Citrix Latin America and Caribbean Opens Regional Headquarters in Coral Gables.Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. Division has Grown the Topline by 150% Over the Past Five Years New Offices are Part of a Strategy to Further Strengthen the Company's Presence in the Region MIAMI Miami, cities, United States Miami (mīăm`ē, –ə). 1 City (1990 pop. 358,548), seat of Dade co., SE Fla., on Biscayne Bay at the mouth of the Miami River; inc. 1896. -- Citrix Systems Citrix Systems' (NASDAQ: CTXS) is an American technology company, based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, with subsidiary operations in California and Massachusetts, with additional development centers in Australia, India and the UK. , Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS CTXS Citrix Systems (NASDAQ stock ticker symbol) ), the global leader in application delivery infrastructure, today announced the opening of its new Latin America and Caribbean headquarters in Coral Gables Coral Gables, city (1990 pop. 40,091), Miami-Dade co., SE Fla., SW of Miami; inc. 1925. Founded at the height of the Florida land boom, Coral Gables is a noted planned city, with tree-lined boulevards and Mediterranean-style buildings. . This move is consistent with the company's regional strategy to better serve its customers and partners throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. The new facilities will house the Latin America and Caribbean executive team, call center team and operations as well as a number of other key functions. "Our decision to open the regional headquarters in Miami, separate from the global offices, is a natural step in the sequence of recent strategic moves in Latin America announced during 2006," said Fernando J. Campo, vice-president for Citrix Latin America and the Caribbean. "Last year we dedicated more resources to the region and grew our channel infrastructure. Today's announcement reaffirms the potential we see in Latin America and the Caribbean and our commitment to be closer to our clients and key channel and alliance partners." Under Campo's leadership since 2002, Citrix Latin America has become the fastest growing region A growing region is an area suited by climate and soil conditions to the cultivation of a certain type of crop. Most crops are cultivated not in one place only, but in several distinct regions in diverse parts of the world. within the company with a 150 percent increase in sales. The company's leadership has been able to cater to Latin American companies' needs by introducing new products and solutions such as Citrix Presentation Server Software from Citrix that provides a timeshared, multiuser environment for Unix and Windows servers. Formerly MetaFrame, Citrix Presentation Server uses the ICA protocol to turn the client machine into a terminal and governs the input/output between the client and server. [TM], Citrix[R] NetScaler[R], Citrix WANScaler[TM], Citrix Access Gateway[TM] and Citrix EdgeSight[TM]. These solutions are helping businesses in the region to better manage their IT infrastructure and share information in a way that is suitable to their individual expansion needs. As a result, Latin American and Caribbean organizations are increasingly relying on Citrix, fueling its growth and success in the region. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a recent study conducted by IDC, employees work 22% of the time remotely in Latin America, working mainly from their customer sites. In order to be effective in the face of this reality, most companies are providing different mobile devices, as well as adopting new network applications. This has created new challenges for IT managers and business leaders in Latin America and the Caribbean, challenges such as the necessity to consolidate applications and control information. "Research like the one provided by IDC highlights the need for enterprises in the region to become more sophisticated and therefore demand more from their IT investments. As the creators of the application virtualization A smaller umbrella term within the larger umbrella term of "virtualization." It refers to several techniques that make running applications more protected, more flexible or easier to manage. See virtualization, network virtualization and storage virtualization. model, Citrix sees great value in establishing its Latin American headquarters closer to its customers, in order to help them overcome these new challenges and become more aggressive in the current competitive marketplace," said Mark Templeton Mark Templeton (b. 1975) is Principal Trombone of the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Mark studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama 1994-1998 with Eric Crees, Simon Wills and Peter Gane. During this time he became principal of the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra. , president and chief executive officer for Citrix. Application virtualization, a technology created by Citrix, provides multi-user remote access to centralized cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. business resources and allows companies of all sizes to implement changes in hardware, software and end-user location. This in turn reduces the cost, time and effort to keep up-to-date tools and information in the hands of IT users. The new Latin America and Caribbean headquarters are located at 2525 Ponce de Leon Ponce de Le·ón , Juan 1460-1521. Spanish explorer who sailed with Columbus on his second voyage (1493-1494) and discovered Florida (1513) while looking for the legendary Fountain of Youth. Noun 1. Avenue in Coral Gables, Fla. About Citrix Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS) is the global leader and most trusted name in application delivery infrastructure. More than 180,000 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% of the Fortune 100 companies and 98% of the Fortune Global 500, as well as hundreds of thousands of small businesses and prosumers. Citrix has approximately 6,200 channel and alliance partners in more than 100 countries. The annual revenue in 2006 was $1.1 billion. Citrix([R]), NetScaler([R]), Citrix Presentation Server[TM], Citrix EdgeSight[TM], Citrix Access Gateway[TM] and Citrix WANScaler[TM] are trademarks of Citrix Systems, Inc. and/or one or more of its subsidiaries, and may be registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and in other countries. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are property of their respective owners. |
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