Sitara Networks Advances to Premier Level of Citrix Business Alliance; Sitara Networks' QoSWorks to Enhance Quality of Service for Enterprise Computer Networks.

Business/Technology Editors

WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 5, 2000

Sitara Networks, Inc., the leading provider of network performance solutions that enable e-business for enterprises, ASPs and service providers, today announced it has become a Premier-level member of the Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS) Citrix(R) Business Alliance(TM) (CBA) program. Sitara Networks' QoSWorks(TM), the world's first integrated Quality of Service (QoS) appliance, provides integrated traffic management capabilities to enhance the performance of applications running over a common, wide area network (WAN) connection.

"One of the top issues in network-based computing today is the growing demand by users for specific, consistent levels of application availability and performance," said Barry Davis, vice president of Corporate Alliances for Citrix. "Availability of a QoS appliance with integrated traffic management functionality will enable Citrix's enterprise and Application Service Provider customers to optimize network performance of applications and achieve greater returns on their Citrix investment."

Using an integrated suite of QoS tools, Sitara Networks' QoSWorks intelligently deploys the right solution for each type of network traffic. By invoking QoSWorks' bandwidth management and caching policies that maximize network utilization and provide latency protection, enterprises using Citrix-deployed applications can achieve higher levels of network performance and increase user satisfaction.

Ed DeArias, executive vice president of Worldwide Sales for Sitara Networks, said, "Sitara Networks focuses on a critical issue in WAN-based application deployment - determining priority of network traffic. With the growing popularity of the Internet as a deployment platform, customers are looking for solutions that can protect mission-critical applications from interference and bumping by other network traffic. We look forward to working with Citrix as a Premier-level CBA member to provide a solution to this market need."

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(TM) and WinFrame(R) application-server software.

About Sitara Networks

Sitara Networks enables e-Business networks - today, by delivering leading-edge network performance solutions with the world's first QoS appliance, QoSWorks. Sitara Networks' solutions provide enterprises, ASPs, and service providers with the ability to deploy e-business applications on existing networks while improving critical application performance and network efficiency. Sitara Networks was founded by Malik Khan, a 12-year veteran of Motorola's Network Systems division. The company is headquartered in Waltham, Mass., with subsidiaries in Europe and Asia, and can be found on the Web at http://www.sitaranetworks.com.

Sitara Networks, Inc., Sitara and QosWorks are all trademarks of Sitara Networks, Inc. Citrix(R)and ICA(R)are registered trademarks of Citrix Systems, Inc. MetaFrame(TM) is a trademark of Citrix Systems, Inc. for which there is a pending application for registration in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are property of their respective owners.