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In a survey of 20,000 American workers, several technology and life science companies as well as other employers with strong North Carolina connections crack the top ranks of “Forbes’ “America’s Best Employers” list. Among them: Quintiles, SAS, Citrix, Google, Apple as well as three health systems and two universities. Quintiles, the world’s largest life science services provider which calls Durham home, came in at No. 30. Among biotechnology-related companies, Quintiles placed third. Quintiles is receiving more recognition in employment surveys over recent years. SAS, which has been a regular top performer in such surveys for more than a decade,...

RALEIGH, N.C. – Cloud-computing software maker Citrix Systems said it would cut about 900 jobs as part of a restructuring to improve operational efficiency. According to Reuters and other sources, Citrix would cut about 700 full-time and 200 contractor jobs. The company, which had 9,166 employees at the end of 2013, reported a sharp fall in fourth-quarter net profit and issued a forecast for revenue and adjusted profit for the current quarter that fell short of analyst expectations. It’s unclear how the Raleigh headcount, about 600 employees, will be affected. Citrix CEO Mark Templeton commented on the announcement via Facebook:...

Desirability, feasibility, viability. These are the three startup qualities 7 young companies attempted to prove Monday at the inaugural Demo Day for Citrix Startup Accelerator’s Raleigh Innovators Program. In three months, the Raleigh innovators fine-tuned business models that tackle overcrowded email inboxes, the cost and quality of video streaming services, home health care management, event video production, too much software (and too many passwords), cord-intense video conferencing and startup talent recruitment. (More on them in a subsequent article.) The program, which began earlier this year in Silicon Valley, is open to startups and corporate teams building mobile, cloud and...

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. – Get the pulse of technology in the Triangle with the best in local technology, venture, biotech, and life science news on Thursday as curated by @WRALTechWire. Highlight your news for consideration using the hashtag #WTWTrends. If you are on a mobile device, click http://sfy.co/aumF. The Triangle beats out more than a dozen other cities to win the bid to host the 2015 UP America Summit, bringing nearly 200 entrepreneurs from the Americas to the RTP area next year. The news was trending excitement in the Triangle throughout the day on Twitter. The unveiling of...

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. – Get the pulse of technology in the Triangle with the best in local technology, venture, biotech, and life science news on Monday as curated by @WRALTechWire. Highlight your news for consideration using the hashtag #WTWTrends. If you are on a mobile device, click http://sfy.co/bsPV. IBM’s plans to create an Innovation Center in RTP had the Triangle tech community buzzing on Twitter today. Reviews of the new iPhone 6 and remarks by Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst also saw some trending time. Finally, the opening of the new Citrix Accelerator in Raleigh generated some great...