Citrix Honored in the 2010 Microsoft Partner Awards
Citrix Honored in the 2010 Microsoft Partner Awards as Microsoft Global ISV Infrastructure Partner of the Year
28 June 2010 Source: www.citrix.com
Today, Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CTXS) announced it is a Microsoft Partner Awards winner as Microsoft Global ISV Infrastructure Partner of the Year. The company was chosen out of an international field of top Microsoft partners as delivering market-leading customer solutions built on Microsoft technology.
"It is an honor to receive this award again from Microsoft and a testament to the strength of our relationship, which has spanned over 20 years. This year alone, we renewed our efforts to enable customers to quickly and easily adopt desktop virtualization through a joint VDI go-to-market strategy including new joint sales promotions and customer education. In addition, we continue to help our customers leverage both Citrix and Microsoft products in their infrastructures with deeper integration between our respective technologies," said Garry Olah, vice president, business development, Microsoft and Strategic Alliances at Citrix. "The future remains bright for our partnership as we continue to look for new ways to offer value and innovation in our combined IT infrastructure solutions."
Awards will be presented in a number of categories, with winners chosen from a pool of almost 3,000 entrants worldwide. Citrix was recognized for superior technology and innovation in Microsoft Global ISV Infrastructure Partner of the Year. The Microsoft Global ISV Infrastructure Partner of the Year Award honors partners that have demonstrated leadership in delivering Microsoft solutions to their mutual customers over the past year. This award acknowledges Citrix for demonstrating leadership in driving Microsoft-based solutions and for their value in the worldwide field.
"Citrix dedication to developing industry-leading virtualization solutions for the Microsoft platform demonstrates its commitment to delivering technology innovation that helps transform our customers' businesses," said Walid Abu-Hadba, corporate vice president, Developer and Platform Evangelism Group, Microsoft Corp. "Microsoft recognizes the same philosophies of customer excellence and is proud to recognize Citrix as the Global ISV, Infrastructure Partner of the Year for its significant investments in technology adoption, field sales efforts, and its efforts to drive Microsoft technology in the market."
The Microsoft Partner Awards recognize Microsoft partners that have developed and delivered exceptional Microsoft-based solutions over the last year.