Citrix Systems, Inc., today announced that Citrix CEO Mark Templeton will give the opening keynote presentation at Interop New York 2009, titled “Transforming Enterprise IT: From the Datacenter to the Desktop.” In his keynote, Templeton will examine the virtualization and cloud computing landscape, distinguishing the reality from the hype in implementing virtualization to simplify the datacenter. In addition, Citrix executives will take part in the CIO Boot Camp workshop and four other panel presentations related to virtualization and networking. Panelists will discuss topics ranging from how to implement and manage a virtual infrastructure to case studies of successful desktop virtualization. Attendees will learn more about the future of the datacenter network, WAN optimization and desktop virtualization.

Where:
Interop New York 2009
Jacob Javits Convention Center
New York City

When:
Nov. 18, 2009 – Nov. 20, 2009

Keynote Discussion:
Wednesday, Nov. 18, 9:00 a.m. EST
Transforming Enterprise IT: From the Datacenter to the Desktop
Mark Templeton, President and CEO, Citrix Systems

Workshop:
Tuesday, Nov. 17, 1:30 p.m. EST
Topic: CIO Boot Camp
Citrix Speaker: Harry Labana, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, XenApp Product Group

Panel Discussions:
Wednesday, Nov. 18, 11:00 a.m. EST
Topic: The Next Generation Datacenter Network
Citrix Speaker: Greg Smith, Director of Product Marketing, NetScaler Product Group

Thursday, Nov. 19, 9:00 a.m. EST
Topic: A Comparison of WAN Optimization Controllers
Citrix Speaker: Satya Vardharajan, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Delivery Network Products Group

Thursday, Nov. 19, 3:00 p.m. EST
Topic: Managing Your Virtual Environment
Citrix Speaker: Lou Shipley, Group Vice President and General Manager, XenServer Product Group

Friday, Nov. 20, 10:15 a.m. EST
Topic: Best Practices for Desktop and Application Virtualization
Citrix Speaker: Harry Labana, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, XenApp Product Group