Citrix Announces WinFrame Plug-in For Netscape Navigator.CORAL SPRINGS Coral Springs, city (1990 pop. 79,443), Broward co., SE Fla.; inc. 1963. Largely residential, it is a city that has grown rapidly along with the southern Florida and Fort Lauderdale area. The population of Coral Springs nearly doubled between 1980 and 1990. , Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 16, 1996-- Navigator Users Can Now Access Web-Linked Windows Applications Hosted by WinFrame Servers CORAL SPRINGS, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 16, 1996 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 NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :CTXS CTXS Citrix Systems (NASDAQ stock ticker symbol) ) today announced a WinFrame plug-in for Netscape Navigator An earlier Web browser for Windows, Macintosh and X Windows from Netscape that provided secure transmission over the Internet. Soon after its introduction in 1994, Navigator, or just "Netscape," as it was commonly called, quickly became the leading browser on the Web. (version 2.0 and above) that enables Navigator users to access 32-bit business-critical Windows applications from Web pages. The WinFrame Web client plug-in is based on Citrix's ICA Ica (ē`kä), city (1993 pop. 108,724), capital of Ica dept., SW Peru, on the Pan-American Highway. It is a commercial center for the cotton, wool, and wine produced in the region. There are several summer resorts nearby. distributed Windows protocol and features Windows Application Launching and Embedding [ALE] support. ALE allows full-function Windows applications to be embedded in or linked 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. Web pages and run from within the Navigator browser. Starting today, the WinFrame Web client plug-in beta can be downloaded from Netscape and Citrix Web sites. "WinFrame extends the reach of business-critical Windows applications, making them universally accessible regardless of user location, type of hardware device or operating platform," said Mark Templeton, Citrix vice president of marketing. "With this announcement, users of the two most popular Web browsers will now have fast, easy access to Windows applications through corporate Web servers." "Web browsers are an important interface for today's corporate networks," said Tim Hickman, client integration specialist for Netscape. "Citrix's WinFrame plug-in is a milestone in the development of corporate Intranets. Organizations can now deploy business-critical Windows applications over the Web and make them universally available through the Navigator browser." Citrix/Netscape Navigator Navigator users can experiment with the WinFrame plug-in by visiting Citrix's WinFrame Demo Room, located at http://www.citrix.com/hotspot.htm. The demo room allows visitors to run full-function 32-bit Windows applications, such as Lotus Notes or Great Plains Dynamics C/S See client/server. + client/server financial software, from the Web. Citrix Systems, Inc. develops, markets and supports multi-user application server software under license and strategic agreement with Microsoft. The company's flagship product line, WinFrame, enables the high-performance, enterprise-wide deployment of Windows applications without regard to location or type of client hardware platform. Founded in 1989, Citrix is based in Coral Springs, Fla. Forward-looking statements in this release 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. 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Investors are cautioned that statements in this press release which are not strictly historical statements, including, without limitation, statements regarding managements plans and objectives for future operations, product plans and performance, managements assessment of market factors, as well as statements regarding the strategy and plans of the Company and its strategic partners, constitute forward-looking statements which involve risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, risks associated with the Company's reliance upon its strategic relationships with Microsoft and other strategic partners, dependence upon broad-based acceptance of the Company's ICA protocol, management of growth, the possibility of undetected software errors, and dependence on proprietary technology, as well as risks of downturns in economic conditions generally, and in the software industry specifically, risks associated with competition and competitive pricing pressures, and other risks detailed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Citrix logo and ICA are registered trademarks of Citrix Systems, Inc. WinFrame and MultiWin are trademarks of Citrix Systems, Inc. for which there are pending applications for registration in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Netscape and Netscape Navigator are trademarks of Netscape Communications Corporation (company) Netscape Communications Corporation - (Formlerly "Mosaic Communications Corporation", MCC) A company set up in April 1994 by Dr. James H. Clark and Marc Andreessen <marca@netcom. . All other trademarks and registered trademarks are property of their respective owners. CONTACT: Citrix Systems Inc. Vicky Harris, 954/340-2246 vickyh@citrix.com or The Weber Group Inc. Stephanie Torpy, 617/520-7055 storpy@webergroup.com |
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