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Citrix Named 2005 Global ISV Partner of the Year by Microsoft
Citrix’s Commitment to Technology and Marketing Collaboration along with Global Sales Cooperation Secure the Award for the Second Time in Three Years
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. » 7/14/2005 » Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CTXS), the global leader in access infrastructure solutions, today announced that it has received Microsoft Corp.’s Global ISV Partner of the Year Award for 2005. The award, received on July 9 in Minneapolis at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference, recognizes Citrix’s commitment to delivering solutions through the Microsoft Windows platform to meet customer needs and market demand. In the three years that Microsoft has bestowed this award, Citrix won the top honor in 2003 and 2005, and was a finalist in 2004.
“With 98 percent of our business on Windows and with our reach to more than 6,200 channel and alliance joint partners in more than 100 countries, we are honored and pleased to again receive this reward,” said David Jones, senior vice president, corporate development, for Citrix. “Grounded in our longstanding and growing relationship with Microsoft, Citrix continues to be best-in-class in our focus on embracing and extending the Windows platform. The benefactors of this relationship are our joint customers, who get the best platform from Microsoft and Citrix and the access infrastructure solutions that meet their needs.”
The Microsoft Global ISV Partner of the Year Special Recognition Award is given to the global independent software vendor partner that has demonstrated outstanding leadership and is the most valuable global enterprise and medium-sized business partner in delivering Microsoft solutions to the two companies’ customers in the past year. Citrix won this award by developing solutions that have significantly affected its enterprise customers’ business.
“The past year has been unparalleled in terms of the level of innovative solutions Microsoft Partners have developed and delivered to our mutual customers,” said Allison Watson, vice president of the Worldwide Partner Sales and Marketing Group at Microsoft. “Those at Citrix have set themselves apart from an extremely competitive field, and we applaud them for this well-deserved victory. Their achievement is exemplary of the kind of vision that will help take us beyond the solutions of today to realize the full potential of technology in business.”
About Citrix
Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS) is the global leader in access infrastructure and the most trusted name in secure access. More than 160,000 organizations around the world use the Citrix Access Platform to provide secure, well-managed access to business information wherever it lives – on demand. Citrix customers include 100% of the Fortune 100 companies, 99% of the Fortune 500 and 97% of the Fortune Global 500, as well as hundreds of thousands of smaller businesses and individuals. Based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Citrix has offices in 22 countries and approximately 6,200 channel and alliance partners in more than 100 countries. For more information visit http://www.citrix.com.
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