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SEP's Xen & Now for Citrix XenDesktop & XenApp is Trusted to Enhance Citrix Networking, Virtualization and Cloud Computing Solutions

BOULDER, Colo., Feb. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- SEP Software Corp. today announced that its fully integrated solution Xen & Now for backing up Citrix XenDesktop® and XenApp™ has been verified as Citrix Ready®. The Citrix Ready program helps customers identify third-party solutions that are recommended to enhance virtualization, networking and cloud computing solutions from Citrix Systems, Inc. SEP's Xen & Now for Citrix XenDesktop and XenApp completed a rigorous verification process to ensure compatibility with Citrix XenDesktop and XenApp, providing confidence in joint solution compatibility. Citrix users now have the confidence to restore virtual machines and the rest of the enterprise, as well.

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The Citrix Ready program makes it easy for customers to identify complementary products and solutions that can enhance Citrix environments. Customers can be confident that all SEP sesam and Xen & Now products have successfully passed a series of tests established by Citrix and can be trusted to work effectively with Citrix XenDesktop and XenApp in order to reliably backup Citrix guests in the fastest time possible.

"We are so happy to offer the Citrix community a solution for Citrix XenDesktop and XenApp," said Crissi Gutierrez, Director of Marketing & Vendor Relations for SEP Software Corp. "We add value to Citrix XenDesktop and XenApp by providing a complete backup solution to protect all components of the Citrix XenDesktop and XenApp environment. With one console, the SQL Database, Active Directory environment, files systems, virtual host metadata and guest can now be backed up and secured at the shortest possible time," Gutierrez added.

Additional features include being able to backup and restore server from a Bare Metal State, Windows VSS snapshots, data encryption, disaster recovery of VMs for all operating systems, physical-to-virtual conversion (P to V), virtual-to-physical (V to P) and open file backups. Backup types supported are, Off-line Backups, Online Live Memory Backup, Online Quiesced Backup, Online Normal Backups – Full.

"We are pleased to have SEP Software Corp. join us in the Citrix Ready program," said Joe Keller, Vice President of Alliance and Community Marketing, Citrix. "Citrix Ready makes it easier for customers to select the most suitable virtualization infrastructure products for their specific needs. By taking part in our program, SEP Software Corp. is helping customers transform their desktop environments with simple backup solutions that keep the business up and running."

"As a member of the Citrix Ready program, we are able to offer customers intelligent solutions that combine our Xen & Now online backup solution with Citrix XenDesktop and XenApp providing two products that compliment each other and work well together," stated Gutierrez. "The offering clearly demonstrates our plans to work closely with trusted partners, through the Citrix Ready partner ecosystem, in order to provide the highest quality experience for our customers."

SEP's Xen & Now for Citrix XenServer, XenDesktop and XenApp is available immediately. For additional information on Xen & Now and other SEP products, please call your authorized SEP Software Corp. partner or SEP Software Corp. directly at  (303) 449.0100 or email us at info@sepusa.com.

About the Citrix Ready Program

The Citrix Ready program identifies verified solutions that are trusted to enhance virtualization, networking and cloud computing solutions from Citrix, including Citrix® XenDesktop®, XenApp™, XenServer®, NetScaler® and GoToMeeting®. The Citrix Ready designation is awarded to third party products that have successfully met verification criteria set by Citrix, and gives customers an added confidence in the compatibility of the joint solution offering. The Citrix Ready program leverages industry-leading alliances across the Citrix partner eco-system to meet a wide variety customer needs, and currently incorporates over 2,800 partners who have demonstrated more than 12,000 product verifications. It also includes the Citrix Ready Community Verified program which allows customers to see thousands of products that have been verified by other customers to work in their production environments. The Citrix Ready program received the Alliance Excellence Award from the Association of Strategic Alliance Professionals (ASAP) for creating a strong community of alliances through implementation of new, innovative best practices. More information about the Citrix Ready program can be found at www.citrix.com/citrixready. Reach Citrix ready using social media via the Citrix Ready blog site and Twitter.

Citrix®, Citrix Ready® and XenServer® are trademarks of Citrix Systems, Inc. and/or one or more of its subsidiaries, and may be registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and in other countries. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are property of their respective owners.

About SEP Software Corp.


SEP has been delivering the widest range of backup products for enterprise level customers since 1996. With thousands of installations world-wide, SEP sesam provides backup solutions for all environments, both physical and virtual; delivering the fastest backup, restore and disaster recovery tools on the market today. All marks and names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies. SEP sesam and Xen & Now software is used worldwide for backup and recovery of all types of computer environments both virtual and physical.