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Citrix Systems and Datacraft Asia Enter Strategic Partnership to Bring End-to-End Virtualization Solutions for Pacific Region
Monday 26. May 2008 - Citrix Systems and Datacraft Asia Enter Strategic Partnership to Bring End-to-End Virtualization Solutions for Pacific Region
Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTXS), the global leader in application delivery infrastructure, today announced a strategic partnership with Datacraft Asia Ltd., the regions leading independent IT solutions and services company, to accelerate the adoption of end-to-end virtualization in the Pacific region.
In line with the agreement, Citrix will expand its existing relationship with Datacrafts Microsoft Practice to help businesses manage applications, desktops and servers efficiently on the Windows platform, offering world-class application delivery solutions that are comprehensive and well-integrated with the Microsoft environment.
Promising to transform the landscape of the computing industry, virtualization has grown rapidly due to the unprecedented agility it provides to businesses. Trends like globalization, mobility, offshoring, and regulatory compliance are driving IT executives to spend more time focusing on how their infrastructure delivers mission-critical business applications to end users securely, easily and efficiently to increase their ability to keep pace with the requirements of an ever dynamic world.
“Companies in the Pacific are increasingly looking for enabling technologies that help simplify management, reduce costs and improve security, all of which are core to the fundamentals of running a business. In partnering with Datacraft, we are confident that our combined expertise will provide the most compelling end-to-end virtualization solution to the businesses,” said Dennis Rose, Vice President, Pacific, Citrix Systems.
In announcing the partnership, Andy Cocks, Director of Solutions and Alliances, Datacraft Asia, said: “The partnership is synergistic for Datacraft and Citrix as there is a good complementary fit between the two organizations. In combining Citrixs leadership in application delivery with Datacrafts technical expertise on the Microsoft platform, our extensive geographical reach across Pacific region will provide customers with the scalability to meet the challenges of todays business environment.”
The partnership of Citrix and Datacraft will focus on the broadest and best virtualization solutions from Citrix Delivery Center solution including:
Application Virtualization – with Citrix XenApp – is the industrys de facto standard for delivering Windows-based applications to office and mobile workers using state-of-the-art client and server side application virtualization from a secure centralized location
Desktop Virtualization – with Citrix XenDesktop – is the industrys first comprehensive Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) system – moving beyond the limitations of existing products to ensure the simple, secure and cost effective delivery of Windows desktops to any office worker with an unparalleled user experience.
Server Virtualization – with Citrix XenServer – is the simplest and most effective way to virtualize servers and deliver server workloads on-demand to both virtual and physical servers – enabling a truly dynamic data center.
“Datacrafts Microsoft practice is highly reputed for its expertise and strong track record in virtualization solutions. The partnership with Citrix will build on our extensive experience and expand our solutions offering to the customers including optimizing their IT environment to improve their return on investments,” said Neville Burdan, Director for the Microsoft practice at Datacraft Asia.