Asia Pacific emerged as a frontrunner in Citrix's global revenue growth in 2010. The region reported the highest increase in revenue for the fiscal year, up 21 per cent, and ahead of the Americas (20 per cent) and Europe, Middle East and Africa (eight per cent) regions. This solid performance was aided by strong growth and performance in the second half of 2010.

Citrix's fourth quarter results for fiscal 2010, saw revenues of US$530 million, a 17 per cent revenue growth compared to the same quarter in 2009. Taking into account the whole of 2010, our annual revenue for the fiscal year grew by 16 per cent to US$1.87 billion.

We see good growth opportunities coming out of the Asia Pacific in the year ahead. Strong economic growth in the region places Asia in a prime position to leverage today's technology to enable public and private clouds and drive mainstream adoption of desktop virtualisation.

Citrix continues to grow from strength to strength within the region, capturing stronger market leadership positions in desktop virtualisation, web collaboration and application networking. In Q4 2010, we had some great customer wins across the region, most of which had increased in size and scale across various industry segments -- proof that customers are increasingly placing strategic value on desktop virtualisation within their infrastructure.

For example, an Asia-based financial services customer with an extensive branch network replaced its first generation virtual infrastructure stack with a full XenDesktop stack. The company signed a deal for 2,500 seats, inclusive of Citrix networking products to ensure a secure, available and fast end-to-end user experience.