Accelera Solutions Named 2010 Citrix Systems Federal Partner of the Year

Leading Inside-the-Beltway Virtualization Solutions Provider Holds National Title for Fourth Year

FAIRFAX, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Accelera Solutions, an IT solutions provider specializing in virtualization solutions, and one of the top rated Citrix® Systems Platinum Partners worldwide, announced it was named 2010 Citrix Systems Federal Partner of the Year. The award recognizes Accelera for delivering cutting-edge, customized virtualization solutions that help federal organizations reduce IT management cost, consolidate data centers and increase operational flexibility.

“This achievement is a testament to Accelera’s demonstrated excellence in customer delivery and commitment to leveraging Citrix Systems solutions to advance federal agencies’ mission objectives.”

“At Accelera, we believe that virtualization is an entry point into better IT asset management and improved resource use, which are critical for government agencies’ ability to deliver on their missions,” said Joe Brown, president of Accelera Solutions. “We are delighted that our fast growing federal practice is being recognized for our continuous dedication to helping agencies adopt state-of-the-art Citrix technologies.”

Citrix Systems Inc., the world’s leading providers of virtual computing systems, honored Accelera Solutions with the award at Citrix Synergy 2011 in San Francisco, CA. Accelera was also nominated for 2010 Citrix Systems North American Partner of the Year.

“We are extremely pleased to recognize Accelera Solutions as Citrix Federal Partner of the Year for the fourth time,” said Tom Simmons, area vice president, Citrix Federal. “This achievement is a testament to Accelera’s demonstrated excellence in customer delivery and commitment to leveraging Citrix Systems solutions to advance federal agencies’ mission objectives.”

Accelera has a proven track record of helping federal defense and civilian agencies drive cost savings, improve IT security, and maximize operational efficiency. For more than 12 years, Accelera has supported over 200 government agencies and government healthcare institutions in deploying the latest virtualization technologies.

Accelera has been recognized as Citrix Systems Federal Partner of the Year in 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2010.

The company has also received a host of other distinctions by Citrix: 2008 Citrix Systems Partner of the Year, 2006 Top New Product Revenue Award, and 2005 Top Gateway Revenue and the Federal Catalyst Award.

About Accelera Solutions

Accelera Solutions is a virtualization solutions provider focused on desktop, application and server virtualization. Accelera provides consultative support from the desktop to the datacenter by offering a virtual computing infrastructure that simplifies IT systems into a centralized, easily managed environment. The company addresses customers’ specific business challenges by leveraging technologies from Microsoft, Citrix and VMware. Accelera’s solutions minimize risk, drive cost savings, improve security and maximize efficiency for greener computing for more than 200 federal, state and municipal government clients and over 1000 commercial entities in the healthcare, non-profit and financial markets. Virtualization is in our DNA. Learn more about Accelera Solutions, an 8(a) company, at www.accelerasolutions.com/.

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