Today at Citrix
Summit™, IBM Global Services was announced as the winner of the
company’s first annual Citrix® Innovation Award for Partners in the
Enterprise Solutions category, designed to honor organizations that are
driving innovation and delivering business value for their customers.
IBM Global Services has designed and implemented its Smart Business
Desktop Cloud, a hosted virtual desktop environment using Citrix
technology.
IBM Global Services, a global systems integrator, was selected for its
work with Westpac Banking Corporation, an Australian financial services
company. The project involved replacing local servers with a centralized
environment and replacing PCs with thin clients to improve customer
service and reduce IT costs and management. This hosted virtual desktop
solution, IBM Smart Business Desktop Cloud, which utilizes XenDesktop®
and XenServer® has transformed the delivery of services to the company’s
retail business by allowing employees to use their own devices for work
while improving mobility and security.
“Building partner engagement, expanding customer relationships and
growing multi-product customers are goals that are key to the long term
success of Citrix,” said Tom Flink, vice president of Channels and
Market Development Sales, Citrix. “IBM Global Services is delivering
real business value to customers including Westpac Banking Corporation
and we are very proud to recognize them for that work. We look forward
to continuing our solid working relationship now and into the future.”
The Citrix Innovation Award for Partners Program seeks to inspire Citrix
partners, prospects and their customers to think differently about IT:
as a key strategic component to enable business and organizational
success, grow market share or compete beyond the industry norm.
The other finalist honored this year in the Enterprise Solutions
category was Atos, a Paris-based global systems integrator that has
worked with Nokia Solutions and Networks to design and implement an
Employee Mobility Portal that enables their 60,000 users to work in a
highly secured mobile IT infrastructure.
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