Microland and Citrix to Jointly Deliver Desktop Virtualization Solutions to Enterprises

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Microland and Citrix to Jointly Deliver Desktop Virtualization Solutions to Enterprises

Microland Partners With Citrix for Desktop Virtualization

BANGALORE, India, March 28, 2012/PRNewswire/ --

    Microland Limited [http://www.microland.com ], India's leading IT Infrastructure,
Virtualization and Cloud Infrastructure Lifecycle Services Provider, and Citrix, the
undisputed leader in desktop virtualization, announced a partnership to offer large and
medium enterprises comprehensive Desktop Virtualization Services spanning business value
assessment, design, deployment and management. The services offered are based on Citrix's
unique Flexcast delivery technology that enables virtual desktops specifically tailored to
meet the performance, security and flexibility requirements of each individual user
framework.

    In a recent study by Morgan Stanley, the desktop virtualization market growth is
forecasted at 67% CAGR to become 50 million virtual desktops by 2014. Similarly Frost and
Sullivan predict a 40% CAGR for desktop virtualization in India. The key drivers of
desktop virtualization being enhanced end user productivity, better security, flexibility,
scalability and manageability of the desktop environment. Industries such as banking &
financial services, insurance, IT/ITeS, healthcare, manufacturing, education and public
sector will benefit immensely through the advantages that desktop virtualization offer.

    Microland is now both a 'Citrix Solution Advisor' and a 'Citrix Service Provider'
partner. The technology coverage of the services under this partnership includes Citrix
XenApp, XenDesktop, XenClient, Xen Server and VDI-in-a-box solutions of Citrix, which is
compatible with any hypervisor environment in the data center (Microsoft Hyper-V, Citrix
XenServer, and VMware ESX/ESXi).

    V M Kumar, Chief Marketing Officer, Microland, said, "Mobility and
Bring-Your-Own-Device are key themes driving adoption of Desktop Virtualization in
enterprises, with the promise of easy deployment and management while securing enterprise
information. Citrix offers the most comprehensive solution in this area covering all
possible enterprise scenarios. Microland is excited about this partnership which positions
us well to address large emerging opportunities for Desktop Virtualization and VDI."

    Commenting on the partnership, Sanjay Deshmukh, Area Vice President, India
Subcontinent, Citrix said, "Microland is a leading specialist IT infrastructure services
provider in India. I am confident that by leveraging their capabilities and experience in
designing & deploying infrastructure solutions, we can significantly accelerate desktop
virtualization adoption amongst large Indian enterprises."

    Speaking on the partnership, Pradeep Menon, Head - Alliances & Analyst Relations,
Microland, said, "We see great synergies and potential in this partnership between
Microland and Citrix. As an IT Infrastructure services specialist, Microland is already
engaged with large enterprise customers for their end user infrastructure deployment and
migration requirements, across verticals such as banking & financial services, insurance,
IT/ITeS, manufacturing, education, and healthcare. This partnership will enable Microland
to enhance the value of its end-user service offerings that focus on desktop
transformation solutions."

    Kaushal Veluri, Director - Channels & Alliances, Citrix said, "We are really excited
about the potential of this alliance and believe that we can effectively address the
growing desktop virtualization market through our respective capabilities in delivering,
deploying & managing cutting edge end-user technology solutions."

    About Microland

    Microland is India's leading specialist IT infrastructure, virtualization & cloud
services provider with a global footprint. Microland's services address the complete IT
Infrastructure needs of an organization through the SmartFutureTM offering which includes
Cloud Computing, Collaboration, Virtualization, and Mobility services and the SmartNowTM
offering which includes Infrastructure Management Services, IT Modernization Services,
Assurance and Compliance Services and Technical Support Services. Microland is a
comprehensive Cloud Infrastructure Lifecycle services provider enabling enterprises to
transform to the on-demand IT delivery services space leveraging cloud and hybrid
environments. Through a unique IP built into its service delivery platform, Microland
leverages analytics, automation and assurance to deliver reduced TCO, greater IT-Business
Alignment and higher performance for customers. The recent awards won by Microland are -
rated amongst the Top 10 Infrastructure Management Providers by Global Services in 2010
for the 4th consecutive year; the Best Infrastructure Partner (India) for the 7th time by
Microsoft since 2005; ranked 8th and 2nd amongst The Top 20 Remote Infrastructure
Management vendors and for Data Centre Management capabilities respectively by the Black
Book of Outsourcing. Microland is headquartered in Bangalore and employs over 2,300
professionals worldwide. For more information, please visit http://www.microland.com
[http://www.microland.com ].

    About Citrix

    Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTXS) transforms how businesses and IT work and people
collaborate in the cloud era. With market-leading cloud, collaboration, networking and
virtualization technologies, Citrix powers mobile work styles and cloud services, making
complex enterprise IT simpler and more accessible for 260,000 organizations. Citrix
products touch 75 percent of Internet users each day and it partners with more than 10,000
companies in 100 countries. Annual revenue in 2011 was US$2.21 billion. Learn more at
http://www.citrix.com [http://www.citrix.com ].

    Microland(R), SmartFuture(TM), SmartNow(TM) are trademarks of Microland Limited. All
rights reserved.

    Citrix(R), XenDesktop(R), HDX(TM), Citrix Receiver(TM), XenApp(TM) and XenServer(R)
and are trademarks of Citrix Systems, Inc. and/or one or more of its subsidiaries, and may
be registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and in other countries.

    Primary Media Contact : Pallavi Pradhan, media@microland.com, 91-80-39180000

Source: Microland Limited

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