seeing you at Synergy and the Geek Speak BarCamp.
Interested in helping to define future Citrix training and certification programs? If so, we have a great opportunity for you to provide input.
The Citrix Education team will be conducting a series of focus groups during the Citrix Synergy conference, to be held Tuesday, May 20th, Wednesday, May 21st and Thursday, May 22nd at 1PM. Join your peers at one of these dynamic sessions depending on your role:
• If you make decisions regarding training and certification for your staff join us on Tuesday from 1-2:30
• If you have taken official Citrix Education training courses and/or are Citrix certified join us on Wednesday from 1-2:30
• If you have never taken any Citrix training join us on Thursday from 1-2
All three sessions will take place in the George R. Brown Convention Center with specific location information to follow. PLEASE NOTE: Each participant who qualifies and participates will receive a $50 honorarium.
If you are interested in attending one of these sessions, please contact Dana Robinson at drobinson@icrsurvey.com or by phone (484-840-4333) by end of day Friday, May 16th.
Thanks for your interest!
We now have fourteen of the twenty sessions at the Geek Speak BarCamp filled (read background on Geek Speak BarCamp here, here and here).
I have put together a tentative schedule of the sessions we have to date. The sessions, title, and schedule could still change, but the overall schedule is coming together.
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We are still working to fill the final six slots. Please submit your session topic now. You can use the comments in this thread, or you can email me at citrixblogger @citrix.com . You can also IM questions to citrixblogger on MSN, Yahoo and Google Talk.
If you have not yet registered for Synergy, you can click here to to complete your registration. I look forward to seeing you at Synergy and the Geek Speak BarCamp.
We now have twelve of the twenty sessions at the Geek Speak BarCamp filled (read background on Geek Speak BarCamp here, here and here).
1. Virtualization Defined - Joe Shonk
2. The Stress of IT - Jim Kenzig
3. Virtualization Oriented Architecture over VDI - Jaymes Davis
4. What is High Availability - Michael Bilancieri
5. Ultra Mobile Gadget Tech - Adam Marano
6. HP Print Drivers in a Citrix Environment - Robert Tuft
7. Citrix WorkFlow Studio Examples - Vishal Ganeriwala
8. Fifteen Years with Citrix - Steve Greenberg
9. Web Interface Internals - Jason Conger
10. Provisioning Best Practices - Pete Downing
11. Performance Matters on the Edge - Tim Mackey
12. Server Virtualization Best Practices - Peter Blum
Geek Speak BarCamp has twelve tech sessions so far to go along with the nine industry experts speaking at GeekSpeak Live. There is also the long list of technical sessions in the iForum and Application Delivery tracks.
We are still working to fill the final eight slots. Please submit your session topic now. You can use the comments in this thread, or you can email me at citrixblogger @citrix.com . You can also IM questions to citrixblogger on MSN, Yahoo and Google Talk.
If you have not yet registered for Synergy, you can click here to to complete your registration. I look forward to seeing you at Synergy and the Geek Speak BarCamp.
I have written previously on the great lineup keynote speakers for Synergy that includes best selling technology author Nicholas Carr, the versatile comedian Dana Carvey and the Senior Vice President from Microsoft Bob Muglia, along with an impressive line up of tech industry execs.
There is one keynote speaker I forgot to mention - Mark Templeton. Apparently he is the CEO of some software company 
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Here is an video invite to Citrix Synergy from Mark Templeton, CEO of Citrix.
You can click here to register for Citrix Synergy.
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