Attend Citrix Synergy and complete the entry form found in your attendee bag (see image to the left) and drop it off at the Citrix Education booth during Exhibit Hall hours. Attendees may only enter the contest once and must be present during the drawing to win. The drawing will be held in the Exhibit Hall theatre on Thursday, May 22nd at 1:00pm.

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If your mission is a better return on your Citrix investment, take a step towards the solution with Citrix Education. Technical training and certification from Citrix Education enables you and your staff with best practices and in-depth product knowledge that is critical to keeping your Citrix environment running at peak performance.

Terms & Conditions

• Citrix employees, Citrix partners and Citrix vendors are not eligible to enter.
• Contestants must provide a valuable testimonial and answer the product/service related question in order to be eligible for the drawing.
• Testimonials become the property of Citrix. Contestants:
(a) assign Citrix all copyrights and moral rights in and to the testimonial arising under statute and common law, and all other derivative rights;
(b) grant Citrix permission to publish, copy and disseminate all or part of the testimonial;
(c) grant Citrix permission to use their name for advertising or promotional purposes all without any royalty, compensation or other consideration, except where prohibited by law.
• Contestants must be present to win. Registration is limited to one entry per person.
• Contestants must agree to and sign the terms and conditions of the drawing.
• Incomplete forms will not be accepted.
• Contestants shall be responsible for any taxes due from winning the trip
• Citrix Education shall not be responsible for any losses, or damages of any kind arising in connection with or as a result of the trip, or its acceptance.

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At Citrix Synergy, you can take the latest Citrix Exams at our on-site testing center and get a second chance to pass - free!
If needed, you'll receive an exam retake voucher for the same exam, which can be redeemed at any Prometric testing center
worldwide.

Choose from the following list of Citrix Exams available at Synergy. Click on the exam number for detailed exam information, including related certifications and preparatory recommendations:

• A01 Citrix XenServer Enterprise Edition 4.0: Administration
• 256 Citrix Presentation Server 4.0: Administration
• 259 Citrix Presentation Server 4.5: Administration
• 264 Citrix Presentation Server 4.5: Support
• 306 Citrix Access Gateway 4.2 with Advanced Access Control: Administration
• 308 Citrix Access Gateway 4.5 Advanced Edition: Administration
• 309 Citrix Access Gateway 8.0 Enterprise Edition: Administration
• 731 Citrix NetScaler 8.0: Administration
• 900 Citrix Provisioning Server 4.5: Administration

Don't miss an opportunity to get Citrix Certified with the no-risk assurance of a free exam retake!
To reserve your spot for this special offer, pre-register to take an exam with us by May 16th, 2008.

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Participate in a Citrix Hands On Technical Workshop (HOT) at Citrix Synergy and receive a coupon for 15% off of a Citrix Training Pass and you can get up to a savings of $750!

Citrix Training Pass (CTP)
The CTP program offers the flexibility to purchase the right combination of training to meet your business goals. Sold as a voucher, a CTP provides the freedom to take training courses at participating Citrix Authorized Learning Centers (CALCs) within a 12 month period.

The Citrix Training Pass is:

• Available for authorized Citrix courses
• Redeemable at Citrix Authorized Learning Centers (CALCs) in North America
• Valid for one year from the date of purchase
• Includes all necessary authorized e-learning and ILT courseware
• Offered as Instructor-led Training and Virtual Instructor-led Training

Buy Now, Learn Later
To redeem your discount once you have the coupon in-hand, please follow these simple steps before August 31st:

1. Go to www.findcitrixtraining.com
2. Select the class date, time and location most convenient for you and click the "pre-register" button
3. Enter the promo code (found on the bottom left of the coupon) in the "promo code" field and submit your completed form
4. A representative from Citrix Education will contact you within 24 hours to complete the purchase.

*Offer valid through August 31, 2008. Not valid with any other promotions, packages or discount offers. Limit one Savings Certificate per customer per order. Applies only to new registrations.

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The lineup of technical session content as part of the Citrix Synergy conference in Houston is starting to come together. If you are a technical person looking to put together a business justification for your trip to Synergy, this post should help.

