Citrix Broadens Server-Based Computing Product Line.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 22, 1999--

Introduces New and Enhanced Products as Part of End-to-End

Server-Based Computing System Architecture

Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS) today announced new versions of its award-winning server-based computing software, MetaFrame(TM) 1.8 and WinFrame(R) 1.8. The company today also introduced two new server-based computing systems management products, Citrix Installation Management Services and Citrix Resource Management Services. These new products are part of Citrix's comprehensive, end-to-end system architecture designed to take MetaFrame(TM) and WinFrame(R) software even further into the enterprise by giving customers greater flexibility and functionality for their server-based computing solutions.

Today's new product announcements have received broad industry support by leading enterprise software and hardware vendors, system integrators and Citrix original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) worldwide. Please see industry support quote sheet and separate press releases on Citrix MetaFrame 1.8 and Citrix WinFrame 1.8; Citrix Resource Management Services and Citrix Installation Management Services.

"In a very short period of time, our server-based computing solutions have grown from single-server departmental deployments that address the needs of remote users to strategic, enterprise-wide installations that help our customers worldwide increase business value by simplifying their complex IT environments," said Mark Templeton, president and CEO of Citrix. "Today, more than 77 of the Fortune 100 companies and nearly half of Fortune 500 companies use Citrix server-based computing products to more rapidly deploy applications at minimal cost. We recognize the value organizations of all sizes are placing on the server-based computing model and believe that the new and enhanced products we are announcing today will significantly improve the installation, deployment, management and access of business-critical applications across the enterprise."

"The challenges CIOs and IT professionals face as they plan their 21st century enterprise infrastructures are daunting," said Nimisha Patel, senior analyst, Aberdeen Group. "From beating the Y2K clock and improving the flow of business information, to enabling reliable, anytime-anywhere information access and ensuring a seamless global computing infrastructure, companies are forced to continually improve their enterprise-computing practices to be successful in today's competitive marketplace. With the release of MetaFrame 1.8, WinFrame 1.8 and the addition of Installation Management Services and Resource Management Services, Citrix has taken these IT issues to heart and delivered a complete server-based computing solution that is positioned to play a key role in organizations' enterprise application deployment and management strategies moving forward."

"Citrix's server-based computing software has allowed our employees to use the company's mission-critical applications wherever they might be," said Malcolm Dunn, IT Executive, Vodafone Distribution Ltd., one of the UK's largest cellular service providers. "We now have in excess of 2,000 remote users across 250 locations who can access strategic applications over the WAN. We have benefited from improved performance and increased flexibility as well as reduced data network costs from the deployment of MetaFrame. In addition, we can quickly and easily roll-out new Windows NT 32-bit applications to users who still have 16-bit desktops, without having to rush the change of our computing infrastructure -- something which has helped us to keep ever increasing IT costs in check and maintain a stable environment."

Citrix's new family of products allows IT professionals to "package applications once and publish them anywhere" for greater installation, deployment and management control across the enterprise. With Citrix Installation Management Services, IT professionals can now install an application once on a single server and have that application automatically published across hundreds of Citrix MetaFrame and WinFrame servers located around the globe. Once the application is published across the server farm, IT professionals can instantly push application access down to thousands of users around the world using Program Neighborhood(TM). An icon for a newly published application simply shows up in the user's Program Neighborhood window, on the user's 32-bit Windows desktop, or in the Windows Start menu. As a result, end-users gain a seamless, single-point of access by having all the server-based applications available to them consolidated in a single area on the desktop for greater ease-of-use and transparency.

About Citrix

Founded in 1989, Citrix Systems, Inc. is the nation's 18th largest software company and world leader in system software for server-based computing. The MetaFrame(TM) and WinFrame(R) product lines and Independent Computing Architecture (ICA(R)) technology offer a fast, easy and cost-effective way to deliver business-critical applications to anyone, anywhere, anytime. The company's server-based computing solutions are marketed through a worldwide business alliance of value-added resellers, system integrators, OEM licensees and industry associates. Citrix is based in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. and is traded on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol CTXS.

Note to Editors: If you are interested in accessing a virtual press kit on today's announcements, including industry support statements, screen shots, customer stories, product photography and fact sheets, please visit the Citrix on-line pressroom at http://www.citrix.com/press.

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