Citrix Introduces Next-Generation MetaFrame for Windows; Citrix MetaFrame XP Product Family Enables Customers to Easily Scale and Manage Over 1,000 Servers.

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 13, 2001

Chevron, Mercantile Safe Deposit & Trust and Weyerhaeuser Among

First Customers Looking to MetaFrame XP to Grow Their "Net" Results

Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS) today introduced Citrix(R) MetaFrame XP(TM) for Windows(R), the company's most powerful application serving and management platform to date. Developed with close customer collaboration and optimized for Windows(R) 2000 and future Microsoft platforms, MetaFrame XP offers IT departments exceptional growth and management capabilities for large-scale application serving implementations - designed to support as many as 100,000 users on 1,000 or more servers - that provide users secure access to Windows applications from virtually any device, over any connection - wired, wireless or Web. MetaFrame XP will begin shipping this month, and will be available from the more than 9,300 members of the Citrix Solutions Network(TM) (CSN).

Offered as a product family with server, advanced and enterprise editions that are tailored to specific customer needs and computing environments, Citrix MetaFrame XP features enhanced centralized system management capabilities, increased leverage of the "Net" (including LANs, WANs, Internet, extranets and intranets), and more flexible application access. Citrix customers, including Chevron, Mercantile Safe Deposit & Trust and Weyerhaeuser, have all announced their support for the new platform. (See related Industry Support announcement for details on beta customers and partner support.)

"Increasing adoption of Windows 2000 and the growing customer demand for Web-based application delivery and access have combined to create an ideal environment for this highly scalable and robust product family," said David Weiss, vice president of marketing at Citrix. "MetaFrame XP contains a new platform design, integrated platform management and family packaging that allows customers to effectively grow their application serving platform to fit their specific needs."

"By allowing customers to manage Windows-based applications across thousands of servers from a single point, Citrix continues to add value to our customers' Windows 2000 terminal server environments," said David Hamilton, director, Management Technologies Group at Microsoft. "With Microsoft's management technologies, Citrix's next generation MetaFrame platform can enhance the deployment of Windows-based applications across the enterprise to heterogeneous desktop environments."

METAFRAME XP PRODUCT FAMILY DESCRIPTION

As a product family, Citrix MetaFrame XP takes into account customers' unique computing needs and offers three levels of product functionality that add capabilities as business growth and change dictate.

--  MetaFrame XPs: This application serving system is designed for
    departmental workgroups to extend the reach of Windows 2000
    Servers.

--  MetaFrame XPa: This advanced application-serving platform for
    Windows 2000 Servers is designed for growing organizations that
    need to maximize application availability and manageability across
    the Net - all from a single point.

--  MetaFrame XPe: This enterprise application-serving edition
    provides the infrastructure for Net-based Windows 2000
    environments requiring extensive scalability, rapid application
    delivery and robust management - enabling unparalleled command and
    control.

OVERVIEW OF METAFRAME XP PLATFORM FEATURES

Strategic Command and Control Capabilities

Citrix MetaFrame XP delivers the power to manage servers and server farms across the extended enterprise by providing an architecture that scales to meet evolving customer needs and management capabilities that make this scaling up effective. As the command center for the entire Citrix MetaFrame XP server farm, the Java-based Citrix Management Console (CMC) provides customers with an easy-to-use, graphical method for monitoring and managing all system resources - servers, applications, licenses, printers and users - from a single point. Further, the CMC's robust capabilities can be integrated with third-party network management solutions, including, HP OpenView, Tivoli(R) NetView(R) and BMC Software PATROL(R), to simplify total system administration.

Total Net Leverage

With enhanced integration of Citrix NFuse(TM) application portal software, Citrix MetaFrame XP software enables organizations to personalize applications and associated content, and publish them into a single portal view with no application rewrites. Citrix NFuse allows the Web to be utilized as an application infrastructure while retaining the features and benefits of MetaFrame application serving software. In addition, Citrix NFuse enhances corporate Web portal solutions by enabling inclusion of full-function, interactive applications along with Web content, tools and technology for integrating intranet content.

Ultimate Flexibility

Large enterprises employ a wide variety of devices that use a variety of different connections which can create problems for administrators, but can be solved with Citrix MetaFrame XP. MetaFrame XP enables administrators to deploy any application to any device over any connection - wired, wireless or Web.

With Citrix MetaFrame XP, administrators can: extend the reach of Windows-based applications to any location in the enterprise; deliver true flexibility by publishing applications to a wide array of client devices including Windows PCs, Macintosh(R) computers, UNIX(R) and Linux(R) workstations, laptops, wireless devices and other network appliances; support uniform application appearance and performance over any network connection (Internet, LAN, WAN, dial-up and wireless); and provide enhanced security with SecureICA(TM) 128-bit encryption.

PRODUCT PRICING DETAILS

With this new MetaFrame platform release, Citrix will offer MetaFrame XP using a "connection-based" licensing model, where the price can be easily stated as a "cost per concurrent connection" regardless of server configuration. Driven by customer demand, this connection-based pricing model gives customers the freedom and flexibility to determine the optimal number of MetaFrame XP servers in a given server farm, without impacting their overall costs. In addition, since all connection licenses are priced equally within a given MetaFrame XP family member, the linear pricing model makes it easier for customers to forecast IT expenditures and determine optimal usage of their IT budgets.

