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Ingram Micro North America Named Preferred Distributor by Citrix Systems, Inc.
Top-rated IT Distributor Adds Business Enablement Resources and Vendor-
Exclusive Expertise to Support Majority of Citrix Products Including XenApp,
NetScaler, XenServer, XenDesktop, Access Gateway, WANscaler and Provisioning
Server
SANTA ANA, Calif., July 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE: IM)
today announced it has earned distribution rights to the majority share of
products from application-delivery infrastructure leader Citrix Systems,
Inc. (Nasdaq: CTXS). Under the terms of the new Citrix Distribution Program,
which takes effect Aug. 30, Ingram Micro will become the preferred North
America distributor for Citrix's entire line of products, with the exception
of those products not currently sold through distribution.
In conjunction with this news, Ingram Micro is increasing its
Citrix-certified technical, sales and marketing support and will be debuting
two new Citrix-centric partner enablement offerings:
The Ingram Micro-Citrix Smart Enablement Program which rewards partners
with redeemable credits that can be used to obtain Citrix-specific marketing
elements and training at no cost.
Ingram Micro-Citrix End-user Enablement Program, which provides select
Citrix partners who sell Citrix products with targeted and qualified end-user
leads throughout the U.S.
The new enablement programs will be available exclusively to Ingram Micro
and Citrix partners in the U.S. and Canada.
"We selected Ingram Micro as our preferred distributor for North America
because of its proven ability to grow our business year-over-year and bring
high-value offerings, programs and personnel to Citrix partners within the
U.S. and Canada," says Craig Stilwell, Vice President, Americas Marketing
and Sales Support, Citrix Systems. "Ingram Micro's partner enablement
resources, demand generation tools and Citrix-certified marketing, technical
support and sales professionals play a critical role in the ongoing success
of our channel partners, and work to maximize the business value and support
partners gain from doing business with Citrix."
To further enable Citrix partners, Ingram Micro recently added additional
Citrix products to its Solution Centers, located in Buffalo, N.Y. and Santa
Ana, Calif. In addition, the best-in-class distributor, which is also a
Citrix Authorized Learning Center, recently announced a number of new Live
Online training offerings that make it easier and more cost-effective for
Citrix partners to offer remote training on Citrix products to their
technicians and end users.
"We've been a Citrix partner for eleven years and they've never let us
down," says Peter Anderson, President, Bayshore Technologies, and a Citrix
Platinum Partner. "Initially we were a little concerned about working with
just one distributor, but after talking to Citrix, we have every confidence
that this move will not only benefit our business, but also help us drive
more value to our customers."
Jodi Honore, Ingram Micro's vice president of vendor management U.S., says
the recent appointment by Citrix is a solid testimony of the ongoing
services and strong business results that Ingram Micro delivers to IT
manufacturers who truly embrace the channel and stand behind their
technology and their partners.
"Citrix is an innovative company that is working hard to engage solution
providers and establish the long-term partnerships manufacturers need to be
successful," says Honore. "Strengthening this relationship enables us to do
more for Citrix and its partners, especially when it comes to introducing
new channel programs, expanding our enablement resources, and placing more
emphasis on sales education and technical training through our VPN Dynamics
team."
About Citrix
Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CTXS) is the global leader and the most
trusted name in application delivery infrastructure. More than 200,000
organizations worldwide rely on Citrix to deliver any application to users
anywhere with the best performance, highest security and lowest cost. Citrix
customers include 100 percent of the Fortune 100 companies and 99 percent of
the Fortune Global 500, as well as hundreds of thousands of small businesses
and prosumers. Citrix has approximately 7,680 channel and alliance partners in
more than 100 countries. Annual revenue in 2007 was $1.4 billion.
About Ingram Micro
As a vital link in the technology value chain, Ingram Micro creates sales
and profitability opportunities for vendors and resellers through unique
marketing programs, outsourced logistics services, technical support,
financial services, and product aggregation and distribution. The company
serves 150 countries and is the only broad-based global IT distributor with
operations in Asia. Visit http://www.ingrammicro.com.
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