IQ Sys Wins Again at Citrix Awards

Slough, 14th November 2007 - IQ Sys Ltd, the leading distribution provider of access, virtulisation, networking and security solutions, has cleaned up at the annual Citrix EMEA Distribution Conference Awards for the second year running.  At this year’s event, held in Barcelona, IQ Sys won the prestigious ‘Best Distributor’ and ‘Best Market Development’ Awards.

The two awards follow another year of growth and development for the distributor and mark its second year of success at the Citrix EMEA Distribution Conference.  IQ Sys has collected five Citrix Distributor Awards over the last two years after scooping three accolades at the 2006 event (Best Distributor, Best Market Development & Fastest Growing) and is now firmly established as the leading distributor for the entire Citrix application delivery portfolio of products within the UK.

“This is another great day for IQ Sys and goes some way to reward our hard work and loyalty to both our partners and Citrix. After consistent investment in resources and partner development programs it is fantastic to once more be recognised as leading the way in the application delivery and virtualisation market. We continue to outperform our competitors and these accolades provide concrete evidence of our value-added approach to the Channel,” said Sean Fane, Managing Director IQ Sys Ltd. 

Virtualization has become one of the most talked-about technologies in recent years because it breaks the “hard-coded” link between hardware and software, allowing individual computing components to be dynamically combined and reassembled for maximum efficiency and agility. Citrix has long been the leading provider of virtualization technologies at the user tier of computing with products that deliver mission-critical applications to end users with the best performance, security and cost savings. IQ Sys has worked hand-in-hand with Citrix since 1994 to provide the channel with sales, marketing and technical expertise in implementing application delivery infrastructure.

Kevin Bland, director of channel sales for the UK and Ireland, said: “Our distributor awards form part of the annual Distributor Conference which brings together our distributor base across Europe, Middle East and Africa.  We’re absolutely committed to selling through the channel and as a result, all of our distributors play a major part in ensuring the success of our business.  IQ Sys has consistently delivered on its commitment to Citrix through fresh thinking and support for its network of resellers.  We were overwhelmed by IQ Sys’ success at this year’s awards, it was thoroughly deserved.”

IQ Sys is inviting all current Citrix solution advisors and those looking to enter the Citrix reseller channel to take advantage of one of their numerous business development initiatives and benefit from the significant opportunities within the application delivery and virtualisation market space.

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% of the Fortune 100 companies and 99% of the Fortune Global 500, as well as hundreds of thousands of small businesses and prosumers. Citrix has approximately 6,200 channel and alliance partners in more than 100 countries. Annual revenue in 2006 was $1.1 billion.

About IQ Sys
Established in 1983, IQ Sys Ltd is an award-winning solutions provider, distributing quality access infrastructure, virtualisation, networking and security solutions to the UK reseller channel. Through a deep understanding of technology, the market and customer needs, they combine a unique portfolio of vendor products and a comprehensive support offering to enable customers to generate maximum levels of efficiency, productivity and value from their IT infrastructure.

For more information, contact IQ Sys on 01753 898 369 or solutions@iq-sys.com.