Citrix Systems and Mindware to host Citrix Saudi Arabia Solutions Conference 2004

The success of last year's Citrix i-Forum, where more than 800 IT professionals and business leaders attended, created a demand for a follow-up to it, this year as well. The one-day conference will focus on how IT can solve business challenges and learning how Citrix and its Citrix Metaframe Access Suite products can help businesses. The programmes for the day will include real, live and hands-on demonstrations; an overview of the latest MetaFrame Access Suite Products; announcing of the New Platform Release of Meta Frame XP Presentation Server 3.0 and a detailed look at the new features of this new generation platform; end user CIO testimonials from a panel of Saudi Arabia customers; technical breakout sessions, and presentations on Citrix and strategic partner solutions by IBM/SBM, Microsoft, Forevision and Peribit.

The conference will be attended by Business leaders, CIOs, IT managers, technical personnel, Heads of Security and Infrastructure departments.
Mindware, the first distributor in the Middle East to be awarded ISO 9001:2001, is the sole regional distributor for Citrix and has established its new office with Aklaniat in Riyadh. Citrix has been operating in the region for the last six years and opened its Middle East office in Dubai Internet City last year.

Jacques Chammas, MD Mindware says, "By conducting this conference we are underscoring our commitment to our clients in Saudi Arabia, and ensuring that we maintain a personal contact with their requirements. This is a forum where our clients - the resellers, along with their clients, can participate in an experience which provides them with such exhaustive information about the solutions available. This will prove invaluable to the resellers in getting in-depth feedback from their customers, and getting concrete input on what their requirements are, thus making this conference a value-added service from Mindware".

"We are delighted to continue to support such positive initiatives which bring together the Kingdom's leading IT professionals and business leaders", adds Chammas, "Citrix is the global leader in access infrastructure for the on-demand enterprise and the most trusted name in enterprise access. The Citrix MetaFrame Access Suite is used by nearly 50 million people in more than 120,000 organizations worldwide. We are sure it will be well received in Saudi Arabia as well.