Citrix Helps QUALCOMM Provide On-Demand Information Access to Mobile and Remote Workers.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

Citrix iForum 2003

ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 15, 2003

QUALCOMM Uses Citrix Access Infrastructure to Reduce IT Costs,

Improve IT Staff Efficiency and Increase Employee Productivity

Today at Citrix iForum(TM) 2003 (http://www.citrixiforum.com), Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS), the global leader in access infrastructure solutions, announced that QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq:QCOM), pioneer and world leader of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) digital wireless technology, is using Citrix access infrastructure software to enable its local, remote and wireless employees worldwide to securely access Windows(R), Web and UNIX(R)-based applications from anywhere, anytime, using any access device, over any network connection. Citrix(R) MetaFrame(R) Presentation Server, the foundation of the Citrix MetaFrame Access Suite and the world's most widely deployed presentation server, allows QUALCOMM's IT staff to centrally and cost-efficiently manage and deploy various applications across business units and geographies while maintaining strict security requirements.

QUALCOMM is a global leader in developing, delivering and enabling innovative digital wireless communications products and services based on the company's patented CDMA digital technology, which is used in wireless networks and handsets worldwide. Many QUALCOMM employees use laptops or mobile devices and need a secure way to access applications wirelessly from the field. In addition, a large number of home office employees faced bandwidth constraints and security challenges in accessing applications from outside QUALCOMM's network. Faced with the need to provide these remote and mobile employees who use different devices and network connections with access to a variety of applications, QUALCOMM's IT department was confronted with many different support responsibilities. QUALCOMM needed a more manageable solution that would provide secure, easy, instant access to key corporate applications while maintaining a consistent user experience.

"QUALCOMM needed a solution that would alleviate IT staff, while providing our employees with secure, remote access to enterprise information resources despite varied computing environments and connections ranging from dial-up to high speed," said Norm Fjeldheim, senior vice president and CIO of QUALCOMM. "By using the Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Server, we've achieved our objectives including reduced IT costs, improved efficiency of our IT staff and increased employee productivity because employees can now get the information they need from any location. Citrix access infrastructure has delivered a good return on our investment while also enabling us to better serve our customers."

Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Server is the easiest way to manage enterprise applications from a central location and access them from anywhere. Centralization can greatly reduce the IT staff support necessary to deliver virtually any custom or commercially packaged Windows or Web application. It can also increase access speed, application performance and network security and reduce network bandwidth consumption by eliminating the traditional requirement of transferring entire applications over a network. Since application processing takes place on a central server, only keystrokes, mouse clicks and screen captures are securely transferred between the device and server. MetaFrame Presentation Server provides an exceptional foundation to build highly scalable, flexible, secure, manageable access solutions that reduce computing costs and increase the utility of any information system.

Citrix access infrastructure further addresses security concerns through robust authentication and encryption, and the fact that no data is stored on the device. QUALCOMM has enhanced its existing virtual private network (VPN) by using the additional security layer that Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Server provides. Mobile employees can now wirelessly access the information they need using high-speed, CDMA2000 1X and 1xEV-DO modems, improving response time and the overall access experience. In addition, home office employees can securely access applications using traditional cable modems or DSL lines, without any software installation or configuration required at the remote location.

Citrix access infrastructure is used by all of the top 10 U.S. telecommunications companies, all of the top 10 European telecommunications services companies and 18 of the top 20 global telecommunications providers.

About Citrix

Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS) is the global leader in access infrastructure solutions and the most trusted name in enterprise access. Citrix software enables people in businesses, government agencies, and educational institutions to securely, easily and instantly access the on-demand enterprise, from anywhere, anytime, using any device, over any connection. Nearly 50 million people in more than 120,000 organizations rely on the Citrix MetaFrame Access Suite to do their jobs. Citrix customers include 100% of the Fortune 100 companies, 99% of the Fortune 500, and 92% of the Fortune Global 500. Based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 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.

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