Citrix MetaFrame Secure Access Manager Powers On-Demand Education for Universities Across the U.S.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 4, 2003

State University of New York and Johns Hopkins University Do More

With Reduced IT Budgets While Faculty, Students and Staff Benefit

From Anywhere, Anytime, Any-Device Information Access

Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS), the global leader in access infrastructure solutions, today announced momentum in the higher education sector for securely accessing information and applications with Citrix(R) MetaFrame(R) Secure Access Manager. Citrix MetaFrame Secure Access Manager is used by many colleges and universities nationwide to provide faculty, students and staff members with secure, single point access to university resources - on demand - from anywhere, anytime, using any access device, over any network connection. The State University of New York's Stony Brook Health Sciences Center Library and Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, Md. are just two examples of schools using Citrix access infrastructure to provide secure, easy, instant access while reducing the costs of information technology for cash-strapped technology staffs.

As a key component of the Citrix MetaFrame Access Suite - the most comprehensive access infrastructure solution available - Citrix MetaFrame Secure Access Manager provides secure, single-point access over the Web to any information resource, including client/server, legacy and Web applications, Internet and intranet sites, streaming media, documents, network files services, and XML-based Web services. With a powerful set of easy-to-use, wizard-driven configuration tools, IT administrators can enable organized, browser-based access to business-critical or educational resources - configured for each user's role or access needs, with secure connectivity over the Web.

State University of New York at Stony Brook, Health Sciences Center Library

The Health Sciences Center Library for the State University of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook supports the educational, clinical, and research needs of the University's schools of Dentistry, Health Technology and Management, Medicine, Nursing and Social Welfare, as well as the University Hospital, the University's Health Sciences Center, the Long Island State Veterans Home, and the general campus of 25,000 students and 9,000 faculty and staff. The library uses Citrix MetaFrame Secure Access Manager to provide faculty, students and staff members with secure Web access to information, including classroom applications, data sources, documents and subscription Web content. Both important full-text medical and research journals as well as educational and campus-wide applications are made available through a secured single Web interface that is personalized for role-based access. As a result, the Health Sciences Center Library has become a central resource for students and accessing information for their studies and research.

"Libraries need to be recognized as the first source of valuable information even in our Web-centric world of Google and Yahoo," said Andrew White, Ph.D., associate director of the Health Sciences Center Library. "As students and staff increasingly prefer to conduct research online, we need to make the Health Sciences Center Library a primary research source by Web-enabling all the tremendous resources and applications for our students, researchers and clinicians. Citrix MetaFrame Secure Access Manager is helping us to regain importance as the university's learning hub for campus research and medical information."

Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health

The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is the oldest, largest and most academically acclaimed school of public health in the country. By implementing Citrix MetaFrame Secure Access Manager, the school is providing all of its 5,000 students, faculty and staff with secure access to a central point where they can use collaboration, research and administrative applications. Since all of the school's students are graduate students who either live off campus or travel to other parts of the world for field study, Citrix MetaFrame Secure Access Manager enables them to access information electronically in real time to participate in lessons and research projects more effectively. Students can exchange papers, share files and work on group projects regardless of location, computing device or network connection. On campus, 1,200 students, faculty and staff access Citrix MetaFrame Secure Access Manager through a wireless network, enabling them to access information and applications outside of classrooms and computer labs.

"We've designed everything for our computing network with the remote user in mind, giving our students a secure, single point of access to everything they need to be successful at our school," said Michelle Campbell, Associate Director of Information Systems for Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. "Citrix MetaFrame Secure Access Manager has enabled us to create a true intranet that promotes effective communication, collaboration and administration - key aspects of a successful education program."

In addition to these schools, all 11 universities in the Big Ten Conference, nine of the largest 10 school districts, as defined by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), and eight of the top 10 technology school districts throughout the United States, as ranked by District Administration Magazine, use Citrix access infrastructure software.

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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