Citrix MetaFrame XP and NFuse Win Excellence in Technology at Gartner’s Midsize Enterprise Summit

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. » 2/28/2001 » Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS) today announced it has won the Midsize Enterprise Innovation Award for Excellence in Technology for its new Citrix MetaFrame XP™ for Windows® family of application server software and for Citrix® NFuseTM 1.5 application portal software. Citrix was selected for the award from a field of 60 technology vendors by 300 senior-level IT executives who attended the Midsize Enterprise Summit, which features sessions led by Gartner analysts.

Citrix NFuse software was also awarded the Editor’s Choice designation by Network Computing Magazine in a Feb. 19 comparative review of Web browser-based thin-client software. The review praised NFuse for its “very good potential integration with many corporate settings.” The Citrix product, which enables existing, interactive applications to be quickly published without rewrites via a Web portal to users on any standard browser, won a Crossroads 2001 A-List award from Open Systems Advisors in January.

“We congratulate Citrix on winning the Excellence in Technology award, which is determined solely by enterprise IT executives who judged the products on development and application quality,” said Bill Booth, president, Midsize Enterprise Summit. “Their selection of Citrix’s MetaFrame XP and NFuse software was based on product features, the ability to work with existing standards and contribution to the development of future midsize enterprise solutions.”

“We are pleased to have Citrix MetaFrame XP and Citrix NFuse recognized by enterprise executives for achieving a high standard of excellence in both technology design and real-world effectiveness,” said David Weiss, Citrix vice president of Marketing. “Citrix MetaFrame XP with NFuse offers mid-sized organizations a flexible, cost-effective application serving solution with the power to centrally manage and scale their implementation. At the same time, Citrix gives these enterprises the tools to take full advantage of the Internet as an application delivery channel.”

Citrix MetaFrame XP for Windows, which was announced on Feb. 13, is the company’s most powerful application serving and management platform to date. Developed with close customer collaboration and optimized for Windows® 2000 and future Microsoft platforms, MetaFrame XP provides IT departments exceptional growth and management capabilities. It is offered as a product family with three versions tailored to specific customer needs and computing environments. Citrix MetaFrame XP features enhanced centralized system management capabilities, increased leverage of the “Net” (including LANs, WANs, Internet, extranets and intranets), and more flexible application access.

Citrix NFuse is designed to enhance portal solutions by bringing existing, interactive applications to the user - without rewrites. Used in conjunction with a portal solution, Citrix NFuse enables fast, simple integration of corporate applications into the Web portal, as well as a proven, efficient way to manage and deliver these applications. The combination of Citrix NFuse and portal software makes it possible for users to access the complete range of information they need from a single point.

About Midsize Enterprise Summit
Midsize Enterprise Summit focuses on the issues critical to managing e-business in the midsize enterprise, and brings together 300 senior-level IT executives, Gartner analysts, and technology vendors at East, West, and Central venues. With education as a key component, Gartner-led General and Technical Breakout Sessions explore the ASP market, strategies for CRM, steps in selecting ESPs, trends that will reshape enterprise integration strategies, and much more. Additionally, the 3-day agenda includes Boardroom Sessions and a Corporate Sponsor Showcase where IT vendors introduce and demonstrate midsize IT products and services.

More than 60 technology vendors competed for the Midsize Enterprise Innovation Awards. Corporate Sponsors of the Summit include ACCPAC, Agilera, AMD, ANTARA.net, ATG, Brain Ranger, CenterBeam, Citrix, Compaq Computer, Computer Associates, Compuware, Consonus, Corio, CTG, eAssist, EMC Corporation, Entercept Security Technologies, eRoom Technology, Gateway, Genuity, Great Plains, Hewlett Packard, Infinium, InFocus, Informix Software, Intel Corporation, Intel Online Services, Iomega, (i)Structure, Kana, Logical, ManagedOps.com, NaviSite, NEC Systems, NeoIT, Opus 360, Plaut Consulting, PurchasePro, RightNow Technologies, SalesLogix®, Securant Technologies, Siebel, Silverline Technologies, Solomon, Surebridge, Sysinct, Tangram Enterprise Solutions, USinternetworking, and Webridge. Event Sponsors TechRepublic and the Society for Information Management contribute throughout the Summit. For more information, call toll-free 877-619-7956, or visit http://www.midsizeenterprise.com.

About Citrix
Citrix Systems, Inc. is a global leader in application server software and services that offer “Digital IndependenceTM” - the ability to run any application on any device over any connection, wireless to Web. Citrix solutions enable organizations of all types, from major enterprises to emerging application service providers (ASPs), to reach more users, with more applications, in more locations - and achieve this with greater speed and predictability, and lower costs. Citrix offerings, including MetaFrame™ application server software, NFuse™ application portal software, Management Services products and Independent Computing Architecture (ICA®), a core application-server technology, have been widely adopted by the corporate mainstream to achieve key business goals. The firm, which markets its solutions through value-added resellers, system integrators and OEM licensees, is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Citrix is traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market^SM under the symbol CTXS and is part of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index. For more information, please visit the Citrix Web site at http://www.citrix.com.

For Citrix Investors
This release contains forward-looking statements which are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The forward-looking statements in this release do not constitute guarantees of future performance. Investors are cautioned that statements in this press release which are not strictly historical statements, including, without limitation, statements regarding current or future financial performance, management’s plans and objectives for future operations, product plans and performance, management’s assessment of market factors, as well as statements regarding the strategy and plans of the company and its strategic partners, constitute forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated by the forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, risks associated with the following: the success of the company’s MetaFrame product line and the acceptance of the company’s ICA protocol; the company’s ability to develop and commercialize new products and services; the company’s success in expanding into new geographic markets, the company’s ability to expand its core business in large enterprise accounts, the company’s ability to succeed in the transition to a paper/electronic licensing model; the size, timing and recognition of revenue from significant orders; increased competition, including potential competition from Microsoft and other companies; the results of the company’s iBusiness and other new licensing programs; the rate of growth of the ASP market; and the company’s ability to continue to develop and market products to meet the requirements of this market; the proportion of revenues devised from distributors, OEMs and other channels; changes in the company’s pricing policies or those of its competitors, including Microsoft; the costs of developing, acquiring, or integrating new technologies or enhancements to existing products; the company’s reliance upon its strategic relationships with Microsoft and other strategic partners; management of growth; the possibility of undetected software errors; dependence on proprietary technology; risks that the company’s branding campaign will not enhance the company’s business or results in the manner anticipated; as well as risks of downturns in economic conditions generally, and in the software industry specifically, and risks associated with competition and competitive pricing pressures and other risks detailed in the company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Citrix assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking information in this press release or with respect to the announcements described herein.

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