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AppSwing Limited Receives Strategic Investment from Citrix Systems.


READING, England -- AppSwing Limited, a leading developer of mobility middleware Software that functions as a conversion or translation layer. It is also a consolidator and integrator. Custom-programmed middleware solutions have been developed for decades to enable one application to communicate with another that either runs on a different platform or comes from a  solutions for extending applications to wireless handheld devices, announced today it has received a strategic investment from Citrix Systems Citrix Systems' (NASDAQ: CTXS) is an American technology company, based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, with subsidiary operations in California and Massachusetts, with additional development centers in Australia, India and the UK. , Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS CTXS Citrix Systems (NASDAQ stock ticker symbol) ), the global leader in access infrastructure solutions. Privately-held AppSwing will use the funding to further develop and market its flagship AppServer(TM) solution, which enables mobile workers to seamlessly access Windows-based enterprise applications through the browser browser

Software that allows a computer user to find and view information on the Internet. The first text-based browser for the World Wide Web became available in 1991; Web use expanded rapidly after the release in 1993 of a browser called Mosaic, which used
 of any wireless handheld device. In conjunction with the investment, AppSwing has appointed Keith Turnbull, vice president of development for Citrix, to its Board of Directors.

PDAs and Smartphones play an increasingly vital role in everyday business, and with AppSwing's unique solution enterprises can quickly and simply extend the reach of existing line of business applications to these devices. AppServer dynamically transforms application interfaces to HTML HTML
 in full HyperText Markup Language

Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web.
 and XML XML
 in full Extensible Markup Language.

Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations.
 in real-time, allowing slices of the application to be re-factored for delivery to the browser of smaller Web-enabled handheld devices.

"AppSwing has differentiated itself by enabling existing applications to be extended to mobile handsets without developing invasive connectors or database queries or the need to modify application code. As a result, AppServer delivers secure mobile solutions at an exceptional speed creating significant cost benefits and a rapid return-on-investment," said AppSwing Chief Executive Officer Arthur Morris Arthur Robert Morris (born January 19 1922 in Bondi, Sydney, New South Wales) is a former Australian cricketer who played 46 Test matches between 1946 and 1955. A left-handed opening batsman, Morris is best known for his key role in Don Bradman's Invincibles . "In concert with Citrix access infrastructure solutions, AppSwing's AppServer technology allows users to securely access data and applications from any wireless handheld device, providing an innovative solution for complete mobility."

"Citrix takes a broad, long-term view of the access infrastructure market, continually evaluating opportunities for technological innovation, partnerships and licensing agreements, and investment and acquisition opportunities," said Keith Turnbull, vice president of development at Citrix. "The work AppSwing is doing is opening up a tremendous opportunity to corporate IT departments that need to support an increasing variety of wireless devices and remote connections for their employees. Citrix's investment in AppSwing signals a fundamental backing of both its business model and the applicability of its mobile solutions in the greater access infrastructure marketplace."

About AppSwing

AppSwing Limited is a privately owned software company with headquarters in Reading, in the heart of the UK Information Technology region. The Company has developed AppServer, an innovative software solution that enables organizations to rapidly meet the demand for secure access to corporate data from handheld devices such as Smart phones, PDAs and the RIM BlackBerry blackberry, name for several species of thorny plants of the genus Rubus of the family Rosaceae (rose family). See bramble.
blackberry
.

AppServer (US Patent Reg. No 6,587,125) is compatible with Microsoft Terminal Server and Citrix(R) MetaFrame(R) Presentation Server running on Microsoft(R) Windows Server See Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Home Server, Windows 2000 and Windows NT. (TM) 2003 and Windows(R) 2000 Server. AppServer is an exceptional vehicle to launch mobile solutions providing highly scalable, flexible, secure and manageable access to multiple applications by a truly mobile workforce. AppServer is available now through its channel partners - for further information, contact AppSwing at info@appswing.com or visit the Website at http://www.appswing.com.

Citrix(R) and MetaFrame(R) are registered trademarks or trademarks of Citrix Systems, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. Microsoft(R), Windows(R) and Windows Server(TM) are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation (company) Microsoft Corporation - The biggest supplier of operating systems and other software for IBM PC compatibles. Software products include MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, Windows NT, Microsoft Access, LAN Manager, MS Client, SQL Server, Open Data Base Connectivity (ODBC), MS Mail,  in the U.S. and/or other countries. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are property of their respective owners.
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