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Citrix Systems, Inc., winner of a Stevie Award for Best
New Product or Service in the 2008 International Business
Awards, is helping business people to realize their dreams
…
 The editor-in-chief and
webmaster for Bass West USA magazine may spend up to
five days a week fishing from his 225-horsepower Legend bass
boat—but he doesn’t neglect business. Wherever his tackle box
takes him, Tom Leogrande relies on Citrix® GoToMyPC® from
Citrix Online, a division of Citrix Systems, Inc., to remotely
access his office desktop. He can immediately handle business
issues for his magazine, and the company’s two online and
three brick-and-mortar stores, while pursuing his dream of
becoming a national tour bass fisherman.
Sound like a dream come true? Here’s how Tom
Leogrande does it. “Using GoToMyPC, my laptop, and an
Internet connection through my cell phone, I can look at
magazine layouts and collaborate with tournament directors on
how to post results to our Website—all from the deck of my
boat,” said Leogrande. “Instead of being anchored to my office
PC, I can combine work and fishing.”
Escaping the office clock and the office cubicle are the
most appealing aspects of working from an offsite location.
Remote workers like Leogrande were once called
“telecommuters,” but today they are more aptly dubbed “Web
commuters” for their growing reliance on the Internet.
That’s according to “Web Commuting & the American
Workforce,” a nationwide survey conducted by the polling
company ™ inc., and sponsored by Citrix Online.
As a computer science graduate and former software
developer, Leogrande appreciates the powerful technology
behind the ease of use of GoToMyPC. As a businessman, he
values the up to forty hours per month he saves by working
remotely instead of constantly driving to the stores.
And as a lifelong angler, he loves the flexibility of being
able to work on the water.
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Vérité, Inc. is a digital
communications agency in Sandy, Utah, U.S.A. founded by Kim
Jones in 1993. The agency has won multiple Stevie Awards over
the years for its interactive multimedia productions on behalf
of clients such as Intel, Symantec, and USANA, among others,
most recently at The 2008 American Business Awards.
