NCD Joins Citrix Business Alliance.

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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 6, 2000

Thin Client Leader Extends Its License for Citrix ICA Technology and

Teams With Citrix to Deliver Comprehensive Thin Client Solutions

Network Computing Devices, Inc., (NASDAQ:NCDI), a leading provider of thin client solutions, announced today that it has joined the Citrix Business Alliance(TM) (CBA) Program. NCD also announced it has extended its licenses for Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTXS) Independent Computing Architecture (ICA(R)), a core Citrix application server technology. NCD will continue to work with Citrix to provide enhanced application server computing solutions to customers, and will be an active participant in Citrix events, beginning with sponsorship of the iForum knowledge exchange, and participation in the "Big Tour" roadshow.

NCD provides Citrix(R) ICA across its entire range of thin client devices including NCD ThinSTAR Windows-based Terminals, Business Network Computers and X Terminals to provide an enhanced server-based computing capability to its customer base.

"We're pleased to be partnering with Citrix to offer up-to-the-minute Citrix ICA clients to our customers backed by a strong relationship between the engineering and development teams of our two companies," said David Perry, director of worldwide marketing, NCD. "We believe that our high performance, easy-to-manage devices, teamed with the power of the MetaFrame software, provide powerful business solutions for our customers. We look forward to working closely with Citrix at events such as iForum in a revitalized and mutually beneficial relationship that will generate business for both companies."

Use of NCD thin clients can maximize the benefits of Citrix-based thin client computing relative to using other desktop alternatives by:

-- Lowering the cost of acquisition and ownership - savings of over 40%

-- Increasing reliability - no moving parts and a compact design

-- Enhancing security - no hard drive or standard floppy drive

-- Easing deployment - simply plug into the network

-- Centralizing management - designed specifically for server-based computing

About NCD Products

NCD Thin Clients are designed from the ground up to enhance Citrix(R) MetaFrame(TM) and provide customers with easy-to-administer access to centrally-controlled applications:

-- The NCD ThinSTAR family is made up of Windows-based Terminals

(WBTs) that provide cost-effective accessto Windows

applications residing on multi-user network-based Windows NT

and Windows 2000 application servers. The NCD ThinSTAR family

provides the enterprise user with the easiest to install,

administer and use desktop devices available.

-- The Network Terminals family offers two lines of

non-Microsoft-based devices:

-- The NCD Explora is the industry's leading X-Windows Terminal

and is targeted at UNIX(R) customers. The NCD Explora Family

provides easy, reliable and secure access to Windows, UNIX and

Legacy applications over enterprise networks.

-- The NCD NC (network computer) offers the low total cost of

ownership associated with thin clients as well as the benefit

of an industry leading local browser, the Netscape Navigator

Web browser, and support for high performance streaming video.

With over 1 million thin clients installed worldwide, NCD is the leader in thin client design and provides an ideal counterpart to Citrix product offerings.

About Citrix ICA

With more than 24 million users worldwide and 6 million concurrent user licenses since its introduction in 1995, the Citrix Independent Computing Architecture (ICA) is an emerging industry standard for server-based computing. Citrix ICA technology includes a server software component, a network protocol component, and a client software component. On the server, ICA separates application logic from the user interface and executes 100% of the application on the server. The ICA network protocol transports keystrokes, mouse clicks and screen updates over standard protocols to the client, typically consuming less than 5 kilobits-per-second of network bandwidth. On the client, users see and work only with the application's interface.

About the Citrix Business Alliance Program

The Citrix Business Alliance Program is a growing coalition of industry-leading companies from across the technology spectrum that are working closely with Citrix to broaden the scope and effectiveness of server-based enterprise computing solutions. The program provides members with new revenue opportunities, enhanced technical support and training, joint marketing programs, and compatibility testing of vendors' products with Citrix MetaFrame application server software.

About NCD

Founded in 1988, Network Computing Devices, Inc. (Nasdaq:NCDI), supplies information access and management products that extend server-based computing to give customers a competitive edge and a better bottom line. Over 1 million NCD thin clients are installed with over 3 billion hours of operation. The company can be reached on the Internet at: www.ncd.com

Network Computing Devices is a registered trademark of Network Computing Devices, Inc. ThinSTAR and ThinPATH are trademarks of Network Computing Devices, Inc. Citrix(R), MetaFrameTM and ICA(R)are registered trademarks of Citrix Systems, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. Other trademarks are the acknowledged property of their respective holders.

This press release includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding NCD's product offerings, market position and customer base, and growth in demand for thin client and other products. No assurances can be given that the alliance with Citrix will have any effect on NCD's business, results of operations and financial condition. These statements involve risks and uncertainty, and actual results could differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements. Although the Company believes its expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, no assurances can be given that such expectations will prove correct. Further information on factors that could cause actual results to differ from those anticipated is included in filings made by the Company from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including but not limited to, the Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999 and the Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2000.