Citrix Names John Cunningham Chief Financial Officer; Veteran Executive Brings Broad Financial Experience From Senior Positions at IBM, Wang, Maytag and Whirlpool.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 7, 1999--

Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS) today announced that John P. Cunningham will become chief financial officer and senior vice president of Finance and Administration effective immediately. Cunningham comes to Citrix(R), a world leader in application server software and services, from Getronics (formerly Wang Global), where he was executive vice president and CFO. James J. Felcyn, the current Citrix CFO who announced his plans to resign and pursue personal interests in September, will remain until the end of the year as a consultant.

"Our continued success depends in large part on our ability to attract seasoned leaders who understand what our customers, partners and employees need," said Mark Templeton, Citrix president and CEO. "John Cunningham brings tremendous experience in both large, global companies and entrepreneurial ventures, and he is the right leader to help us expand our presence as a global enterprise software provider."

"I believe Citrix is well positioned for continued growth and I am excited about the opportunity to be a part of it," said Cunningham. "Citrix already has a leadership position in the application server software arena, and as a company that is critical to the ASP model, I believe it is poised for big things. I look forward to contributing to Citrix's future success."

Cunningham's financial experience includes CFO positions at Whirlpool and Maytag in addition to Getronics. He also enjoyed an impressive 20-year career at IBM where he served as corporate controller and in several executive management positions, including vice president and assistant general manager of IBM's Mainframe Division.

About Citrix

Citrix Systems, Inc. is the 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 record speed, greater 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 99 of 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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