Financial Times praises Citrix for “leading the way” with BYOC program

11/3/2008 » Financial Times (UK), Rhymer Rigby » The many benefits of a BYOC program – including simplicity and user satisfaction — were highlighted in this article on the new Citrix program, which provides interested employees with a $2,100 stipend to purchase a Windows or Mac computer of their choice for work and play. Citrix CIO Paul Martine was quoted, saying that it is less costly and simpler to have employees purchase their own devices with a three-year maintenance plan than to take care of the computers using corporate IT resources. The article mentioned increase technological savvy and file transferability between systems are making BYOC programs more appealing.

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