New Citrix Podio App for Android Delivers Seamless Mobile Collaboration and Productivity

Podio Workspaces and Apps Come to Android Devices, Enabling Anywhere, Anytime Access to People, Projects, Content and Tasks

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SANTA CLARA, CA--(Marketwire - Sep 27, 2012) - Citrix (NASDAQ: CTXS) today announced a new Citrix Podio App for Android, available for download now on Google Play. The totally redesigned app brings the added power of Podio's workspaces and apps to Android devices, giving Android users their most complete mobile work experience from Podio, to date. Alongside the existing apps for the iPhone and iPad, the new Podio app for Android will enable more people than ever to work the way they want to, where they want to, using tools that perfectly fit their teams' projects and workflows.

Podio's team-based collaborative work platform brings collaboration and business processes together through workspaces and apps -- more powerful, collaborative and social alternatives to spreadsheets, documents and email. With the new Podio app for Android, teams can manage their projects in Podio workspaces and get real work done on the go by accessing the same Podio apps on their mobile devices as they use on the web-version of Podio. For example project managers can now use Podio's Simple Project Management app on Android to track the progress of projects and deliverables, edit content and add comments in the right workspace, keeping everyone on the same page whether they're in the office or on the road.

Podio platform apps can be found in the Podio App Market and easily customized for any type of work using the simple drag-and-drop Podio App Builder, a unique web-based tool that enables anyone to create custom apps for their work -- whether it's managing projects, interfacing with clients or partners, planning an event, coordinating marketing campaigns or receiving customer feedback. All of the 700 free apps in the Podio App Market are now available on the new Podio app for Android. Today more than 65,000 apps have been built using the Podio App Builder on the web and more than a million apps installed in Podio workspaces, representing as many unique ways of getting work done. With Podio for Android, all of these Podio apps can now be instantly be accessed on the Android. No technical skills or IT support is needed to create a Podio app -- anyone can set one up in minutes then put it to use on their Android device.

With the new Podio app for Android, users can also post status messages in their shared activity streams in Podio workspaces, easily reducing email volume for teams and business departments. Management of personal task lists, assigning tasks to coworkers, and accessing company contact directories is also possible with the redesigned app.

Customer Adoption:

Citrix Podio can be used for any type of work, from anywhere and with anyone. More than 40,000 organizations in 170 countries rely on Podio's collaborative work platform to achieve efficient ways to work with teams, partners or customers and manage a variety of business processes.

For example, Alchemic Dream, a 230-person global service provider to online game developers and publishers, uses Podio on Android devices to manage all aspects of their business. From human resources to IT, Alchemic Dream employees use Podio to not only communicate and collaborate with each other, but also with their clients. "We use Podio across our entire business for basic communications between teams to managing business processes like recruiting and IT," said Frederic Arens, chief process officer of Alchemic Dream. "The new Podio app for Android is transforming the way we work outside the office too. It enables us to work with remote teams more efficiently, hugely cuts down the amount of email we send and receive and helps us to centralize discussions and updates between clients and teams in one place, while working from anywhere."

Another Podio customer, Copenhagen-based micro-brewery Norrebro Bryghus, uses the Podio app for Android to manage its field sales team, saving sales representatives more than half a day per week from doing account work in the office. The brewery's sales team uses Podio for Android to track and update leads on the road and in between meetings, achieving productivity seamlessly outside the office.

Learn how Podio for Android is helping Norrebro Bryghus work the way they want to: Watch the video.

Related Quotes:

"Podio's collaborative work platform is changing how we work, and the updated app for Android adds even more to our mobile offering, catering to an increasingly mobile workforce," said Tommy Ahlers, VP of Social Collaboration, Citrix. "Work isn't a place you go, it is a thing you do, and the Podio mobile apps make it easier for companies of all sizes to empower employees to interact and collaborate from anywhere."

"Today many employees work at home, in remote offices or while on the road from their mobile devices. When choosing a collaboration platform, organizations need to find one that fits their mobility and BYOD policies," said Alan Lepofsky, VP and Principal Analyst at Constellation Research. "Podio has made it easy for teams to work and collaborate from a variety of devices including iPhones, iPads and now Android powered devices. The Podio apps on these platforms don't just provide access to status updates, but instead the full functionality of Podio applications."

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Citrix (NASDAQ: CTXS) transforms how businesses and IT work and people collaborate in the cloud era. With market-leading cloud, collaboration, networking and virtualization technologies, Citrix powers mobile workstyles and cloud services, making complex enterprise IT simpler and more accessible for 260,000 organizations. Citrix products touch 75 percent of Internet users each day and it partners with more than 10,000 companies in 100 countries. Annual revenue in 2011 was $2.21 billion. Learn more at www.citrix.com.

The Online Services division of Citrix provides secure, easy-to-use cloud-based solutions that enable people to work from anywhere with anyone. Whether using GoToMeeting to hold online meetings, GoToWebinar to conduct larger web events, GoToTraining to train customers or employees, Podio to create customized workspaces and apps to collaborate with anyone, GoToMyPC to access and work on a remote Mac or PC, GoToAssist to provide IT support and management or ShareFile to securely share files, documents and data, businesses and individuals are increasing productivity, decreasing travel costs and improving sales, training and service on a global basis. For more information, visit www.citrixonline.com.

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