'Out of Office' But at Work: Citrix Online Launches Worldwide Workplace Council.Visionary Group of Thought Leaders to Analyze State of Web Commuting, Predict Business and Work/Life Trends and Recommend Best Practices SANTA BARBARA Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. , Calif. -- Citrix Online Citrix Online is a division of Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CTXS) that sells Web-based remote access, support, and collaboration software and services. Its products are GoToAssist, GoToMeeting, GoToMyPC, and GoToWebinar. , a division of Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : CTXS CTXS Citrix Systems (NASDAQ stock ticker symbol) ), today announced the launch of the Worldwide Workplace Council, an elite group of thought leaders and advocates drawn from a wide range of areas affected by the growth of the location-independent workplace. Businesses today are increasingly adopting technologies and policies that free employees from working from a single, central location, while companies get the ability to cut infrastructure costs, as well as cast a wider net for talent and business prospects. In this evolving business environment, the Council will foster multiple points of view, advocate changes to traditional business models, and develop broad-based recommendations around the concept of Web Commuting. "As companies and individuals alike find they can work from anywhere, anytime, it will potentially affect every aspect of the work/life balance, along with the companies' ability to slash costs and hire from anywhere," said Brett Caine, general manager, Citrix Online. "Citrix Online has been at the forefront in enabling this workplace evolution--we call it Web Commuting--with technologies for online collaboration and remote access, and that's given us a unique perspective on this issue. Our vision for the Worldwide Workplace Council is to help inform and empower organizations and individuals looking to embrace the new realities of working from anywhere." The members of the Worldwide Workplace Council are: * Jane Anderson: Director, Midwest Institute for Telecommuting telecommuting, an arrangement by which people work at home using a computer and telephone, transmitting work material to a business office by means of a modem and telephone lines; it is also known as telework. Education (MITE) * Dr. Heather Antecol: Acting Director, Berger Institute for Work, Family, and Children * Kellyanne Conway: President & CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , the polling company[TM], inc./WomanTrend; political commentator * Bevis England: Director, Telework See telecommuting. New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. and Facilitator, Telework Australia Initiative * Charlie Grantham: Co-founder, Work Design Collaborative and the Future of Work program * Emma Jones: Founder and Editor of Enterprise Nation, the home business website (UK), * Gene Marks: President, the Marks Group; author, columnist and small business consultant * Jack Nilles: Telecommuting pioneer; author, The Telecommunications-Transportation Tradeoff; Making Telecommuting Happen; and Managing Telework: Strategies for Managing the Virtual Workforce * Joseph Sweeney: Analyst, IBRS IBRS International Business Reply Service (USPS) IBRS Intelligent Business Research Services Pty Ltd (Australia) IBRS Incident Base Reporting System (law enforcement) (Australia) * Jerry Swerling: Professor and Director, University of Southern California The U.S. News & World Report ranked USC 27th among all universities in the United States in its 2008 ranking of "America's Best Colleges", also designating it as one of the "most selective universities" for admitting 8,634 of the almost 34,000 who applied for freshman admission Annenberg Strategic Public Relations Strategic Public Relations (PR) involves creative planning, media research and strategic approach in designing a PR campaign. Unlike the present, PR programs used to be very media relations-centric and based on personal relationships with journalists and columnists. Center * Denise Tyler: Founder, Mother@Work (UK) * Chuck Wilsker: President and CEO, The Telework Coalition As their first initiative, members of the Worldwide Workplace Council participated in a comprehensive research effort that addresses trends in the location-independent workplace. The report, "Worldwide Workplace: The Web Commuting Imperative," which will be released on May 11, represents a multidimensional snapshot of how this trend is projected to change the ways in which people live and work. It includes the results of a quantitative survey on Web Commuting conducted by the polling company[TM], inc. in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia, as well as context, commentary and counsel from members of the Worldwide Workplace Council. Citrix Online will introduce the report at a webinar featuring Council members who will discuss the current state of Web Commuting, and how companies and individuals can benefit from this practice with the right mix of technologies and policies. The webinar will be moderated by highly regarded pollster poll·ster n. One that takes public-opinion surveys. Also called polltaker. Word History: The suffix -ster is nowadays most familiar in words like pollster, jokester, huckster, and commentator Kellyanne Conway, and participants will include Charlie Grantham, co-founder of the Work Design Collaborative, and Chuck Wilsker: President and CEO of The Telework Coalition. The webinar is free and open to everyone--interested parties can register at https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/686512425. About Citrix Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTXS) is the global leader and the most trusted name in Application Delivery Infrastructure. More than 215,000 organizations worldwide rely on Citrix to deliver any application to users anywhere with the best performance, highest security and lowest cost. Citrix customers include 100 percent of the Fortune 100 companies and 99 percent of the Fortune Global 500, as well as hundreds of thousands of small businesses and prosumers. Citrix has approximately 8,000 partners in more than 100 countries. Annual revenue in 2008 was $1.6 billion. |
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