Below is the technical breakout session lineup for Synergy

On top of these 65 technical breakout sessions, there will be nine discussion sessions in GeekSpeak Live with session leaders including Citrix Technology Professionals like Doug Brown, Rick Dehlinger, Shawn Bass, and Jason Conger.
If that isn't enough, the Chief Software Architect from Citrix, Brad Petersen, popular virtualization blogger Tarry Singh, an HP CTO and a high level technical speaker from Intel will join us as well.

Pile on 20 more community led technical sessions as part of the GeekSpeak BarCamp(and you can still sign up to lead your own session at GeekSpeak BarCamp). That all adds up to 94 technical sessions at Synergy. This should go a long way towards helping you justify attending this year's event.

On top of all this technical content, there will be an IT 2.0 Business Symposium and multiple business sessions in the Application Delivery track. When combined with the industry heavyweight keynote speakers this should be the best Citrix conference yet.

You can click here to register for Citrix Synergy. I look forward to seeing you in Houston.

Citrix and Marathon Technologies announced today an expanded partnership to more tightly integrate Marathon's everRun solution with Citrix XenServer .

the press release

I have been impressed with Marathon's solution for quite a while, and have blogged about it several times. The most recent post included several links to YouTube video demos of both their XenServer solution and their XenApp solution. Read it here. You can read my interview with Jerry Melnick, the CTO of Marathon technologies, here.

Marathon Technologies is a sponsor of Citrix Synergy, so you will be able to see this solution in person at the event. Click here to register for Citrix Synergy.

One of the new tracks at Citrix Synergy this year is Geek Speak. James Rabey blogged recently about the format of GeekSpeak Live at Synergy. A second part of the Geek Speak track is GeekSpeak BarCamp. I have blogged about this event at Synergy here and here.

This event is designed to allow any attendee to sign up to speak for 30 minutes on any technical topic. Geek Speak BarCamp will give the attendees at Citrix Synergy a new opportunity to contribute to the discussion and provide a much wider array of technical content. Pizza and drinks will be provided for those who attend. The Geek Speak Gadget Gear Lounge will be open during both Geek Speak Live! and the BarCamp as well.

This BarCamp event will follow immediately after Geek Speak Live on Wednesday, May 21st. We will have access to four sections of the Geek Speak room to host these sessions. Two of the rooms will have large LCD's screen (if you would like to show something from your laptop) and two of the rooms will be white board only. The only rules are no sales and marketing pitches or feature and benefits.

We are now taking submissions for topics. We have four speaking areas and five thirty minute blocks, for a total of twenty sessions. We have confirmed a few sessions speakers already, including Joe Shonk,Jim Kenzig and Jaymes Davis
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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.

The heavy hitters in technology are lining up to join the conversation at Citrix Synergy. You already heard about the best selling technology author Nicholas Carr, the versatile comedian Dana Carvey and the Senior Vice President from Microsoft Bob Muglia. The line up of intriguing keynote speakers does not stop there.

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Vishal Sikka Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
SAP

Scott Farrand Vice-President, ISS Software
HP

Roberto Moctezuma Vice President and GM, Desktop Solutions Global Business Unit
HP

Patrick P. Gelsinger Vice President and Co-General Manager, Digital Enterprise Group
INTEL Corporation

David Booth, President, Sales and Marketing
CSC
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George Kurian VP/GM, Application Delivery Business
Cisco Systems, Inc.

The keynote lineup includes the CTO of SAP, a Senior Vice President of Microsoft, TWO VP's from HP, a VP from Intel, a VP from Cisco, a President from CSC AND a best selling IT author and a great comedian. This promises to be the best lineup of keynote speakers we have ever had at a Citrix event.

You can click here to register for Citrix Synergy. I look forward to seeing you in Houston next month.

This years conference Will Feature Leading Virtualization and Networking Analysts from Global Research Firms Including Forrester, Gartner and IDC

Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CTXS), the global leader in application delivery infrastructure, today announced its featured industry analyst presenters for Citrix Synergy 2008, the all-new industry conference where virtualization, networking and application delivery meet. Industry analysts participating at the conference will discuss best practices and reveal proven tactics for success in today's ever-changing business environment, offering a holistic perspective on emerging enterprise technology. Citrix Synergy will take place May 20 to May 23 at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston.

