ASPEC 2000 Teams With Citrix Systems; ASP industry's first technology-to-business event to be sponsored by Citrix

Business Wire, May 9, 2000

Business/Technology Editors

ASPEC 2000

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 9, 2000

ASPEC 2000, the first technology-to-business tradeshow and conference for the Application Service Provider (ASP) industry, today announced that Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS) will serve as Founding Sponsor. The event will be held December 7-9, 2000 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia.

"As founding sponsor, Citrix looks forward to assisting in making ASPEC 2000 the definitive event for idea exchange and education about the ASP market in a technology-to-business environment," said Chris Phoenix, vice president and general manager of Citrix iBusiness.

"Our relationship with Citrix confirms our research that the launch of ASPEC 2000 is necessitated by emerging trends in the industry," said Edward C. Conrad, chairman and CEO of SEMCO Productions, organizers of the event. "Citrix will be a great resource in addressing the needs of vertical markets, and defining the direction of the conference program--in short, helping us put a face on the ASP industry for these markets."

ASPEC 2000 will attract the decision makers and key personnel of small to medium-sized as well as Global 2000 businesses in more than 20 vertical markets. Many of these attendees may not use servers, employ full-time IT staff, or be computer savvy. They will, however, have some difficult technology problems, and will attend ASPEC 2000 to eliminate these problems and purchase the cutting-edge ASP solutions offered by exhibitors.

Vertical markets represented at ASPEC 2000 will include education, financial services, healthcare, human resources, hospitality, public administration, sales and marketing, construction, manufacturing, transportation, retail, accounting, wholesale trade, printing, textiles, utilities, apparel, legal services, and communications.

The ASP Industry Consortium (ASPIC), a non-profit organization of nearly 450 ASP members worldwide, has also endorsed ASPEC 2000.

About Citrix

Citrix Systems, Inc. is a global leader in application server software and services that offer "Digital Independence(TM)" - the ability to run any application on any device over any connection, wireless to Web. Citrix's 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. Founded in 1989, Citrix today is one of the world's fastest-growing software companies, with more than 100,000 customers worldwide, including every one of the FORTUNE 100 firms. Its products, including MetaFrame(TM) software and Independent Computing Architecture (ICA(R)), 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 National Market under the symbol CTXS and was added to the Standard & Poor's 500 Index in 1999. For more information, please visit the Citrix Web site at http://www.citrix.com

About Semco Productions

Atlanta, Georgia-based Semco Productions has produced more than 250 events, spanning the past 40 years, in the business-to-business and consumer environments. In addition to the nationally acclaimed Atlanta Home Show and a series of successful Atlanta-based consumer events, Semco Productions was the founder and producer of Medtrade, a global healthcare trade show that has become one of the largest events in the healthcare industry drawing attendance from all 50 states and 130 countries. Semco Productions is long recognized as an industry innovator and leader in attracting qualified buyers. Semco Productions, LLC is located at 1130 Hightower Trail, Atlanta, GA 30350-6202 and can be reached at 770/998-9800. Visit the ASPEC 2000 web site at www.ASPEC2000.com.

About the ASP Industry Consortium

Founded in May of 1999, the Application Service Provider Industry Consortium is an advocacy group of companies formed to promote the application service provider industry by sponsoring research, fostering standards, and articulating the measurable benefits of this evolving delivery model. The founding members of the ASP Industry Consortium include AT&T; AristaSoft Corp.; Boundless Technologies, Inc.; Cisco Systems, Inc.; Citrix Systems, Inc.; Compaq Computer Corporation; Cylex Systems, Inc.; Ernst & Young LLP; Exodus Communications, Inc.; FutureLink Distribution Corp.; GTE; Great Plains Software; IBM Corp.; Interpath Communications, Inc.; JAWS Technologies Inc.; Marimba, Inc.; Onyx Software Corp.; SaskTel; Sharp Electronics Corp.; Sun Microsystems, Inc.; The Taylor Group; Telecomputing ASA; UUNET; Verio, Inc.; and Wyse Technology. Information on the ASP Industry Consortium is available on the World Wide Web at http://www.allaboutasp.org or by contacting consortium headquarters at: ASP Industry Consortium, Inc., 401 Edgewater Place, Suite 500, Wakefield, Mass. 01880; Tel: 781-246-9321.