Vianen, The Netherlands, 1 April 2003 - Citrix Systems, the global leader in access infrastructure solutions, has announced the Benelux winners of its annual Citrix Solutions Network (CSN) Awards, which were presented at a dual ceremonies in Amsterdam, the Netherlands and Genval, Belgium.
Hosted by Rob van der Hoeven, managing director, Citrix Systems' Benelux operations, the awards event recognises the outstanding achievements of Citrix's channel partners in the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg.
"Last year was a tremendous year for Citrix in the Benelux region. We are seeing great momentum in our core business and strong adoption of our MetaFrame solutions across many industry sectors. Our positive performance demonstrates our resilience during challenging times in the marketplace and our ability to meet customer needs relating to information access," said Rob van der Hoeven, managing director of Citrix Systems' Benelux operations. "Our channel network plays a vital part in our success and we recognise and value the efforts, skills and expertise of all our CSN members. These awards highlight some of the most outstanding achievements of our channel network during 2002."
The nominations and winners were as follows:
· Highest Productivity Award - Winner: PC-Ware
· Nominees were: Getronics and AAC Cosmos
"We are delighted to receive the highest productivity award from Citrix. We've found the market is highly receptive to Citrix solutions because of the quantifiable returns the company's technology can deliver. The growth of our Citrix business reflects on the real market need to reduce the total cost of ownership of IT and move forward with innovative initiatives around Web and wireless computing. With Citrix, many of our customers have been able to advance their own IT projects far quicker than they thought possible. We will continue to work closely with Citrix and ensure that our customers benefit from access to some of the most effective and advanced IT technologies in the industry," Harry van der Voort, General Manager PC-Ware Information Technologies BV
· Largest Customer Win - Winner: Getronics
· Nominees were: Unisys and UF Solutions
"Citrix continues to excel in providing the most ground-breaking technologies for application access. The value of the company's solutions is clear to customers and can be quickly realised which is a winning formula for enterprise adoption. We're proud of the work we have done with Citrix and are committed to helping our enterprise customers benefit from the strategic value of the MetaFrame Access suite," Gijsbert Hagens, Product Manager Software, Getronics.
· Highest Growth - Winner: Profinity
· Nominees were: Citee and Advisie Automatisering
"We are delighted to have won this award. Our success really reflects the demand in the Benelux market for Citrix MetaFrame solutions and as a CSN member we have been able to tap into a rapidly growing market. We look forward to working with Citrix to expand our services to new customers and to continue to provide value to our existing Citrix customers," Marcel Bink, Adjunct Directeur Profinity ICT Groep.
· Best Marketing Programme - Winner: Simac
· Nominees were: AAC Cosmos and Kender Thijssen
"It is great that we have been recognised once again for our marketing efforts around Citrix' technologies. The support Citrix' provides through focussed marketing programmes and access to a variety of resources has really helped us to launch some highly effective marketing initiatives. Our aim is to show how organisations can really benefit from a Citrix access infrastructure," Ed Bezooijen, manager marketing Simac.
About the Citrix Solutions Network
The Citrix Solutions Network(tm) (CSN) is a comprehensive business program that includes more than 5,000 value-added resellers and consultants worldwide. CSN members deliver access infrastructure solutions based on the Citrix(R) MetaFrame(R) Access Suite of products, as well as technical consulting, integration and support. The Citrix Solutions Network comprises three levels of participation to match the precise set of services and tools members need to deliver complete solutions to customers. Value-added resellers and consultants can select from the Gold CSN and Silver CSN programs. The Platinum CSN level is an invitation-only program for organizations with a strategic commitment to Citrix.
About Citrix
Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS) is the global leader in access infrastructure solutions for businesses, government agencies, and educational institutions. The most trusted name in enterprise access, the Citrix MetaFrameÒ Access Suite enables people to easily and securely access the enterprise on-demand, from anywhere, anytime, using nearly any device over any connection. Nearly 50 million people in more than 120,000 organizations around the world use Citrix every day. Citrix customers include 100% of the Fortune 100 companies, 95% of the Fortune 500 and 95% of the FT European 100. Based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Citrix has offices in 22 countries, and more than 7,000 channel and alliance partners in more than 100 countries. For more information visit http://www.citrix.com.