Industry analyst sessions will highlight the latest research in application delivery, networking  and virtualization, and outline strategies for implementing and leveraging these cutting-edge technologies, including:

• Keeping Pace with Rapid Innovation - Best Practices for IT Leadership
• End-to-End Virtualization - How Do We Get Real Value, Now?
• The Hot Seat: Three Views of Desktop Virtualization
• IT's "Invisible" Silver Bullet - Application Delivery Networks
• Transformation with Virtualization: New Approaches to Data Security

Citrix Synergy has assembled an impressive lineup of industry analysts well regarded as experts in their field, including:

• Chris Wolf, Senior Analyst, Burton Group
• Mark Bowker, Analyst, Enterprise Strategy Group
• Natalie Lambert, Senior Analyst, Forrester
• Neil MacDonald, Vice President and Gartner Fellow, Gartner
• Mark Margevicius, Research Vice President, Gartner
• Joe Skorupa, Research Vice President, Gartner
• Frank Gens, Senior Vice President and Chief Analyst, IDC
• Robin Gareiss, Executive Vice President and Senior Founding Partner, Nemertes Research
  
  

Continue at Source: Citrix News Releases

The Citrix Support Engineering Institute of Technology (CSEIT) is an exclusive free training event for our support and maintenance agreement customers to learn the latest troubleshooting techniques to support the Citrix application delivery infrastructure. The event provides a unique opportunity to gain real world experience from the experts, who can answer your technical issues and provide you with the power to understand how to do your job more effectively and efficiently. The event will take place at the Hilton Americas Hotel in Houston, on Monday, May 19th from 9:00am to 5:00pm.

Agenda for Citrix CSEIT 2008

Monday, May 19th, 2008
8:00 am - 9:00 am Registration and breakfast
9:00 am - 12:15 am Classes
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm Lunch
1:15 pm - 5:00 pm Classes

XenApp Classes

Printing in Citrix XenApp Environments

This presentation will give a better understanding of the Citrix XenApp printing architecture.

Troubleshooting Tools for a Citrix XenApp Environment

This presentation will go over the tools used and developed by the Citrix Escalation Team to troubleshoot a Citrix XenApp Environment.

Citrix XenApp Case Studies

This presentation will review the troubleshooting methodology of various Citrix Global Escalation Team case studies.

Citrix XenApp Health Monitoring

This presentation will illustrate the tools available to monitor the health of your Citrix XenApp Server farm and show the various configuration options available to the Citrix Administrator.

Understanding and Troubleshooting Citrix EdgeSight 4.5

This presentation will give an overview of Citrix EdgeSight 4.5 and go into troubleshooting tips and best practices.

Understanding and Troubleshooting Citrix XenServer 4.x - Optional

This presentation will cover an introduction to Citrix XenServer 4.x and go over some basic troubleshooting methodologies and tools.

NetScaler Classes

Troubleshooting and Deployment Best Practices

This presentation will go over troubleshooting techniques and tools as well as relevant data required by Technical Support when opening a support incident. This session will also cover best practices in deploying Citrix NetScaler in various environments and common issues experienced during initial deployment. After attending this session you will have an understanding of troubleshooting tools available and ways to deploy Citrix NetScaler.

Case Studies

This presentation will cover various real case scenarios showing troubleshooting techniques used to resolve common problems encountered with configuration and performance. Issues evaluated will include problems with High CPU, Persistence, and other advanced troubleshooting situations. After this session you will have an understanding of what practices and methodologies are used when working to resolve issues and see how some of the tools previously presented are utilized in real life situations.

L2 Networking and Hardware

This presentation will provide an overview of the various hardware platforms and configurations of Citrix NetScaler. We will also cover various L2 deployment scenarios including 802.1q tagging, Vlans, Link Aggregation and High Availability. Upon completion of this session you will have an in depth understanding of the different platforms and how to deploy Citrix NetScaler in L2 environments.

Global Server Load Balancing

This session covers the GSLB feature of Citrix NetScaler, various deployment scenarios and ways to troubleshoot various common stoppers. It will show the usage of built-in counters, logs and tools available to effectively use this feature and resolve known problems found in real life deployments. Upon completion you will have an in depth understanding of deploying GSLB on Citrix NetScaler and some of the troubleshooting techniques you can use to resolve problems.

Registration

Click here for Citrix CSEIT 2008 Registration

Bob Muglia and Nicholas Carr are not the only headliners at Citrix Synergy this year. Dana Carveywill provide the entertainment on the final night.

