Sydney, Australia - 20 November, 2008
- NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP) today announced that it has
received the Citrix Ready™ Solution of the Year award from
Citrix Systems, Inc., which recognises a company that excels in
providing application delivery and virtualization solutions to
customers that are complementary to Citrix and drive Citrix
adoption. NetApp was honored with the award during Citrix
Summit™, the premier training conference exclusively designed
for Citrix business partners worldwide.
"NetApp exemplifies how partnering with
Citrix Systems enables both of our companies to deliver joint
solutions that benefit customers worldwide and increase market
leverage," said Frank Artale, vice president, Business Development,
Citrix Systems. "Together, our goal is to provide mutual customers
with seamless, integrated, end-to-end application delivery and
virtualization solutions that improve IT efficiency, support
increased mobility, reduce costs, and accelerate business
agility."
NetApp was chosen for this award based on
five selection criteria from Citrix: impact on business, commitment
to its relationship with Citrix, customer satisfaction, channel and
field commitment, and marketing commitment. Citrix Ready showcases
select, trusted solutions designed to meet various customer needs.
Through the online catalog and Citrix Ready branding program,
customers can easily find and build a trusted infrastructure.
Citrix Ready not only demonstrates current mutual product
compatibility, but through continued industry relationships also
makes sure of future interoperability.
"We have worked closely with Citrix Systems
to promote and provide the benefits of application delivery and
virtualization to our customers by offering specific
NetApp® storage solutions for Citrix," said Patrick
Rogers, vice president of Solutions Marketing, NetApp. "These
solutions leverage the one-click NetApp storage integration
embedded in Citrix XenServer and is now also a part of the Citrix
XenDesktop, Citrix Delivery Centre, and Citrix Cloud Centre product
offerings. With these embedded capabilities in XenServer 5, Citrix
customers can fully leverage unique NetApp solutions such as data
deduplication for primary storage at no extra cost. We are honored
to be chosen as a Citrix Ready Solution of the Year and to be
showcased within the Citrix global alliance and channel
ecosystems."
The Citrix Ready initiative provides partner
management, joint solution testing, joint marketing, go-to-market
tools, and support so that partners such as NetApp can embrace and
extend Citrix application delivery infrastructure solutions to
leverage Citrix's dominant market strength, global presence, brand
recognition, and worldwide go-to-market channels.
Building world-class partnerships with
industry leaders is a central component of NetApp's and Citrix's
business strategies. Together, NetApp and Citrix deliver high
levels of customer satisfaction through improved performance and
accelerated return on investment for application delivery, storage,
and data management for virtualised server and desktop
environments.
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Media Contact:
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