Citrix Announces Fast Track Channel Member Program for NFuse Elite.

Business Editors/Technology Writers

HOLLYWOOD, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 5, 2002

500 Channel Members Selected as First Group Authorized to Resell 

Citrix's Highly Anticipated Access Portal Product

Today at Citrix Solutions Summit (http://www.citrixsolutionssummit.com), Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS), a global leader in virtual workplace software and services, announced the Citrix Fast Track program for the Citrix(R) NFuse(TM) Elite Access Portal (formerly Project "South Beach"), the company's forthcoming "channel-ready" Access Portal server (see related release, "Citrix Establishes New Access Portal Product Family"). Demonstrating its commitment to building and training a channel specifically for NFuse Elite, Citrix has selected approximately 500 partners worldwide to be the first authorized to resell NFuse Elite when it becomes available in the first half of the year.

Participation in Citrix Fast Track will be offered to all Citrix Solutions Network(TM) (CSN) and Citrix Business Alliance(TM) (CBA) members who have demonstrated experience in deploying portals or advanced Web development. Fast Track members receive early access to the NFuse Elite technology preview, advanced technical and sales training, and field sales and technical support.

"Our customers have already articulated the need for a portal product that provides them with access to information from a single point of control," said Peter Ayedun, president of Intellisuite Technologies, a Citrix channel partner. "NFuse Elite has great market potential because it's an out-of-the-box solution that benefits companies both large and small by integrating Web content, such as stock quotes and weather reports, with the applications that form the backbone of their business."

Ayedun added, "We're excited about the NFuse Elite Fast Track program, which will allow us to quickly roll out solutions that meet the needs of our customers."

Citrix has created a three-part training program for the NFuse Elite Fast Track program, which includes a Portal Foundations on-line course, technical training and certification, and sales training. The introductory portal course is available immediately and provides an overview of portal offerings and related customer benefits. NFuse Elite technical training and assessment will be open to Fast Track members beginning April 2002 in selected cities worldwide.

"Citrix sees a substantial market opportunity in providing powerful channel-ready portal solutions that simplify information access for companies of all sizes," said John Burris, senior vice president, worldwide sales and services for Citrix. "By accelerating channel readiness, we believe the Fast Track program will help Citrix address this opportunity, spurring the success of NFuse Elite and our entire family of virtual workplace solutions."

Channel members can qualify for the program by visiting the http://www.citrix.com/nfuse_elite Web site and completing a short online survey. Registration will also be open at this week's Solutions Summit 2002, an exclusive event for invited executives and representatives of the CSN and CBA members.

About Solutions Summit

Citrix Solutions Summit 2002, Citrix's annual worldwide partner event, takes place March 4-7 at the Westin Diplomat Resort & Spa in Hollywood, Florida. The theme of the conference is "Making the Virtual Workplace Real." Solutions Summit is designed to provide Citrix partners, including resellers, consultants, independent software and hardware vendors and system integrators, with an overview of the company's strategic technology direction, news of upcoming products, solutions and services, hands-on technical information and networking opportunities.

About Citrix

Citrix Systems, Inc. is a global leader in virtual workplace software and services that provide access to applications, information, processes and people on any device, over any network, anywhere, anytime. Citrix makes today's digital office completely virtual -- instead of having to go to your office, the office follows you. Working with the world's top industry, integration and consulting partners, Citrix delivers enterprise-ready solutions to business challenges including application deployment, remote office connectivity, workforce mobility and business continuity. More than 120,000 companies worldwide use Citrix Solutions for the Virtual Workplace to give users more mobility, give IT organizations more flexibility and reduce the cost of computing.

Citrix products include MetaFrame(R) application serving software, NFuse application portal software, XPS(TM) portal software, application management products, and Citrix Independent Computing Architecture (ICA(R)), a core application serving technology. The company markets its products through a well-established indirect channel comprising more than 7,000 resellers, integrators and consultants. In fiscal 2001, the company had net revenues of over $590 million. Citrix is traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market(SM) under the symbol CTXS, and is part of the Standard and Poor's 500 Index. Citrix is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. For more information, please visit the Citrix Web site at http://www.citrix.com.

For Citrix Investors

This release contains forward-looking statements which are made pursuant to the safe harbor 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. Investors are cautioned that statements in this press release which are not strictly historical statements, including, without limitation, statements regarding current or future financial performance, management's plans and objectives for future operations, product plans and performance, management's assessment of market factors, as well as statements regarding the strategy and plans of the company and its strategic partners, constitute forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated by the forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, risks associated with the following: the success of the company's MetaFrame and portal software product line and the acceptance of the company's ICA protocol; the company's ability to develop and commercialize new products and services; the company's success in expanding into new geographic markets; the company's ability to expand its core business in large enterprise accounts; the company's ability to succeed in the transition to an electronic licensing model; the size, timing and recognition of revenue from significant orders; increased competition, including potential competition from Microsoft and other companies; the results of the company's iBusiness and other new licensing programs; the rate of growth of the ASP market, and the company's ability to continue to develop and market products to meet the requirements of this market; the proportion of revenues derived from distributors, OEMs and other channels; changes in the company's pricing policies or those of its competitors, including Microsoft; the costs of developing, acquiring, or integrating new technologies or enhancements to existing products; the risks associated with third party licensing arrangements; the company's ability to successfully integrate and manage merged or acquired companies; the company's reliance upon its strategic relationships with Microsoft and other strategic partners; management of growth; the possibility of undetected software errors; dependence on proprietary technology; as well as risks of downturns in economic conditions generally, and in the software industry specifically, 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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