Citrix Launches Certification Program for Solution Providers.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 18, 2001

Citrix Certified Consulting Provider Program to Improve

Quality of Large Citrix Implementations Through Proven

Methodologies and Best Practices

Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS), a leading provider of application serving and portal software and services, today announced a new certification program for Citrix solution providers, including resellers, VARs, integrators and consultants. By providing members with training in proven methodologies and best practices, the Citrix Certified Consulting Provider (CCCP) program will expand the skill level of solution providers as they deliver larger and more complex business solutions. The initial complement of four CCCP members, including CIBER, Inc., EXECUPLAN, RapidApp and Vector ESP, will expand to approximately 30 members worldwide by the end of 2002. CCCP members must be nominated by Citrix; they will be certified annually on a per-location basis.

The new Citrix program certifies solution provider organizations using stringent criteria, including client references, staff qualifications, a review of past projects and completion of Citrix consulting methodology training. It offers Citrix customers one objective way to evaluate and select an implementation provider.

"As our products become more varied and our customers embark on more complex implementations, to best serve them we need to ensure the availability of qualified implementation partners from which they can choose," said Fernando Campo, Citrix vice president of worldwide customer services. "Organizational certification programs like CCCP are widely used in the IT industry to recognize solution providers' proficiency with a particular product or technology, as well as the implementation methodologies and processes they follow. We believe this program will lead to an even higher success rate in Citrix deployments for our end users, as well as a competitive advantage and stronger customer relationships for CCCP members."

In addition to the distinction of CCCP certification, member benefits include pre-release access to Citrix products and support materials, not-for-resale licenses, marketing support and priority access to Citrix Consulting Services resources.

      CCCP Members

      --  CIBER, Inc. (Edison, N.J. office) -- An international
        e-business integrator that provides IT services for Internet
        strategy and development and complete life-cycle system
        integration for private and government sector clients. CIBER's
        services are offered on a project or strategic staffing basis,
        in both custom and ERP package environments, and across all
        technology platforms, operating systems and infrastructures.
        Visit www.ciber.com for more information.

      --  EXECUPLAN -- A Mexico-based firm providing end-to-end IT
        solutions for corporate customers in the manufacturing,
        telecommunications, banking and health services industries.
        EXECUPLAN focuses on Citrix server-based computing, Microsoft
        software and Compaq hardware. Its corporate certifications
        include Citrix Platinum reseller and Consulting Partner,
        Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, and Compaq Care Advanced and
        Top Account. Visit www.execuplan.com.mx for more information.

      --  RapidApp -- A Chicago-based IT solutions engineering company
        that provides design, planning, deployment and management of
        IT network and systems infrastructure. Utilizing the
        RapidDeploy framework and Citrix technologies, RapidApp has
        designed and deployed some of the Midwest's largest
        server-based computing environments. The company was an early
        innovator of the "Enterprise ASP" approach to deploying
        applications internally using the application service provider
        model. Visit www.rapidapp.com for more information.

      --  Vector ESP (San Francisco regional office) -- A Houston-based
        leader in Web-centric computing and server-based computing
        integration, Vector ESP offers professional support services
        for three focused practice areas: Network Integration;
        Enterprise Integration and Strategy; and IT Outsourcing.
        Vector ESP is now defining the rapidly emerging market for
        enterprise integration portals(SM), providing seamless access
        to Web-centric and legacy applications via a single, flexible
        platform. Visit www.vector.com for more information.

About Citrix Consulting Services

The mission of Citrix Consulting Services (CCS) is to ensure successful implementation of enterprise-wide and other large-scale client engagements involving Citrix products and technologies. This professional services group uses proven methodologies, tools and best practices to help customers and partners derive the maximum benefits from their Citrix server-based environment, including lower cost of application ownership and extended access to the digital workplace. CCS services include analysis, design, building and testing, rollout and project management.

About Citrix

Citrix Systems, Inc. is a global leader in application serving and portal software and services that provide personalized access to any application or information source -- whether Windows(R), UNIX(R) or Web-based -- through any device, over any connection. Companies worldwide use Citrix technologies to integrate applications, content and business processes into a pervasive digital environment -- a virtual workplace -- offering seamless connectivity and a consistent user experience across the Internet, intranets, extranets, WANs, LANs and wireless networks. Citrix solutions drive cost efficiency, productivity and enhanced e-business opportunities by enabling companies to leverage existing IT resources and extend personalized information access to employees, partners, customers and suppliers.

Citrix products offer rapid, cost-effective deployment and include MetaFrame(R) application serving software, NFuse(TM) application portal software, XPS(TM) portal software, application management products, and Citrix Independent Computing Architecture (ICA(R)), a core application serving technology. The company markets its application serving products through a well-established reseller channel and sells its portal software products directly to customers to provide the level of customization they need. Citrix is traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market(SM) under the symbol CTXS, and is part of the Standard and Poor's 500 Index. Citrix is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. 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 and portal software 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 an 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 enhancement to existing products; the risks associated with third party licensing arrangements; the company's ability to successfully integrate and manage merged or acquired companies, including Sequoia Software Corporation; the company's ability to maintain or further develop Sequoia's customer and employee relationships following such merger or acquisition; 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; as well as risks of downturns in economic conditions generally, and in the software industry specifically, 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 contained in this press release or with respect to the announcements described herein.

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