Citrix MetaFrame Password Manager Improves Secure Access for 250 Businesses and Government Agencies.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Customers Include ABM Industries Inc., March of Dimes, Masco Corp., Olympus America and U.S. Air Force

Today at Citrix iForum(TM) Global 2004, Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS), the global leader in access infrastructure solutions, revealed strong demand for its Citrix(R) MetaFrame(R) Password Manager software, with more than 250 customers having implemented the product in its first year of release. Now more than ever, companies are recognizing the benefits of having an efficient single sign-on solution to access password-protected applications with increased security and reduced time spent resetting forgotten passwords. The 250 customers represent a range of vertical markets as well as government agencies, including ABM Industries Inc., March of Dimes, Masco Corp., Olympus America and U.S. Air Force.

Organizations often take the first step in improving network security by enforcing the use of passwords to access sensitive data and proprietary applications. With corporate end users collectively keeping track of hundreds of distinct passwords, this first step creates a tremendous burden on IT managers to impose stringent password policies and reset passwords when they are forgotten. For a typical mid-size organization of 1,000 employees, each of whom forgets a single password at least once a year, the help desk ends up devoting valuable time to resetting employee passwords, this is time diverted from other critical business and IT demands.

"Exploding support costs are driving organizations to view password management as a critical business concern," said Earl Perkins, vice president with META Group, a leading provider of IT research, advisory services and strategic consulting. "Today nearly two in five help desk calls relate to user identification and authentication problems. With an average price of $25 a call, measures that eliminate these problems such as the single sign-on feature in many identity management products create compelling benefits including lower administrative costs, increased employee productivity and higher levels of security."

MetaFrame Password Manager, a key component of the Citrix MetaFrame Access Suite, allows IT users to authenticate once with a single password, automatically logging them into password-protected information systems, enforcing password policies, and even automating end-user tasks, including password changes. Masco Corp., one of the world's largest manufacturers of brand-name home products with $11 billion in annual sales, deployed MetaFrame Password Manager in its accounting department to help with key corporate compliance legislation.

"Masco's IT staff of 100 serves 16,000 employees in roughly 400 locations throughout the U.S., offering full help desk support for all kinds of problems -- including dealing with end-user passwords," said Charles Redding, chief information officer of Masco. "We rolled out Password Manager to the accounting division, which must strictly comply with regulatory legislation such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, so these critical employees wouldn't be tempted to choose weak passwords or write passwords on notes pasted to their computers. With Citrix's single sign-on solution we can now protect sensitive data and applications by implementing extremely strong passwords, centralize the burden of password management and maintenance, and completely eliminate calls to the help desk for forgotten passwords."

For more information about how MetaFrame Password Manager can secure access to applications and information please visit: http://www.citrix.com/passwordmanagervideo.

About Citrix iForum Global 2004

Now in its seventh year, Citrix iForum is an intensive knowledge exchange that brings together current and future Citrix customers, resellers and partners from around the world. The forum, at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort in Orlando, Fla., from October 4-7, 2004, will focus on the strategic power of access. Citrix iForum includes a variety of well-known industry speakers, hands-on technical workshops, roundtable discussions and product demonstrations, as well as sessions geared toward key Citrix vertical industries, including government, healthcare, finance and education. More information is available at http://www.citrixiforum.com.

About Citrix

Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS) is the global leader in access infrastructure solutions and the most trusted name in secure access for enterprises and individuals. Nearly 50 million people in more than 120,000 organizations around the world use Citrix every day. Our software gives people secure and well-managed access to business information wherever it lives -- on demand. 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 approximately 7,000 channel and alliance partners in more than 100 countries. For more information visit http://www.citrix.com.

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