SAN FRANCISCO – The main-stage activities at Citrix Synergy 2011 continue Thursday morning with a series of keynotes anchored by the ever-colorful Simon Crosby.

Crosby, Citrix’s chief technology officer for its data centre and cloud division has earned his reputation as an outspoken advocate of his company’s technology and critical of his competition.

Crosby’s “Simon Sez” session will bring the event home, but the session will also feature a panel discussion and a U.S.-based security agency talking about its experience with Citrix’s new “hardened” XenClient XT software.

Join us for the festivities after the jump. The liveblog should go live shortly after 8:30 am Pacific Time, 11:30 am Eastern Time.