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Citrix CEO outlines vision for every employee to be able to access everything they need to be productive from anywhere and on any device Citrix is laying out a new strategy to position itself as a ldquo oftware-defined workplaces company that enables its customers to have a mobile workforce that can access everything they need to be productive from anywhere and on any device.Citrix CEO Mark Templeton said the ldquo oftware-defined conversation has so far focused on components in the data center, like networking, storage and even the data center as a whole. Citrix wants to extend that conversation to
stanley cup include virtualizing workplaces as well.+ ALSO ON NETWORK WORLD Back to the future: 13 year old video outlines Citrixrsquo plan for
owala water bottle the next 10 years + The proliferation of mobile computing, the rise of telecommuters and the desire to more efficiently use resources are driving the need for businesses to be able to deliver applications to users, no matter where they are. Virtual workplaces allow for greater productivity, better business economics and a way to build IT infrastructure so that itrsquo built to support a wide range of business initiatives that are typically limited by physi
polene bag cality, Templeton said.In an exclusive interview with Network World, Templeton laid out a grand vision for the company.Software defined workplaces bring benefits beyond just being able to work from home or wherever, he said. Having a virtual workplace can help w Iwmn Generative AI boosts cloud revenue for Microsoft, Google
Black labs to take a bite out of copyright crime The Motion Pictur
polene bag e Association of America MPAA is putting some bite behind its bark in its fight against illegally copied CDs and DVDs.The movie industry group has funded the eight-month training of two black Labradors, called Lucky and Flo, who can now sniff out optical discs at customs points and other locations. The MPAA worked with its U.K. counterpart, t
stanley mug he Federation Against Copyright Theft FACT .While dogs have long been used to detect illicit drugs, the new mission aims to slash away at the profits from movie piracy, which FACT estimates were pound;278 million US$519 million [m] in the U.K. last year. The dogs were trained to detect the smell of chemicals used in the manufacture of optical discs, said Eddy Leviten, head of communications for FACT.Last week, Lucky and Flo sniffed packages at the FedEx Corp. facility at Stansted Airport, near London. The dogsrsquo; sense of smell is up to 10,000 times more sensitive than humans and can smell a disc through several layers of wrapping.Use of the dogs slashes the time needed to isolate suspicious packages, Leviten said. But the dogs canrsquo;t distinguish between pirated discs and genuine ones. Investigators examine packages to try to determine which should be opened for inspection.The number of pirated discs imported into the U.K. has fallen dramatically in the past 18 months due to increased enforcement by HM Revenue and Customs,
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