Citrix Teams with Cisco to Offer Remote Access Solution to Help Hong Kong Companies Continue Business Operations in Spite of SARS Epidemic.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 10, 2003

Amid growing health concerns in Hong Kong due to the SARS epidemic, Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS), the global leader in access infrastructure solutions, has teamed with Cisco and other partners to provide a combined software and hardware IT solution that enables employees to easily, securely and instantly access enterprise applications and information while working from home, on the move, or anywhere away from the office.

As an example, the MTR Corporation (MTRC), a long-term Citrix customer headquartered in Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong, found that its need for remote access escalated as a result of the SARS outbreak. With Citrix access infrastructure, MTRC enabled approximately 400 staff members responsible for essential business functions to work at home, thereby addressing the valid concerns of other workers and avoiding the temporary closure of the entire office building.

The devastating impact of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and, more recently, the spread of the SARS virus, have intensified the need for a greater focus on remote access to applications and data at the front-end. For many years organizations have focused on fortifying their back-end systems with fault-tolerance, clustering, shadowing of disk drives and other measures to ensure redundancy. When people are unable or prefer not to go to their offices, all of the backup built into back-end systems is pointless if workers cannot access their applications. This brings into sharp focus the need to ensure business continuity at the front-end as well.

As Gartner Senior Analyst Martin Gilliland noted, "Now is the time to get serious about setting up an on-demand enterprise."

Access Infrastructure for the On-Demand Enterprise

Organizations are moving toward an infrastructure that provides a consistent user experience across devices - laptop, handheld, Internet kiosk, cell phone - and network connections - wired, wireless, Web - and instant access to IT services from anywhere, while lowering and stabilizing the cost of computing. Access infrastructure for the on-demand enterprise shields the user from the complexity of heterogeneous information systems and enables administrators to deploy, manage, monitor and measure these applications and information resources centrally. Benefits of the on-demand enterprise include better-managed IT spending, higher productivity for IT staff and employees, faster adoption of new technologies, best use of existing infrastructure, extended lifecycles for incumbent hardware and software, information mobility with bullet-proof security, and more efficient and cost-effective use of IT resources.

"Citrix technology helped us get these 400 remote workers up and running, as we were able to provide access to their applications using a combination of company-provided laptops and employees' own home computers," said Daniel Lai, head of information technology at MTRC. "The speed at which we were able to do this, combined with the fact that the workers were able to fully access their workplace as if they were in the office, meant that as a company we ensured smooth and successful business continuity."

"This solution is ideal for Hong Kong companies that are now building in redundancy to their front-end application access so that they can continue business operations even when employees cannot or prefer not to work in the office," said Dennis Rose, vice president, Asia, for Citrix. "Citrix has helped over 600 Hong Kong companies build remote office capability into their IT environment during the past several years. With nearly 50 million licensed users worldwide, Citrix technology has been proven to deliver fast, secure application access over wide area networks, local area networks, dial-up connections from home, wireless connections - and of course over the Internet."

For additional information on this remote office solution, please call Citrix at [phone].

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(R) MetaFrame(R) 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, 99% 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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