AppSense, the leading provider of user virtualization solutions, today announced that it was selected as one of the Citrix Ready Solution of the Year award finalists by Citrix Systems, Inc. The award recognizes the Citrix Ready Partner who best excels in delivering solutions complementary to Citrix and drives the adoption of Citrix solutions. The award winners will be announced during Citrix Synergy San Francisco 2010.

“The Citrix and AppSense partnership has enabled customers to obtain the highest quality user and desktop experience today. AppSense is a strong supporter of the Citrix Ready program and has fully leveraged the program to their benefit,” said John Fanelli, vice president of solutions and community marketing at Citrix. “Congratulations on your nomination.”

AppSense was chosen for this award based on five selection criteria: impact on Citrix business; commitment to its relationship with Citrix; customer satisfaction, channel and field commitment; and, marketing commitment. Citrix Ready showcases select trusted solutions designed to meet various customer needs. Through the online catalog and Citrix Ready branding program, customers can easily find and build a trusted infrastructure. Citrix Ready not only demonstrates current mutual product compatibility, but through our continued industry relationships also ensures future interoperability.

“As a Citrix partner for over 10 years, and the user virtualization solution recommended by Citrix, we’re honored to be recognized as a finalist for this award,” said Peter Rawlinson, vice president of marketing at AppSense. “We look forward to continuing to develop our relationship with Citrix further and will continue to provide our joint customers with leading virtualization technology that will enable them to achieve the greatest ROI on their desktop virtualization deployments while also increasing end user satisfaction.”