Cisco and citrix today announced the launch of the cisco and citrix partner accelerator. This new global initiative aligns the channel sales and delivery models across the two companies through a single framework to build partner competencies, elevate partner differentiation and drive partner profitability.

Joint cisco and citrix channel partners can use the partner accelerator to capitalize on the fast-growing customer demand for enterprise mobility, desktop virtualization and device choice by delivering the cisco virtualization experience infrastructure (vxi) with citrix xendesktop solution.

The cisco and citrix partner accelerator tools help channel partners engage in consultative sales, expand their data center, desktop virtualization and collaboration practices, and develop repeatable solutions.

It provides tools that better enable resellers who are partners of both companies to build a cisco vxi with citrix xendesktop practice and deliver complete solutions that combine virtual desktops, voice and video for built on optimized data center, network and collaboration infrastructure.