Citrix awarded nationwide contract for deploying mission-critical applications to over 1,000 Sears Tire Centers.

FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 13, 1997--Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTXS) today announced that Sears, Roebuck and Co. will standardize on WinFrame multi-user application servers to deploy its mission-critical point-of-sale application in Sears tire centers nationwide.

Sears intends to implement WinFrame application servers in over 1,000 tire centers this year, giving more than 30,000 employees nationwide access to mission-critical applications and information. The agreement includes a three-year contract for service and support for Sears Auto Center, NTW and TireAmerica locations.

WinFrame will enable Sears to quickly and cost-effectively deploy its Visual Basic application, Tire Point of Sale (TPOS), in tire centers nationwide. Sears anticipates that its implementation of WinFrame will play a vital role in enhancing the company's day-to-day tire center operations and improving customer service and employee productivity. With WinFrame, Sears tire centers across the country will be able to centrally access the most up-to-date inventory information and mission-critical applications to complete sales transactions quickly and accurately.

"We wanted to standardize our point-of-sale operations so that Sears tire center employees could access the most current product, pricing and inventory information, while the back-office systems running our business would have up-to-minute sales data," said Howard Schmidt, senior systems manager for Sears.

"We're looking forward to offering our employees a more efficient, effective way to make fast, vital stocking and shipping decisions, as well as provide better service to our customers through WinFrame," continued Schmidt.

"Sears' deployment of WinFrame application server software demonstrates the market's growing adoption of our thin-client, network-centric computing solution for extending the reach of mission-critical applications across an enterprise," said Mike Passaro, vice president of worldwide sales for Citrix. "We are pleased to assist Sears in leveraging its network environment to arm employees with an efficient, real-time way to access and exchange data."

WinFrame multi-user application server software is an authorized extension to Windows NT Server under license from Microsoft. WinFrame simplifies the deployment of 16- and 32- bit Windows, client/server and legacy applications across enterprise networks to users over dial-up, LAN, WAN, Intranet and Internet connections, regardless of client hardware, operating system or available bandwidth. WinFrame's thin-client architecture provides the high- performance and universal application access needed by users, while the multi-user application server design offers I/S professionals the economic benefits of single-point management and control.

Citrix Systems, Inc. develops, markets and supports multi-user application server software under license and strategic agreement with Microsoft. The company's flagship product line, WinFrame, enables the high-performance, enterprise-wide deployment of Windows applications without regard to location or type of client hardware platform. Founded in 1989, Citrix is based in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

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