Citrix Access Infrastructure Cuts Engen's SAP Upgrade Time from Weeks to Hours.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers FORT LAUDERDALE Fort Lauderdale (lô`dərdāl), residential, commercial, and resort city (1990 pop. 149,377), seat of Broward co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic coast; settled around a fort built (c.1837) in the Seminole War, inc. 1911. , Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 8, 2003 Petroleum Company Achieves 30 Percent Savings in IT Support Costs as a Citrix-Powered On-Demand Enterprise 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, today announced that Engen, a large petroleum refining and marketing company in Johannesburg, South Africa South Africa, Afrikaans Suid-Afrika, officially Republic of South Africa, republic (2005 est. pop. 44,344,000), 471,442 sq mi (1,221,037 sq km), S Africa. , recently completed an SAP upgrade for several hundred users in more than 100 locations using Citrix(R) MetaFrame XP(TM) Presentation Server. "The upgrade to SAP R/3 from SAP R/2 could not have been done as quickly without Citrix access infrastructure," said Andries van der Vyver, eBusiness manager at Engen. "It would have taken weeks to roll out the new SAP GUI (Graphical User Interface) A graphics-based user interface that incorporates movable windows, icons and a mouse. The ability to resize application windows and change style and size of fonts are the significant advantages of a GUI vs. a character-based interface. to all our depots. Using Citrix MetaFrame XP Presentation Server, it literally took us only hours. "With Citrix access infrastructure for the on-demand enterprise, updates to client code are performed centrally on the server, reducing the impact on users and IT staff when new applications are deployed. New applications can be quickly replicated to multiple servers and then made available to users in minutes, leading to near-immediate access and productivity." Engen began a major technology refresh recently, moving from a mainframe environment to an open systems environment standardized on Microsoft(R) Windows(R) 2000 Servers. Engen's aim was to put an infrastructure in place that would allow its remote locations to access SAP, Microsoft Outlook For the e-mail and news client bundled with certain versions of Microsoft Windows, see . Microsoft Outlook or Outlook (full name Microsoft Office Outlook and other business applications. Citrix MetaFrame XP Presentation Server, the world's most widely deployed presentation server, is now a key component of that infrastructure. The foundation of the Citrix MetaFrame(R) Access Suite, MetaFrame XP Presentation Server centralizes heterogeneous applications and information, enabling IT administrators to deliver, manage, monitor and measure computing resources on demand and provide easy, secure and instant access from any client device across any network connection. Engen has implemented eight servers - six in Cape Town Cape Town or Capetown, city (1991 pop. 854,616), legislative capital of South Africa and capital of Western Cape, a port on the Atlantic Ocean. It was the capital of Cape Province before that province's subdivision in 1994. , one in Namibia and one in Botswana - to create a single Citrix server farm. Citrix MetaFrame XP Presentation Server consolidates and simplifies the management of all system resources (1) In a computer system, system resources are the components that provide its inherent capabilities and contribute to its overall performance. System memory, cache memory, hard disk space, IRQs and DMA channels are examples. into a centralized cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. command center from which these distributed servers can be more efficiently and cost-effectively managed. Centralized management and support are vital to Engen's aim of reducing deployment the lagtime of upgrades and new applications. "Manageability was a key issue for us. We needed to be able to easily manage and support our users, and roll out new or updated applications more quickly," said van der Vyver. "In addition to the speed of an on-demand enterprise, Engen also wanted to achieve the cost-savings typical of the on-demand enterprise because of more efficient management of IT resources. "The support costs for our remote sites are approximately one third using Citrix MetaFrame XP Presentation Server, when compared to what it would have cost to maintain and support a user in a normal PC environment," concluded van der Vyver. About Citrix Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS) is the global leader in access infrastructure solutions for businesses, government agencies, and educational institutions. The most trusted name in enterprise access, the Citrix MetaFrame Access Suite enables people to easily and securely access the on-demand enterprise, from anywhere, anytime, using any device over any connection. Nearly 50 million people in more than 120,000 organizations around the world use Citrix every day. Citrix customers include 100 of the Fortune 100 companies, 99 percent of the Fortune 500 and 95 of the Financial Times European 100. Based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida Fort Lauderdale, known as the "Venice of America" due to its expansive and intricate canal system, is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States. The city's population is described as metropolitan, where diverse culture is commonplace. According to 2006 U.S. , Citrix has offices in 22 countries, and more than 7,000 channel and alliance partners in more than 100 countries. For more information visit http://www.citrix.com. For Citrix Investors This release contains forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. which are made pursuant to the safe harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. provisions of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The forward-looking statements in this release do not constitute guarantees of future performance. Those statements involve a number of factors that could cause actual results to differ materially, including risks associated with the company's business involving the company's products, their development and distribution, economic and competitive factors and the company's key strategic relationships and other risks detailed in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Citrix assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking information contained in this press release or with respect to the announcements described herein. 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