Citrix Innovators Program Introduces New Accelerator Model to Enable User-Focused Innovation
June 19 2014 - 2:02PM
Business Wire
Citrix Takes Fresh Approach to Spurring
Industry Innovation by Sharing Best Practices for Lean Business and
Design Thinking with Top Entrepreneurs
Citrix today announced a new program as part of the Citrix
Startup Accelerator, which has been successfully funding
early-stage companies for the last three years. The Citrix
Innovators Program introduces a new accelerator model that blends
cutting-edge Silicon Valley approaches in design thinking and Steve
Blank’s Lean LaunchPad to support startups in developing and
bringing to market enterprise technology offerings that focus on
user needs and help people work better.
Participants have received seed funding, formal training and
guidance from an Innovators Council comprised of CIOs and CTOs from
AMD, Bosch, Citrix, Coca-Cola and Ricoh, as well as investors from
top Silicon Valley VC firms. Today, select members of this
inaugural class will present their products and services and report
on their latest progress at the Innovators Day taking place at the
Citrix Silicon Valley headquarters in Santa Clara. Some of the
concepts to be presented include:
- a new way for marketers to extract intelligence from data
- a revolutionary sales tool created by four former Google sales
executives
- a cloud solution for mobile carriers and wireless networks that
will further enable the “Internet of Things”
- an on-the-job learning system for employees and real-time
performance pulse for managers
- an intelligent information aggregator
- a corporate cloud-based video platform
One of the participating companies, 3TEN8, has been selected to
join the Citrix Startup Accelerator Seed Program, benefitting from
$250k in funding, office workspace, and mentoring for the next
twelve months. The 3TEN8 solution makes it easy to identify and fix
network issues by enabling mobile carriers to optimize their
wireless networks.
“This unique program invests in and helps to cultivate the most
promising ideas and transformative solutions,” said Martin Duursma,
CTO office chair and vice president of Citrix Labs. “The focus of
the Innovators Program is on accelerating leading-edge business
solutions and openly sharing approaches that have been integral to
the Citrix culture of innovation.”
“As mobile technologies rapidly impact how we work, the industry
needs a more agile way to develop relevant products that enable
people to securely access data and apps and collaborate anywhere,
any time, on any device,” said Catherine Courage, senior vice
president, Customer Experience, Citrix.
“Innovation capital is the next wave for achieving tangible
business benefits from investments,” said John McIntyre, managing
director, Citrix Startup Accelerator. “Increasingly, corporate
investors are helping new companies to succeed in this dynamic and
transformative mobile era. This is the first of a number of
Innovators Programs we will be rolling out globally. We plan to
launch our next programs later this year in Raleigh, NC and
Bangalore, India.”
About Citrix
Citrix (NASDAQ:CTXS) is a leader in mobile workspaces, providing
virtualization, mobility management, networking and cloud services
to enable new ways to work better. Citrix solutions power business
mobility through secure, personal workspaces that provide people
with instant access to apps, desktops, data and communications on
any device, over any network and cloud. This year Citrix is
celebrating 25 years of innovation, making IT simpler and people
more productive. With annual revenue in 2013 of $2.9 billion,
Citrix solutions are in use at more than 330,000 organizations and
by over 100 million users globally. Learn more at
www.citrix.com.
About The Citrix Startup Accelerator
The Citrix Startup Accelerator is the most prestigious corporate
funding program and accelerator for business mobile, cloud and
collaboration technologies. The Citrix Startup Accelerator brings
innovation practices to talented entrepreneurs globally. Visit
www.citrixinnovatorsprogram.com to learn more.
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