Citrix Receives Award From SAP Customers for Having Greatest Positive Impact on SAP Deployments; Citrix Recognized for Second Consecutive Year.

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 21, 2003

Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS), the global leader in access infrastructure solutions, today announced that SAP customers have given Citrix a Member's Choice Top 25 Gold Star Award. In an online poll conducted by SAP FAQ (www.sapfaq.com), a 15,000-member online resource for more than 1,000 global organizations that use SAP collaborative business solutions, Citrix access infrastructure software was recognized as having the greatest positive impact on members' SAP implementations over the past year. In addition, the members of SAP FAQ indicated overwhelmingly that they would recommend Citrix software to colleagues.

Many enterprises deploy both client/server and Web applications such as SAP using the Citrix(R) MetaFrame(R) Access Suite to improve performance, lower implementation and management costs, and increase flexibility in choosing client devices. The Citrix MetaFrame Access Suite is comprehensive access infrastructure - built on Citrix MetaFrame XP(TM) Presentation Server, the world's most widely deployed presentation server - that powers the on-demand enterprise, enabling users to access enterprise information and applications easily, instantly, and securely from any location, at any time, using any device, over any network connection.

"The SAP FAQ's overarching mission is to facilitate peer-to-peer support of our members' involvement in SAP," said Janelle Ross, director of member services for the SAP FAQ. "We congratulate Citrix for winning this award two years in a row. There is no better benchmark for evaluating supporting products and services than the recommendations of those customers who have experienced the benefits first-hand."

Today's enterprises are faced with a significant challenge in managing a wide variety of applications, platforms, devices, networks and content sources - some cutting edge and some decades-old. Citrix MetaFrame XP Presentation Server simplifies this complexity and gives IT greater control over information resources by enabling the centralized management and deployment of heterogeneous applications. Mutual Citrix/SAP customers can deploy SAP client/server and Web-based applications efficiently in a single interface, and users can access them instantly without sacrificing security.

As the deployment of Web applications expands, Citrix will continue to serve as a platform-independent enabler of seamless access to information regardless of the source. Demand for Citrix access infrastructure in this area is growing; a November 2002 survey of its customer base found that of the 85 percent of respondents that are currently deploying Web applications within their organizations, more than 62 percent are using Citrix access infrastructure software to do so.

"The Citrix MetaFrame Access Suite plays a key role in eliminating the traditional barriers to large-scale application deployment, as demonstrated by the recognition we've received from this survey," said David Jones, senior vice president of corporate development for Citrix. "Our commitment to outstanding customer satisfaction is a high priority, and as an SAP Global Technology Partner, we're delighted that our mutual customers acknowledge the value of Citrix access infrastructure solutions to speed the deployment and increase the efficiency of their SAP implementations."

Beginning this month, Citrix will be featured in an online showcase on the SAP FAQ Website. In addition, rotating banners in the SAP FAQ's Technical Support Forums will highlight Citrix and provide links for further information. Citrix will also present at a number of SAP-related events throughout the year including SAPPHIRE and the Americas SAP Users' Group (ASUG) Annual Conference.

The SAP FAQ was launched in 1994 as the Web's first resource dedicated solely to SAP, including the R/2 and R/3 suites of enterprise resource planning solutions. As the host of a complete network of SAP-related technical and functional support forums for the exchange of peer-to-peer support, including the MIT-sponsored SAP-R3-L, the SAP FAQ remains the leading resource of its kind, in use by representatives of more than 1,000 global organizations that have made SAP/mySAP their ERP/e-Commerce solution of choice.

About Citrix

Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS) is the global leader in access infrastructure solutions for businesses, government agencies, and educational institutions. The most trusted name in enterprise access, the Citrix MetaFrame Access Suite enables people to easily and securely access the on-demand enterprise, from anywhere, anytime, using any device over any connection. Nearly 50 million people in more than 120,000 organizations around the world use Citrix every day. Citrix customers include 100 of the Fortune 100 companies, 95% of the Fortune 500 and 95 of the Financial Times European 100. 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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