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Ingram Micro North America Named Preferred Distributor by Citrix Systems, Inc.

SANTA ANA, Calif., July 25 PRNewswire — Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE: IM) today announced it has earned distribution rights to the majority share of products from application-delivery infrastructure leader Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CTXS). Under the terms of the new Citrix Distribution Program, which takes effect Aug. 30, Ingram Micro will become the preferred North America distributor for Citrix's entire line of products, with the exception of those products not currently sold through distribution.

In conjunction with this news, Ingram Micro is increasing its Citrix-certified technical, sales and marketing support and will be debuting two new Citrix-centric partner enablement offerings:

* The Ingram Micro-Citrix Smart Enablement Program which rewards partners with redeemable credits that can be used to obtain Citrix-specific marketing elements and training at no cost.

* Ingram Micro-Citrix End-user Enablement Program, which provides select Citrix partners who sell Citrix products with targeted and qualified end-user leads throughout the U.S.

The new enablement programs will be available exclusively to Ingram Micro and Citrix partners in the U.S. and Canada.

"We selected Ingram Micro as our preferred distributor for North America because of its proven ability to grow our business year-over-year and bring high-value offerings, programs and personnel to Citrix partners within the U.S. and Canada," says Craig Stilwell, Vice President, Americas Marketing and Sales Support, Citrix Systems. "Ingram Micro's partner enablement resources, demand generation tools and Citrix-certified marketing, technical support and sales professionals play a critical role in the ongoing success of our channel partners, and work to maximize the business value and support partners gain from doing business with Citrix."

To further enable Citrix partners, Ingram Micro recently added additional Citrix products to its Solution Centers, located in Buffalo, N.Y. and Santa Ana, Calif. In addition, the best-in-class distributor, which is also a Citrix Authorized Learning Center, recently announced a number of new Live Online training offerings that make it easier and more cost-effective for Citrix partners to offer remote training on Citrix products to their technicians and end users.

"We've been a Citrix partner for eleven years and they've never let us down," says Peter Anderson, President, Bayshore Technologies, and a Citrix Platinum Partner. "Initially we were a little concerned about working with just one distributor, but after talking to Citrix, we have every confidence that this move will not only benefit our business, but also help us drive more value to our customers."

Jodi Honore, Ingram Micro's vice president of vendor management U.S., says the recent appointment by Citrix is a solid testimony of the ongoing services and strong business results that Ingram Micro delivers to IT manufacturers who truly embrace the channel and stand behind their technology and their partners.

"Citrix is an innovative company that is working hard to engage solution providers and establish the long-term partnerships manufacturers need to be successful," says Honore. "Strengthening this relationship enables us to do more for Citrix and its partners, especially when it comes to introducing new channel programs, expanding our enablement resources, and placing more emphasis on sales education and technical training through our VPN Dynamics team."

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 percent of the Fortune 100 companies and 99 percent of the Fortune Global 500, as well as hundreds of thousands of small businesses and prosumers. Citrix has approximately 7,680 channel and alliance partners in more than 100 countries. Annual revenue in 2007 was $1.4 billion.

About Ingram Micro

As a vital link in the technology value chain, Ingram Micro creates sales and profitability opportunities for vendors and resellers through unique marketing programs, outsourced logistics services, technical support, financial services, and product aggregation and distribution. The company serves 150 countries and is the only broad-based global IT distributor with operations in Asia. Visit http://www.ingrammicro.com.

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