Citrix Expands “GoTo” Cloud Services Business In Europe

Today at Citrix Synergy™ Barcelona, the event where virtualization, networking and cloud computing meet, Citrix Systems announced it is expanding its market effort across Western Europe with new localized versions of its popular cloud services products GoToManage® and GoToMeeting®, while also continuing to invest in its business presence in the region. Citrix GoToManage, the market-leading cloud-based IT support and monitoring service is now available in localized versions for French and German speakers. The company also announced Italian and Spanish -language versions of its award-winning Citrix GoToMeeting online meeting service to meet growing market demand in Europe for easy-to-use and affordable web collaboration services.

“Citrix positions itself for continued success by staying ahead of the demands of IT and filling the need for comprehensive management solutions. In 2010, Citrix held the largest share of the worldwide clientless remote support services market with 31.5%,” said Stacy Crook, senior analyst, Mobile Enterprise Research, IDC. “By delivering on market trends and customer needs IDC believes that Citrix will be able to maintain its significant traction in this space with both the contact center and IT buyer.”

“We are committed to building business-centric, global solutions that simply work anytime, anywhere,” said Brett Caine, SVP of the Online Services Division at Citrix. “Demand for our SaaS-based collaboration and IT services products has been growing rapidly worldwide. We believe there is even more opportunity as the global market matures and customers look for a strong, experienced partner. We will continue to execute on our strategy for global expansion and accelerated growth by delivering products that offer a simpler, better experience to enable customers to succeed.”

Scaling IT Support and Collaboration for Today’s Global and Mobile Workforce

Traditional IT methods of supporting people and network infrastructure does not scale within today’s global, distributed and mobile workforces. As more employees are mobile and bring their own devices to work, IT is faced with an increasingly challenging situation, The reliance on the traditional break/fix model where IT professionals fix issues after they have already occurred, results in ever increasing demands which cannot be readily met.

Citrix has turned this model on its head by helping IT professionals prevent issues from occurring in the first place, through the ability to proactively monitor and manage attended and unattended computers in their environment from anywhere. This innovative approach has seen GoToManage achieve a leading position in the market with rapid customer growth across all markets. That leadership is being expanded as GoToManage is now available in French and German.

“With new challenges facing the IT and contact center environments today, businesses require solutions that can quickly and easily increase productivity and flexibility,” says Elizabeth Cholawsky, VP and GM, IT Services Line of Business, Citrix. “With enhanced support, these global markets will now have access to the same tools that are helping businesses worldwide cope with the new realities of the global economy.”

As today’s economy becomes more globalized, businesses increasingly demand simple and cost-effective tools to improve productivity through online collaboration. By meeting this need head-on, GoToMeeting has experienced tremendous growth worldwide. And with new support for its services for Italian and Spanish speakers, the company is set to surpass its 25% revenue growth in 2010, which was recently highlighted by Frost & Sullivan when the analyst firm awarded Citrix with its 2011 Global Market Penetration Leadership Award.

“Today’s businesses demand affordable and easy-to-use options for collaborating via the web,” says Bernardo de Albergaria, VP and GM, Collaboration Line of Business, Citrix. “We have experienced solid growth in Europe and elsewhere by providing customers with great user experiences and the ability to be more productive. We’re confident that this focus on simplicity and value will continue to serve us as we expand into these new markets.”

GoToMeeting is a secure solution for conducting and attending small group online meetings with up to 25 attendees. Now available in Italian and Spanish, users can set up an online meeting instantly or easily schedule a session. Integrated audio, web and high-definition video conferencing is provided for one affordable flat rate.

Expanded Presence in Europe

2011 has been a significant year for Citrix in Europe, commencing with the acquisition in 2011 of Netviewer AG, a leading privately-held European Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) vendor in collaboration and IT services. With the acquisition, the company’s Dresden operation has become an essential part of the development and innovation of cloud services at Citrix. Dresden is also now home to the Citrix Video Centre of Excellence where the award-winning, high-definition video technology for GoToMeeting with HDFaces™ was designed and developed.

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About Citrix Systems, Inc.

Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTXS) is a leading provider of virtual computing solutions that help companies deliver IT as an on-demand service. Founded in 1989, Citrix combines virtualization, networking, and cloud-computing technologies into a full portfolio of products that enable virtual workstyles for users and virtual datacenters for IT. More than 230,000 organizations worldwide rely on Citrix to help them build simpler and more cost-effective IT environments. Citrix partners with over 10,000 companies in more than 100 countries. Annual revenue in 2010 was $1.87 billion.

The Online Services Division of Citrix provides secure, easy-to-use cloud-based solutions that enable people to work from anywhere with anyone. Whether using GoToMeeting® to hold online meetings, GoToWebinar® to conduct larger web events, GoToTraining® to train customers or employees, GoToMyPC® to access and work on a remote Mac® or PC, GoToAssist® to support customers or GoToManage® for IT support and management, businesses and individuals are increasing productivity, decreasing travel costs and improving sales, training, and service on a global basis. For more information, visit www.citrixonline.com.

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