(Pictures from DanaCarvey.net)

Dana Carvey is most well known for his work on Saturday Night Live and Wayne's World. After a botched open heart surgery in the late 90's, Carvey took some time off from his career and started a family.
Here are some great clips I found of Carvey on the web.

Garth Algar Highlights from Wayne's World

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You can find many more Dana Carvey videos on YouTube
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The SNL site on NBC.com has archives of some of Dana Carvey skits, including the hilarious "Hans and Franz".

SNL Videos - Dana Carvey
 

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You can click here to register for Citrix Synergy. I look forward to seeing many of you in Houston.

In an earlier post, I covered some of the background on one of the keynote speakers at Citrix Synergy, Nicholas Carr. Another major keynote speaker at Citrix Synergy is Bob Muglia, Senior Vice Preseident of Server and Tools Business at Microsoft.

Here is a bit about Bob Muglia from his official Bio on Microsoft.com -

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Here is a link to an interview I found with Bob Muglia on Technet Edge. In this interview, Bob admits to having NINE servers at his house.
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VP by Day - IT Pro by Night
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Steven Bink posted an interview with Bob Muglia last month on his site. Here are a few snippets -

Last year Bob Muglia did a video with Citrix in regards to the Windows 2008 Launch and our aquisistion of XenSource.

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If you would like to see past examples of Bob Muglia keynote sessions, the Microsoft TechNet Spotlight site has three for you to watch
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You can click here to register for Citrix Synergy. We look forward to seeing you in Houston.

One of the most intriguing keynote speakers at Citrix Synergy is Nicholas Carr. Carr became very well know in 2003 for his article "IT Doesn't Matter".

DOES IT MATTER?

Nicholas Carr poses this question in his 2004 book "Does IT Matter" , a follow up to his very controversial 2003 Harvard Business Review article - "IT Doesn't Matter". In this very controversial article and book, Carr argues that technology itself does not give you a competitive advantage and that IT should focus on risk management and cost management. Carr does admits in interviews that failure to keep up in the use of technology can put a company at a significant competitive disadvantage.

Carr's original article created alot of controversy within the IT industry. He has posted a thorough article that links to those who agree and strongly disagree with his thoughts on his website. You can find links to both sides of the discussion on this page. You can find an interview he did with ZDNet on this controversy below -

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(If you cannot view the video, you can see it at ZDnet's website)

Carr's most recent book is called "The Big Switch:Rewiring the World from Edison to Google". Carr's description of
"The Big Switch" is below -

Here is a short video interview Carr recently did for the Search Engine Strategies conference (in London) on this new book -

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Carr blogs about these topics and many more at is personal blog site - The Rough Type.
Finally, Carr created a short little video regarding his keynote at Citrix Synergy.

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Nicholas Carr provides a unique insight in the current state and future of IT. You can hear more from Nicholas Carr at Synergy.

I will be posting about other keynote speakers and sessions speakers later.

You can click here to register for Citrix Synergy.

Citrix offers a variety of technical Webinars and Webcasts with their TechTalk and On-Demand series of online events. You can join in on a TechTalk Webinar or Watch an On-Demand Webcast, the choice is up to you.

These events are another way for you to participate and learn about technology and application delivery. Citrix is also excited to announce some new ways for you to particiapte and learn about technology, GeakSpeak Live (the un-conference event) at Citrix Synergy will be an event that will allow for you to meet in an informal group and collaborate about topics you choose, and give you a chance to make a difference in making it more of an event that you get out of it what you want.

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Citrix Webcasts

Learn more about Upcoming Citrix Events:
Citrix Synergy
Citrix GeekSpeak
Citrix BarCamp

The Citrix XenDesktop Beta gave us a sneak peek at its highly anticipated Citrix XenDesktop product. Citrix will officially begin shipping to customers worldwide at the upcoming Citrix Synergy 2008 event on May 20.

XenDesktop, which will be co-marketed with Microsoft ( Microsoft and Citrix Expand Alliance to Deliver Virtualization Solutions from Desktops to Datacenters ), is a groundbreaking new desktop delivery solution that allows companies to virtualize Windows desktops in the datacenter and deliver them on-demand to office workers in any location. Unlike first-generation virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) technologies, XenDesktop is a comprehensive end-to-end desktop delivery system that offers an unparalleled end-user experience, dramatically simplifies desktop management and reduces the cost of traditional desktop computing

Continue at Source: Citrix Systems to Unveil XenDesktop at Citrix Synergy 2008

In a previous post, I wrote about putting together a barcamp-like event after the GeekSpeak Live session on the second day of Citrix Synergy. We have approval now to extend GeekSpeak Live with these additional sessions. It looks like we will have one large space (up to 80 people) and five or so other small spaces for small discussions. We plan to have food (likely pizza, soft drinks and beer) and shirts for all attendees. We hope to have at least four 30-40 minute blocks for sessions, which means 20 or more sessions.

