Citrix Names New Chief Information Officer; Technology Veteran Responsible for Enhancing Internal Systems to Support Growth.

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 15, 2000

Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS) today announced the appointment of Jeanne M. Moreno as vice president, chief information officer.

Moreno will be responsible for improving the global implementation of infrastructure solutions within Citrix to support the company's rapid growth in addition to managing Citrix's data center and telecommunications.

"Jeanne brings great experience in applying enterprise-wide technology for managing rapidly growing software companies," said Mark Templeton, president for Citrix. "As she leads our effort to advance our enterprise resource planning and customer relationship management systems, Jeanne will initially focus on installing systems that help us better manage key operational indices, including revenue tracking, inventory levels and expenses.

"Citrix's rapid growth outpaced some of our infrastructure systems, and having recognized this, we are aggressively implementing systems to enable better understanding of our day-to-day business operations and keep pace with future growth," Templeton added. "Bringing Jeanne on board is a key step in achieving this goal."

Prior to joining Citrix, Moreno was CIO for BMC Software where she was responsible for global technology delivery including business applications, engineering support, Web technologies, voice and data communications, and data center operations. Previously, Moreno held various senior leadership roles in supply chain management, manufacturing systems and software engineering for Kimberly-Clark.

"It's great to be joining such a dynamic company at this critical point in its evolution," said Moreno. "I oversaw BMC's information systems at a similar time in its growth cycle, and it's a perfect time for a CIO to play a major role in helping the company meet its growth objectives."

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. Its products, including MetaFrame(TM) application server software, NFuse(TM) application portal 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 Stock MarketSM under the symbol CTXS and is part of the Standard & Poor's 500 Index. For more information, please visit the Citrix Web site at http://www.citrix.com.

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