Chennai: The $591.6-million turnover Citrix Systems a major in application serving, portal software and services has extended its global strategic alliance with SAP^TM in India.

The Citrix Business Alliance Program is a growing coalition of industry vendors who are working with Citrix to develop complementary products and markets for WinFrame and MetaFrame thin-client and server software in the areas of remote and branch office computing, cross-platform computing, web computing and thin-client/server computing. The alliance includes coordination of marketing and technical support activities.

The alliance programme is building partnerships with industry leaders worldwide, whose applications, services and content best serve our customers needs, says Citrix Systems Asia Pacific Pty Ltd regional alliance director Michael McGrath.

Says SAP India director (services sector) Tariq Farooqui: The mySAP.com collaborative e-business platform allows employees, customers and business partners to work together successfully anywhere, anytime. We value our relationship with Citrix, and continue to view Citrix as a leading provider of solutions that solve application access problems faced by companies.