Existing Subscription Advantage customers receive one of the Citrix MetaFrame XP family members automatically at no additional charge. Additionally customers purchasing MetaFrame 1.8 with Subscription Advantage prior to May 15, 2001 will also receive one of the Citrix MetaFrame XP family members at no additional charge. For new customers, connection licenses are priced as follows:

--  Citrix MetaFrame XPs: $290 per connection with Subscription
    Advantage; $250 without Subscription Advantage

--  Citrix MetaFrame XPa: $345 per connection with Subscription
    Advantage; $300 without Subscription Advantage

--  Citrix MetaFrame XPe: $400 per connection with Subscription
    Advantage; $350 without Subscription Advantage

Customers purchase one "MetaFrame XP Starter System" per organization, which includes the MetaFrame XP server media, the license to install the software on as many servers as necessary throughout the entire organization, and the first 20 connection licenses. The Starter System price is calculated by multiplying the appropriate MetaFrame XP connection license price by the initial 20 base connection licenses.

CITRIX METAFRAME XP DETAILED FEATURE AND FUNCTIONALITY

BREAKDOWN

The key features and functionality of Citrix MetaFrame XP address three major areas: manageability and scale, leverage of the Net, and flexibility.

Manageability and Scale - Systems, Applications and Users


--  Citrix Management Console (CMC)

    Citrix's new management console simplifies Citrix MetaFrame XP
    server management by providing easy, single-point command and
    control of the entire server farm including servers, licenses,
    applications, printers and users, from any location.


--  Application Packaging and Delivery

    This feature includes installation capabilities, such as support
    for unattended installs, customizable project details and packager
    rollback, that ease the burden of installing or uninstalling
    applications on servers in large server farms by automating the
    process with centralized configuration and delivery.


--  Advanced Load Management

    To scale Citrix servers more easily and cost-effectively to
    support thousands of users across multiple servers, advanced load
    management provides the ability to customize load-balancing rules
    to maximize server resources based on any application and user
    environment.


--  Centralized Printer and License Management

    These features are key to simplifying the administration of
    printer drivers and all Citrix product and user licenses - all
    from a central point.


--  Active Directory Support

    Added support for Active Directory provides the ability to publish
    applications to Active Directory users and groups, and share and
    manage information about network resources and users - saving time
    and simplifying logon process.


Total NET Leverage - Integration, Personalization and Control

--  Citrix NFuse

    Citrix NFuse integrates existing and customized applications into
    any standard Web browser instantly, without rewriting a single
    line of code. Utilizing NFuse is the fastest way to provide
    single-point access to applications and content information
    through any device that supports a standard Web browser.


--  Support for Corporate Portals

    This feature enables organizations to provide users in any
    location with seamless, centralized access to applications and
    content.


--  Web-based Client Install

    This feature allows for the fast and simple deployment of the
    ICA(R) client, automatically identifying the platform a user is
    on and offering to instantly download the appropriate client.


--  Citrix MetaFrame XP Server Backup

    Enabled through automatic server backup in the event that the
    designated Citrix MetaFrame XP server fails, this feature improves
    application availability and provides a seamless user experience
    across the enterprise, as well as a higher level of fault
    tolerance.


Ultimate Flexibility - Any Application, Any Device, Any Net Connection

--  Seamless Windows

    By integrating both local and remote applications into a local
    Windows desktop, the user's experience is seamless - affording the
    choice between the local and remote applications on the task bar.


--  Client Time Zone Support

    This new feature allows applications operating on a Citrix
    MetaFrame XP server to run in the context of each user's local
    time zone so that accurate times can be documented for e-mail and
    other personal manager applications.


--  Access to Local System Resources

    By automating access to all local drives and devices,
    organizations can leverage all their local resources including
    printers and Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs).

About Citrix MetaFrame

Citrix MetaFrame(TM) application server software is enabling organizations to achieve "Digital Independence(TM)" from the high cost and complexity of traditional computing by transforming the way they deploy, manage and access business applications across the extended enterprise. MetaFrame extends the functionality of Microsoft(R) Windows NT(R) Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition and Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services, as well as UNIX operating systems. It provides enterprise application management for increased scalability, deployment and simplified application support, Web enablement of applications via Citrix NFuse application portal software, and universal application access to users in any location, on any device, over any network connection -- wireless to Web.

About Citrix

Citrix Systems, Inc. is a global leader in application server software and services that offer "Digital Independence" - the ability to run any application on any device over any connection, wireless to Web. Citrix solutions enable organizations of all types, from major enterprises to emerging application service providers (ASPs), to reach more users, with more applications, in more locations - and achieve this with greater speed and predictability, and lower costs. Citrix offerings, including MetaFrame application server software, NFuse application portal software and Independent Computing Architecture (ICA), a core application-server technology, have been widely adopted by the corporate mainstream to achieve key business goals. The firm, which markets its solutions through value-added resellers, system integrators and OEM licensees, is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Citrix is traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market(SM) under the symbol CTXS and is part of the Standard & Poor's 500 Index. 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 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 a paper/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 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; risks that the company's branding campaign will not enhance the company's business or results in the manner anticipated; risks associated with the company's hedging programs, as well as risks of downturns in economic conditions generally, and in the software industry specifically, and risks associated with competition and competitive pricing pressures 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 in this press release or with respect to the announcements described herein.

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