Vianen, 14 juli 2006 — Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS), wereldwijd marktleider op het gebied van access infrastructure solutions, heeft zijn doelstellingen voor het aantrekken van resellers voor zijn MKB-partnerprogramma in het eerste jaar ruim overstegen. Sinds de introductie van het programma vorig jaar tijdens de Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference heeft Citrix 3.000 nieuwe resellers opgenomen in zijn Citrix Access EssentialsTM (CAE) autorisatietraject in Noord-Amerika, EMEA, Latijns-Amerika en het Caraibisch gebied. Dit was vijftig procent meer dan de initiële doelstelling. Tijdens de conferentie dit jaar maakte Citrix duidelijk dat het zijn positie op de MKB-markt aanzienlijk wil versterken met een uitgebreider pakket aan remote access oplossingen en een breder distributiekanaal.
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Citrix Marks VAR Successes and Kicks Off Next Stage of SMB Channel Development
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — July 11, 2006 — Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CTXS), the global leader in access infrastructure solutions, has exceeded its first year reseller recruitment target in the Small to Medium Business (SMB) Partner Program – and plans to double that during the next year. Since its launch at last July’s Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference, Citrix has successfully integrated over 3,000 new resellers into its Citrix Access EssentialsTM (CAE) authorization track in North America, EMEA, Latin America and the Caribbean; 50 percent over its initial goal.
The announcement, made at this year’s conference in Boston, MA, rings in Citrix’s intentions to significantly grow its position in the SMB market with an expanded set of remote access solutions and broader distribution channel.
“The past year has been enormously successful for our SMB channel program with a new partner joining, on average, almost every other hour,” said Keith Turnbull, vice president and SMB product line executive, Citrix. “Nevertheless, there are numerous geographic and vertical opportunities going unserved where additional qualified VARs and ISVs are sorely needed.”
Citrix Access Essentials allows users to securely access central business systems, such as order entry, billing, scheduling, CRM, accounting or HR tools, as well as other Windows-based applications, over the Internet using a standard Web browser. The cost-effective software allows small organizations to offer workers in companies of five to 75 users a level of work flexibility that has traditionally only been affordable for larger businesses. Citrix’s wider SMB product portfolio also includes online meeting, conferencing, support and network security services.
“There is huge synergy between products offered by Citrix, Microsoft and our collective partners in the SMB space,” continued Turnbull, “which is why we chose the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference to launch this recruitment drive. As Microsoft’s Global ISV Partner of the Year Award for two out of the past three years, we know just how well these combined solutions play together. There lies an ideal up-selling and cross-selling opportunity for the channel, which has prompted our commitment to bring on many more resellers.”
One partner that has benefited from this backing is Erik Testmann, CEO and managing partner of Contest A/S in Denmark. “In its first year, Citrix Access Essentials has proved to be a great product,” said Testmann, “which now makes it possible for our smaller customers to get some of the same advantages with the Citrix products as our bigger customers. We are experiencing great interest for Citrix Access Essentials in the Danish market and it fits perfectly with our competencies as Microsoft Small Business Specialist, Business Solutions Partner, and Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. We expect a lot from Citrix Access Essentials, both now and in the future.”
“Until we came across Citrix Access Essentials, we had the mistaken opinion that Citrix products were exclusively for high-end customers,” said Don Wilemon, President/CEO, of Capital Network Solutions, Inc. in the USA. “We were excited to hear how they worked with Microsoft to build a small business remote access offering that’s perfect for five to 75 users. Now, our small team web-enables client/server applications without writing a line of code. Customers are up and running billing, order entry and other line-of-business applications securely over the Internet the next day. And Access Essentials’ built-in wizards help us tailor the environment in minutes. Furthermore, Citrix’s easy-to-use online training program meant that we were quickly and simply able to gain the skills we needed to start selling the products right away.”
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About Citrix Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS) is the global leader and most trusted name in on-demand access. More than 180,000 organizations around the world rely on Citrix to provide the best possible access experience to any application for any user. Citrix customers include 100% of the Fortune 100 companies and 98% of the Fortune Global 500, as well as hundreds of thousands of small businesses and individuals. Citrix has approximately 6,200 channel and alliance partners in more than 100 countries. Citrix annual revenues in 2005 were $909 million. Learn more at
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