Citrix Launches ''Solutions in Education'' Program.

Business Editors

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 6, 2000

Designed to Solve IT Challenges at Schools and Colleges;

First in a Series of New Vertical Market Revenue Opportunities

for Citrix Channel Partners

Citrix(R) Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS) today announced a worldwide marketing program focused on primary, secondary and college-level education. The "Citrix Solutions in Education" program, which offers qualified institutions a special product licensing option with an education pricing schedule, marks the first in a planned series of vertical market initiatives that offer new revenue opportunities for integrators in the Citrix Solutions Network(TM) (CSN) channel program, the Citrix iBusiness Service Provider Program and the Citrix Global Consulting Alliance. The program was unveiled today at the Citrix Solutions Summit(TM), April 5-8, at the Orlando World Center Marriott in Orlando, Fla.

The Citrix Solutions in Education program is aimed at informing administrators, teachers and IT professionals about the benefits of Citrix application server software. See the related "Industry Support" announcement for quotes from education technology leaders. In addition to the program's special product licensing option with an education pricing schedule, it also offers case studies of actual Citrix MetaFrame(TM) and WinFrame(R) installations at schools and universities that have leveraged their technology investment while lowering their total cost of ownership. Other resources include access to the Citrix Solutions Network, a comprehensive business program made up of leading value-added resellers and consultants. Citrix also has launched a special web site aimed at educators: http://www.citrix.com/education.

"Citrix intends to be the driving force behind adoption of application server computing, thin clients and the application service provider (ASP) model within all academic environments," said Ed Iacobucci, chairman and CTO for Citrix. "Schools and universities face IT complexity similar to that found in major corporations - a customer base where Citrix has years of experience. Citrix can build the systems required by schools today that also will meet the needs of tomorrow's students and teachers. Citrix can provide educators with a financially viable learning tool to tap the Web's resources in every classroom and help narrow the digital divide for students who currently don't have access."

C.O.R.E. Program

"Citrix Solutions in Education" is based on a "C.O.R.E." strategy addressing unique information technology (IT) challenges shared by primary/secondary (K-12) schools; colleges and universities; teaching hospitals; military academies; vocational schools; administrative offices and boards of education. C.O.R.E. goals include Connecting learning communities; Optimizing learning environments; Reaching equity goals by offering access to more people; and Ensuring enterprise-class quality of service, performance and security.

"Both K-12 and higher education institutions are embracing technology as never before," said Raymond Boggs, vice president of Education Markets Research at International Data Corporation. "Access to computers and access to the Internet are now an important part of instructional life at all levels. IDC expects the support of virtual communities to be especially critical in the coming years as distance learning and the use of the Internet to connect students, teachers, and parents both increase. System flexibility is one key to the success of such community development. Application server software is a technology that enables all these elements to work together seamlessly."

Background & Benefits

In the United States, there were approximately 16,000 primary/secondary school districts and 87,322 public schools in the 1998-99 school year. (Source: SIIA & MDR). The Citrix Solutions in Education Program addresses the needs of this important market at the administrative level (state departments of education, local school boards, school superintendents and central-office personnel), where a major concern is efficient, cost-effective IT operations, as well as the professional level (principals, teachers, media specialists). And the program delivers solutions for district technology directors and school IT staff who are responsible for the educational system's technology infrastructure.

In 1997-98, there were approximately 9,632 post-secondary institutions in the United States (Source: National Center for Education Statistics). The Citrix Solutions in Education program applies the benefits of application server computing to meet the unique IT requirements faced by higher education institutions. It provides long-term solutions for academic administrators (boards of trustees and regents, college presidents) who need efficient management, productivity and information access and enables faculty and students to access the latest applications over any device and any connection. The program also can help administrators and strategic professionals (deans and faculty) find innovative ways to extend learning to the broader community. For the IT staff, Citrix's application server software enhances the technology infrastructure with academic computing environments.

About Citrix

Citrix Systems, Inc. is a global leader in application server software and services that offer "Digital Independence(TM)" - the ability to run any application on any device over any connection, wireless to Web. Citrix's 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. Founded in 1989, Citrix today is one of the world's fastest-growing software companies, with more than 100,000 customers worldwide, including every one of the FORTUNE 100 firms. Its products, including MetaFrame(TM) software and Independent Computing Architecture (ICA(R)), 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 National Market under the symbol CTXS and was recently named to the Standard & Poor's 500 Index. For more information, please visit the Citrix Web site at http://www.citrix.com.

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