Now, we need session speakers. Anyone can sign up who is attending the Synergy event. You can speak about any IT topic you would like. The only rules are it must be an in depth technical topic (not a product or marketing pitch). This is open to attendees, customers, alliances partners, resellers, Citrix Technology Professionals and Citrix employees. Any one attending the Citrix Synergy event is eligible to speak and attend.

I am working with Vishal Ganeriwala (who runs the CDN) to create a wiki page for session sign up. Once we have the schedule finalized, we will post the new wiki page and the speaker sign up. If you have an idea for a topic but do not feel comfortable presenting it yourself, please post it in the comments or email me at citrixblogger @ citrix.com . We will post any topics ideas we receive on the wiki (once it is up) and here on the Official Citrix Blog.

The goal for GeekSpeak Live is to get a wider range of technical topics and to give you the chance to participate in creating the content for the event. Share your experiences and lessons learned with everyone at GeekSpeak, and we can all learn something new and useful.

You can click here to register for Citrix Synergy.

Find and meet up with other Citrix Technology Professionals like yourself who are interested in personal collaboration, creating a Citrix Community, or hosting a Citrix User Group.

MeetUp is a site dedicated to getting people to meet. How does it work? You have an interest, Citrix, find a local group, and meet up with people who share in your interest of Citrix. You can either start a meet up or you can find people who have started a meet up in your area or the world if you wish.

You can also go to http://citrix.meetup.com to Find Citrix Users and Citrix MeetUps near you...

Here is a map showing meet up possibilities for Citrix

Here is a list of areas to choose meet up possibilities from by City for Citrix

Here is a user in Bedford, MA, USA who is looking for a Citrix MeetUp

I would love for everyone to be able to attend Citrix Synergy, Citrix Geek Speak, and Citrix BarCamp, but I also know that this is not always possible for many reasons. If you are one who cannot attend, don't think that because you can't go that you can't be a part of it all. It is you and the many other great Citrix Technology Professionals who make this industry the greatest one to be a part of. You can now find other Citrix Technology Professionals wishing to MeetUp and start your own TechTalk, GeekSpeak, or BarCamp in which you and your peers can pick the topics and agenda, and who knows maybe we can grow the Citrix Community in many new directions we never thought possible.

Here is a list of links to some upcoming Citrix Community Events:

Citrix Synergy
Geek Speak at Citrix Synergy
BarCamp at Geek Speak

Here is a list of Citrix Community sites:

Citrix Community
Citrix Community Blogs
Citrix Community Forums
Citrix Developer Forums Citrix Support Forums
Frameworkx Community Blogs

The Best Selling Author
Nicholas Carr, the best-selling author of "Does IT Matter?" and "The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google," challenges the conventional wisdom about business and technology. The former executive editor of Harvard Business Review, Carr has been called an "exceedingly lucid" speaker by Computerworld, and his featured keynote at Citrix Synergy promises to spark lively debate.

The Strategist
Count on Bob Muglia, senior vice president of Microsoft Server and Tools Business, to offer expert insight into the future direction of information technology, which Microsoft calls Dynamic IT. Muglia oversees a vast pipeline of innovation and is equally comfortable in the business and technical fields. He'll share strategies for making IT a stronger partner to business - using tactics he has honed through extensive experience working closely with his teams and Microsoft customers to drive his division's growth and technology leadership.

The Architect
Vishal Sikka, chief technology officer of SAP AG, leads the company's technology and architecture strategy across its product portfolio and its forward-thinking efforts around emerging technologies.  Sikka plays a leading role in the long-term direction of SAP's research efforts and is chartered with mapping SAP's next-generation architecture.  Sikka will share his perspective on business agility, adaptable business processes and how virtualization will accelerate innovation in business.
 
