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April 01, 2008 - Englewood, Colo - Alternative Technology, the leading specialty distributor of thin-client/server-based computing, edge infrastructure, virtualization, and security solutions, today announced it has been awarded the Citrix Americas Citrix Authorized Learning Center (CALC) of the Year for 2007.
The award recognizes Alternative Technology’s outstanding performance and significant contributions in providing education and certification programs to IT professionals on Citrix technology.
Alternative Technology was awarded Citrix Americas CALC of the Year for 2007 based on the most Citrix open-enrollment course offerings, representing the highest level of engagement with Citrix Education, most CALC scheduler activity and roaming classes. Alternative Technology continues to help our partners strengthen their application delivery practices to ensure that they can provide the best service to their clients and customers.
"We value our relationship with Citrix and are honored to have been recognized through this award, said Bill Botti, president and chief operating officer, Alternative Technology. This award underscores our commitment to offering quality training, essential to the success of organizations such as Citrix."
Alternative Technology continues to invest in Citrix education for the training of our partners and their customers, offering open enrollment classes in Denver, Ft. Lauderdale, and Mississauga-Ontario, Canada, as well as private classes at our partners’ facilities via mobile classrooms. Classes offered include Citrix XenApp, Citrix Access Gateway, Citrix Access Suite and Citrix XenServer, among others, said Lee Fawcett, vice president of professional services, Alternative Technology.
Alternative Technology's professional services organization supports its channel partners in pre/post-sales, design, and implementation support, including: engineering, security, education and universal support services. For more information on Alternative Technology professional services and a list of upcoming course dates and locations go to: http://www.alttech.com/services
About Alternative Technology
Alternative Technology is a leading specialty distributor for value-added resellers who need products and services targeted at thin-client/server-based computing, edge infrastructure, virtualization, security, and wireless markets. Driving the widespread adoption of leading-edge technologies by bridging the gaps between products and services to solve critical business problems, Alternative identifies business issues that are key to its markets and offers multivendor solutions that drive demand back through its reseller partners. Alternative Technology, headquartered in Englewood, Colo., has offices in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., Carlsbad, Calif., and Mississauga, Canada. Alternative Technology is a wholly owned subsidiary of Arrow Enterprise Computing Solutions, which is a business unit of Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: ARW). For more information, go to: www.AltTech.com, e-mail: sales ( @ ) AltTech dot com or call toll-free: 800 dot 544 dot 7674 (USA), or 866 dot 240 dot 9991 (Canada) dot
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Contact for Alternative Technology
Mark Rieger
ProAmericas Marketing & Public Relations
markr ( @ ) proamericas dot com
303-520-4524
