"Citrix IT Academy: Opportunities for Community Colleges"

Dan Myers
Global Academic Program Manager
Citrix
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The cloud is radically changing how the world does business and how consumers interact with technology. Organizations will need talent with the right skills to take advantage of the
opportunities of the cloud.

The Citrix Academic Network provides resources and an IT Academy program to help students and educators build virtualization and cloud computing knowledge and hands-on skills. Industry analysts expect the transition from the PC era to the cloud era to fuel a massive build-out in cloud infrastructure, creating a new market projected to exceed $11 billion by the end of 2013. Organizations will need talent with the right skills to take advantage of the opportunities of the cloud.

The Citrix Academic Network (citrix.com/academic) provides resources a
nd an IT Academy program to help students and educators build knowledge and develop the hands-on skills needed to power the world's transformation to virtual and cloud computing.

Attend this session to discover more about the Citrix Academic Network and how the Citrix IT Academy, that provides free server, desktop and application virtualization courses, can provide a competitive advantage to students looking for careers in this fast growing area of ICT.