Citrix Ready Initiative Helps Businesses Select Best Third-Party Products for Their Application Delivery Environments.First Vendors Complete Citrix Compatibility Verification, Brand Products with the Citrix Ready Logo and Gain Exposure to Customers through E-Catalog FORT LAUDERDALE Fort Lauderdale (lô`dərdāl), residential, commercial, and resort city (1990 pop. 149,377), seat of Broward co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic coast; settled around a fort built (c.1837) in the Seminole War, inc. 1911. , Fla. -- Citrix Systems Citrix Systems' (NASDAQ: CTXS) is an American technology company, based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, with subsidiary operations in California and Massachusetts, with additional development centers in Australia, India and the UK. , Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS CTXS Citrix Systems (NASDAQ stock ticker symbol) ), the global leader in application delivery infrastructure, today announced the launch of Citrix[R] Ready[TM], an initiative to help customers identify third-party solutions that add the greatest value in Citrix-driven environments. In addition to providing vendors with a verification process through which they can demonstrate compatibility with Citrix solutions, Citrix is backing the initiative with extensive marketing efforts to drive visibility and demand for participating vendors' products. The new initiative draws from Citrix's rich ecosystem of Global Alliance Partners who provide a wide range of hardware and software products that complement Citrix application delivery solutions. Partners who meet the verification requirements and enroll in the program can gain significant marketing and sales reach through Citrix programs and by featuring the Citrix Ready logo directly on hardware and software products as well as on packaging and promotions. The new Citrix Ready business-to-business e-catalog on www.citrix.com connects participating vendors with customers, providing customers with information as well as the ability to share reviews and comments on the solutions. "Citrix Ready makes it easier for customers to select the best application delivery products and solutions for their specific needs from the large number of complementary solutions developed by Citrix's extensive eco-system of partners," said David Jones David Jones is a common name, particularly in Wales, and there have been several well-known individuals with this name. Variations include Dave Jones and Davy Jones. , corporate vice president, business development, for Citrix. "Citrix Ready offers customers an additional measure of confidence in the quality of solutions that our partners bring to the marketplace." The initiative currently supports Citrix Presentation Server Software from Citrix that provides a timeshared, multiuser environment for Unix and Windows servers. Formerly MetaFrame, Citrix Presentation Server uses the ICA protocol to turn the client machine into a terminal and governs the input/output between the client and server. [TM] 4 (32 and 64-bit versions), Citrix Password Manager A password manager is software that helps a user organize passwords and PIN codes. The software typically has a local database or files that holds the encrypted password data. [TM] 4.5 and Citrix[R] NetScaler[R]. Support for additional Citrix products will be added throughout 2007. Third party products that receive the Citrix Ready designation have successfully met verification criteria set by Citrix. Solution sets containing Citrix and third party products that address specific vertical market needs or specific IT capabilities can also be designated as Citrix Ready. The first set of vendors to participate in the initiative include: Acxess, ActivIdentity, AppSense, BioPassword, Bosanova, Computer Lab International, Compuware, Courion, Crytocard, DevonIT, Ensure Technologies, enteo, EPA EPA eicosapentaenoic acid. EPA abbr. eicosapentaenoic acid EPA, n.pr See acid, eicosapentaenoic. EPA, n. Factory, gemalto, IGEL, Integrated Biometrics, Macrovision, Neoware, Philips, Ping Identity, RES, RSA (1) (Rural Service Area) See MSA. (2) (Rivest-Shamir-Adleman) A highly secure cryptography method by RSA Security, Inc., Bedford, MA (www.rsa.com), a division of EMC Corporation since 2006. It uses a two-part key. , ScriptLogic, Secure Computing For the general concept, see . Secure Computing Corporation, or SCC, is a public company (NASDAQ: SCUR) that develops and sells computer security products, such as:
VXL Vision something Libraries , Websense, and Wyse. More information on Citrix Ready is available at www.citrixready.com. About Citrix Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS) is the global leader and the most trusted name in application delivery infrastructure. More than 180,000 organizations worldwide rely on Citrix to deliver any application to users anywhere with the best performance, highest security and lowest cost. Citrix customers include 100% of the Fortune 100 companies and 98% of the Fortune Global 500, as well as hundreds of thousands of small businesses and prosumers. Citrix has approximately 6,200 channel and alliance partners in more than 100 countries. Annual revenue in 2006 was $1.1 billion. For Citrix Investors This release contains forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. which are made pursuant to the safe harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. 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. Those statements involve a number of factors that could cause actual results to differ materially, including risks associated with revenue growth and recognition of revenue, products, their development and distribution, product demand and pipeline, economic and competitive factors, the Company's key strategic relationships, acquisition and related integration risks as well as 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. Citrix[R], NetScaler[R], Citrix Presentation Server[TM], Citrix Password Manager[TM] and Citrix Ready[TM] are trademarks of Citrix Systems, Inc. and/or one or more of its subsidiaries, and may be registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and in other countries. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are property of their respective owners. |
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