Citrix Announces Availability of MetaFrame 1.1 for the Three Leading UNIX Operating Systems: AIX, HP-UX and Solaris

Business Wire, Oct 3, 2000

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ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 3, 2000

New Products Deliver on Citrix Vision of Application Access by

Users Anywhere, on Any Device, Over Any Connection

Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS) today announced the availability of its newest members of the family of Citrix(R) MetaFrame(TM) 1.1 for UNIX(R) Operating Systems application server software products: Citrix MetaFrame 1.1 for the AIX(R) Operating System, Citrix MetaFrame 1.1 for the HP-UX(R) Operating System and Citrix MetaFrame 1.1 for the Solaris(TM) Operating Environment. These new products are being demonstrated this week at Citrix iForum(TM) 2000 in Orlando, Florida.

The Citrix MetaFrame 1.1 for UNIX Operating Systems product family extends the reach of business-critical UNIX and Java(TM) applications across an enterprise, or from an Application Service Provider (ASP), to users anywhere, regardless of location, device or connection. The unique way in which MetaFrame 1.1 for UNIX can deliver UNIX applications to any Citrix Independent Computing Architecture (ICA(R)) client, over any connection makes it an excellent alternative to using PC X Servers to deploy X.11 applications in the enterprise. This expansion of the MetaFrame product line is further evidence of Citrix's strategy to deliver high-speed access to any application, over any device, across any connection. These new MetaFrame products are available immediately through selected members of the Citrix Solutions Network(TM), a comprehensive channel of distributors, resellers, system integrators, and consultants worldwide. Suggested retail pricing for each product is $5,995 for a 15-concurrent user license and a one-year enrollment in Citrix's Subscription Advantage program, which includes automatic delivery of enhancements, updates and maintenance releases.

"The software revenues in the virtual user interface (VUI) serverware market grew over 117% between 1998 and 1999," said Dan Kusnetzky, vice president for system software research for IDC. "Citrix was the leading supplier of software in this market. IDC believes that the interest in server-centric computing, which is dependent on VUI software, will increase rapidly over the next few years. This approach allows users to access UNIX, Windows, and mainframe applications without having to be burdened with issues like system management, network management, application installation, etc."

"Citrix's award-winning MetaFrame software technology is a natural choice for customers who want to deploy reliable UNIX server-based computing solutions," said Gary Thomassen, director of product management for Citrix. "It provides

added value to enterprise customers and ASPs by enabling access to applications and information regardless of platform. In conjunction with the Citrix NFuse application portal software, users can now have seamless access to both Windows and UNIX applications via a single Web portal interface."

"We are pleased that Citrix is providing its MetaFrame application server software as an enhanced capability to the HP platforms," said Ram Appalaraju, director of e-services operating environment, Hewlett-Packard Company. "Designed with the open architectures of PA-RISC, the HP-UX Operating Environment provides a powerful solution to help reduce the total cost of ownership of a customer's IT investments."

"We are pleased to be working with Citrix to provide MetaFrame applications server software as an enhanced capability for our AIX customers," said Kristian Thyregod, vice president, worldwide marketing execution, IBM Corporation. "With Citrix MetaFrame for the AIX Operating System, IBM's AIX Operating System customers can use a personalized Web browser to deploy their applications within a multi-platform environment. The capabilities of IBM's AIX Operating System, combined with the advantages offered by Citrix MetaFrame for the AIX Operating System, provides a powerful and efficient solution, while reducing the total cost of ownership for a customer's IT investments."

"With Citrix MetaFrame 1.1 for the Solaris Operating Environment, Sun's Solaris 8 Operating Environment customers can use one personalized Web browser to deploy their applications within a multi-platform environment," said Andy Ingram, vice president of Sun Microsystems. "The processing power and service level of the Solaris Operating Environment, coupled with the increased administration, performance, and simplicity offered by Citrix MetaFrame 1.1 for UNIX Operating Systems, provide a powerful and efficient solution."

Key Features

Extends the Reach of UNIX and Java Applications

Using Citrix ICA technology, Citrix MetaFrame for UNIX Operating Systems enables the deployment of UNIX systems, X.11, text and Java applications across an enterprise, or from an ASP, to branch office and mobile workers who could not have accessed them previously due to bandwidth limitations or device capabilities.

--  Support for Multiple Vendor Platforms - Citrix MetaFrame 1.1 for
    UNIX Operating Systems supports the following platforms: HP's
    HP-UX 11 Operating Environment; IBM's AIX Version 4.3.3 Operating
    System on the RS/6000; and Sun's Solaris 8 Operating Environment
    on both SPARC and x86, in addition to Solaris 2.6 and 7 on SPARC,
    and Solaris 7 Operating Environment on x86.

--  Provides Broader and more Cost-Effective Solution than PC X
    Servers - Citrix MetaFrame for UNIX Operating Systems eliminates
    the need for PC X Servers in the majority of user environments. In
    addition, MetaFrame for UNIX provides additional functionality and
    flexibility to allow users to extend business-critical UNIX
    applications further into their environments. MetaFrame for UNIX
    is not limited to the PC as a client device; it supports an
    extensive list of client devices, thereby providing a much broader
    and more cost-effective solution than PC X Servers. Also,
    MetaFrame is a "thin" solution that requires a fraction of the
    bandwidth that is required to use PC X Servers. This enables
    wireless, dial-up and other mobile scenarios to be possible that
    aren't practical in a PC X Server environment.

--  Centralized Application Management and Deployment - The product
    offers enterprise management and deployment tools to allow IT
    departments and ASPs to scale, deploy, manage and support
    applications from a single location.

--  Web Access via NFuse(TM)- Citrix MetaFrame for UNIX Operating
    Systems enables UNIX systems and Java applications to be deployed
    directly from a Web page. Companies or ASPs can rapidly deploy
    existing applications through a Web browser without rewriting any
    code, using Citrix NFuse application portal software.

--  Client Devices - MetaFrame provides UNIX application access from
    all types of devices, ranging from PCs and notebook computers to
    the latest handheld devices.