User Workspace Management Named 2010 Citrix Ready Solution of the Year Finalist

AMSTERDAM & PHILADELPHIA: RES Software today announced that it was selected as one of the Citrix Ready Solution of the Year award finalists, which recognizes companies that excel in providing solutions that offer joint compatibility with Citrix products. RES Software is being recognized for its RES PowerFuse User Workspace Management Technology. Citrix Systems will honor the award winner during Citrix Synergy San Francisco 2010, which runs May 12-14. Citrix Synergy is the year’s most important industry event where virtualization, networking and cloud computing meet.

Citrix Systems’ Top Partner Award Recognizes RES Software’s Commitment to Helping Customers Meet their Application Infrastructure Needs

“The Citrix Ready verified Workspace Management Technology developed by RES Software, using technology that is compatible with Citrix products, exemplifies how partnering with Citrix enables both of our companies to deliver joint application delivery solutions that increase market leverage worldwide,” said John Fanelli, vice president of solutions and community marketing at Citrix Systems, Inc. “Together, our goal is to enable customers to obtain the highest quality user experience available today, and the simplest means for making an informed product purchasing selection.”

RES Software was chosen for this award based on five selection criteria: impact on Citrix 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 our continued industry relationships also ensures future interoperability.

“We have worked closely with Citrix for more than 10 years to promote and provide the benefits of our user workspace management solution to our joint customers,” said Klaus Besier, president and CEO of RES Software. “Our compatibility with Citrix XenDesktop 4 and participation in the Citrix Ready program provides customers a more complete solution to manage their virtual desktop management needs. We are honored to be chosen as a Citrix Ready Solution of the Year finalist and to be showcased within the Citrix alliance and channel eco-systems.”

About the Citrix Ready Program
The Citrix Ready program identifies verified solutions that are trusted to enhance virtualization, networking and cloud computing solutions from Citrix, including Citrix® XenDesktop™, XenApp™, XenServer™, NetScaler® and GoToMeeting®. The Citrix Ready designation is awarded to third party products that have successfully met verification criteria set by Citrix, and gives customers an added confidence in the compatibility of the joint solution offering. The Citrix Ready program leverages industry-leading alliances across the Citrix partner eco-system to meet a wide variety of customer needs, and currently incorporates over 2,800 partners who have demonstrated more than 12,000 product verifications. It also includes the Citrix Ready Community Verified program which allows customers to see thousands of products that have been verified by other customers to work in their production environments. The Citrix Ready program received the Alliance Excellence Award from the Association of Strategic Alliance Professionals (ASAP) for creating a strong community of alliances through implementation of new, innovative best practices. More information about the Citrix Ready program can be found at www.citrix.com/citrixready. Reach Citrix ready using social media via the Citrix Ready blog site and Twitter.

About RES Software
RES Software, the proven leader in user workspace management, is driving a transformation in the way organizations manage and reduce the cost of their PC populations. The company empowers customers, from SMBs to global enterprises, to manage an increasingly complex desktop ecosystem and meet the essential needs of a dynamic workforce that requires on-demand access to their personalized workspaces. Designed for physical or virtual desktop platforms, RES Software’s award-winning, patented technology enables IT professionals to address this shift by managing, automating and delivering secure, personalized and more productive desktop experiences to any user.