Tech giant vs. startup in legal battle over ex-employees Citrix systems, based in Santa Clara, Calif., is taking on Mountain View, Calif.-based Egnyte over seven employees and the knowledge and skills they left with when the smaller company hired them away. Lawsuits have been filed by both companies. Citrix is claiming the former employees took sensitive information with them when they went to Egnyte. Egnyte co-founder Rajesh Ram insists his company is not trying to steal a competitor's intellectual property. It's just hiring salespeople.(NBC Bay Area)