The Visionary
Known for creating fireworks onstage, Mark Templeton is the face of Citrix. As president and CEO, he helped propel Citrix into the business and technology spotlight. Templeton has his finger on the pulse of market trends, and his keynotes offer a compelling look at the cutting-edge technologies that drive customer growth. At Citrix Synergy, Templeton will offer his perspective on what the future holds for application delivery and its potential to impact the way business is conducted.

The Emmy Award-Winning Comedian
Dana Carvey, best known for his flawless impersonations, will headline the closing night party. A repertory member of Saturday Night Live (SNL) for seven seasons, Carvey is best known for his characters the Church Lady, Weekend Update's Grumpy Old Man, and Hans, of the Hans and Franz bodybuilding duo. In addition, Carvey received widespread praise for his uncanny and exaggerated comedic impersonations of political figures such as former president George Bush. Carvey has had a variety of television and movie roles, including a starring role as Garth, Wayne Campbell's "Excellent Cohost," in Wayne's World. In 1993, Carvey won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program for SNL.

This is where the light dims, clouds start forming, light beams down from the sky, and it's all focused on you!

The Participant
Born as a user conference more than 10 years ago, it is the Attendees that are going to play a direct role in this year's event.
This is your chance to be a participant and not just an attendee, you will be able to pick the topics and facilitate the sessions.
You have a chance to play an active role in your conference experience by being part of Geek Speak and BarCamp

Geek Speak
You pick the topics, you run the discussions, you call the shots! Join tech geeks, analysts and bloggers at the ultimate "unconference".

BarCamp
You are the host. BarCamps are user generated conferences — open, participatory workshop-events, whose content is provided by participants.

Plus, you'll get a chance to check out the cool tools and gadgets-part of the event's "Tips, Techniques, Tools, and Toys" theme.

Here is a list of sites for you to really dive in and let Virtualization, Networking and Application Delivery meet You!

Citrix Synergy
Geek Speak at Citrix Synergy
BarCamp at Geek Speak
Citrix Community Blog

Some of you may be familiar with the BarCamp concept. BarCamps are "user generated conferences — open, participatory workshop-events, whose content is provided by participants".


BarCamp.org is a great site for background on this concept. You can find the "rules of BarCamps" below.

If you are familiar with the concept of BarCamps, you know that most of them are focused on web development. There have been a few BarCamps on IT in general, investing, self help and other topics. This is just a great way to get people together to talk tech. Since so many of us are going to be at Synergy anyway, I thought this would be a great way to get together to hear from a broad range of people on a wide variety of tech topics.

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Geek Speak Live is a part of Synergy for the first time this year. Geek Speak will span all three days of the Synergy event, and have discussions lead by several of the Citrix Technology Professionals and other industry technologists. (James Rabey blogged about Geek Speak Live here) The goal is to extend Geek Speak Live to include community generated content and discussions with this "mini-BarCamp".


We are working on a plan to hold a "mini-BarCamp" immediately after the Geek Speak Live session on the second night of Citrix Synergy. We will set up a page (probably on CDN) that lists the speaking slots where you can sign up for a slot. Some BarCamps only allow sign up for the session slots on the day of the event, while others allow sign up on a wiki before the event begins. We are going to stick with the Wiki for this first one to give those who participate a chance to plan ahead.

The goal for this is to give the technical audience at Synergy a chance to get together to discuss whatever technical content most interests you. No marketing slides, no features and benefits, just hard core technical discussions about any IT topic that interests you and the attendees. You can run a white board discussion, present a technical presentation on your latest project, or show a demo of your newest creation with an SDK. Anyone can sign up for a slot. You may be an IT admin, a technology consultant, a Citrix technical employee, a technical employee of a Citrix partner (or competitor), or a student who loves technology and wants to share it. We do not yet know how many speaking slots there will be (that depends on the room and amount of time we get).

Once we get final approval to use some rooms at the convention center where Synergy is hosted, we will be putting together a committee to run the mini-"BarCamp" event. This committee will include both Citrix employees and members of the community. We will need volunteers to help with coordination of the event on site, food and drink setup and live blogging and video of the sessions. We are also working on setting up a network gaming area in the lounge for use after the event concludes later in the evening.

As I have stated before on this blog, feedback is the Breakfast of Champions. If you have any thoughts on this event, please post them in the comments or send me an email at citrixblogger @ citrix . com (just remove the spaces).

You can click here to register for Citrix Synergy.