Citrix Previews New Leading-Edge Capabilities in MetaFrame XP; Attendees at Citrix Solutions Summit Get a Sneak Peek at MetaFrame XP, Feature Release 2.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

HOLLYWOOD, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 5, 2002

Today at Citrix Solutions Summit (http://www.citrixsolutionssummit.com), Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS), a global leader in virtual workplace software and services, is previewing new features of MetaFrame XP(TM) for Windows(R), Feature Release 2. MetaFrame XP, the company's most powerful application serving and management platform, offers entire organizations exceptional growth and management capabilities for large-scale application serving implementations. MetaFrame XP, Feature Release 2 will offer significant new capabilities designed to enhance the user and administrator experience when accessing the virtual workplace.

"Much of our business is conducted on the road, so secure remote access to applications and information from any location is paramount. Citrix allows us to centralize our application management and delivery, arming our workforce with the flexibility and security required to stay ahead of the competition," said Ruud Jaspers, president of Insign.it BV, a Citrix Solutions Network partner based in the Netherlands. "We look forward to the enhancements in MetaFrame XP, Feature Release 2 to further increase our employees' productivity and help us consistently meet the needs of our customers."

MetaFrame XP, Feature Release 2 will continue support for Microsoft's Windows 2000 Server platform with powerful management capabilities, giving administrators the opportunity to leverage advances in performance and stability. Among many new features and benefits, MetaFrame XP, Feature Release 2 will tightly integrate with Citrix(R) NFuse(TM) Elite, the company's forthcoming access portal server (see related release,"Citrix Establishes New Access Portal Product Family"), which will allow users to access all of the information and applications they need from a single portal interface. In addition, new capabilities will allow user collaboration for purposes such as sharing information, presenting and training.

"Using Citrix to centralize our application management has increased our productivity tremendously, lowered our TCO and improved our customer service. MetaFrame frees our IT staff from the arduous task of installing applications on individual desktops and servers, while minimizing the bandwidth requirements on our network," said Martin Neubauer, technical solution manager, T-Systems, an IT service provider of Deutsche Telekom and a Citrix customer. "We anticipate that Feature Release 2 will offer additional features that will support our administrative needs and continue to ensure a predictable user experience. Our relationships with leading companies like Citrix help us achieve the greatest success for our customers."

With this second feature release for MetaFrame XP, set for distribution in the first half of the year, Citrix continues to meet its promise to more frequently deliver capabilities that extend the virtual workplace.

"Because Citrix is the leading provider of application server software, the industry looks to us to continually enhance MetaFrame with the latest technologies that make access easier and more dynamic from anywhere, using any device," said Larry Ritter, director and general manager, client/server products for Citrix. "Offering our channel partners a preview of Feature Release 2 gives them a chance to receive training and to become familiar with the new advancements in MetaFrame. The value of server-based computing is clear, and with enhancements like these, Citrix MetaFrame is continuing to stay on the leading edge."

About Citrix MetaFrame

Citrix MetaFrame(R) application server software is helping organizations deliver a virtual workplace to users everywhere - on any device or network connection - by providing secure, reliable, cost-effective access to the same applications and information available at the office. Citrix MetaFrame extends the functionality of Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services and Windows NT(R) Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition, as well as UNIX(R) operating systems including Sun Solaris(TM), IBM AIX(R) and HP-UX(R). It provides key benefits including centralized, server-based management, rapid scalability, Web enablement of existing applications using Citrix NFuse application portal software, and flexible access to applications via the full Net - LANs, WANs, Internet, intranets and extranets.

About Solutions Summit

Citrix Solutions Summit 2002, Citrix's annual worldwide partner event, takes place March 4-7 at the Westin Diplomat Resort & Spa in Hollywood, Florida. The theme of the conference is "Making the Virtual Workplace Real." Solutions Summit is designed to provide Citrix partners, including resellers, consultants, independent software and hardware vendors and system integrators, with an overview of the company's strategic technology direction, news of upcoming products, solutions and services, hands-on technical information and networking opportunities.

About Citrix

Citrix Systems, Inc. is a global leader in virtual workplace software and services that provide access to applications, information, processes and people on any device, over any network, anywhere, anytime. Citrix makes today's digital office completely virtual -- instead of having to go to your office, the office follows you. Working with the world's top industry, integration and consulting partners, Citrix delivers enterprise-ready solutions to business challenges including application deployment, remote office connectivity, workforce mobility and business continuity. More than 120,000 companies worldwide use Citrix Solutions for the Virtual Workplace to give users more mobility, give IT organizations more flexibility and reduce the cost of computing.

Citrix products include MetaFrame application serving software, NFuse 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 products through a well-established indirect channel comprising more than 7,000 resellers, integrators and consultants. In fiscal 2001, the company had net revenues of over $590 million. 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 enhancements to existing products; the risks associated with third party licensing arrangements; the company's ability to successfully integrate and manage merged or acquired companies; 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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