Citrix iForum 2000 to Feature Presentations from Leading Enterprise and ASP Customers

Business Wire, Sept 20, 2000

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

iForum 2000

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 20, 2000

Coca-Cola, First Union Corporation and France Telecom

Among Customers Scheduled to Speak

Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS) today announced that several of its leading enterprise and ASP customers are speaking at Citrix iForum(TM) 2000, the company's annual user conference taking place Oct. 2-5, 2000 at the Swan & Dolphin Resort, Walt Disney World, Orlando, Fla. Among the companies presenting their Citrix implementations are Aventis Corp., Center for Advanced Research and Training, Coca-Cola, Delta Technologies, First Union Corporation, France Telecom, Gold's Gym, MGM Mirage and Standard Chartered Bank. Citrix currently has more than 100,000 customers worldwide, including all of the FORTUNE 100 and more than 80 percent of the FORTUNE 500.

Enterprise customers are achieving significant, measurable benefits from their Citrix implementations, including increased employee productivity, reduced Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), and greater system flexibility and scalability. For ASP customers, Citrix's centralized application management capabilities keep ASP costs down and ensure the rapid deployment of new solutions and upgrades.

"Customers are at the heart of any business, and we consider Citrix iForum 2000 as an excellent way to celebrate the success of our growing customer base," said Dave Weiss, vice president of marketing for Citrix. "Many of these companies have discovered ways to push the boundaries of technology in their businesses, and have learned much in the process. This sharing of experience and knowledge is the very essence of a customer forum."

Some of the presentations from Citrix customers will include:

--       How Gold's Gym upgraded its entire IT infrastructure and
         created a global database for its 550 facilities in 47 states
         in 26 countries throughout the world.  The largest health
         club chain in the world was faced with numerous challenges
         including security, real-time central database administration
         and access by a large number of employees with little
         computer expertise.

--       How MGM Mirage reduced its TCO, improved application access
         and increased employee productivity by deploying 30
         applications to 5,600 thin clients and legacy PCs. The
         project saves the company $3 million annually and has reduced
         support calls by 50 percent.

--       How First Union Corporation enabled one-third of its 70,000
         employees to work remotely using different client devices
         over different connections. The company created a one-stop IT
         solution that allows users to remotely access applications
         and email from anywhere with a consistent, familiar
         interface.

Customers will be presenting in various formats, including an ASP end-user panel, an enterprise end-user panel, and several "Real World Solutions" sessions that will highlight different Citrix customers and how they put the company's technology to work for them.

About Citrix iForum 2000

Citrix iForum 2000 is a conference designed for IT innovators, as well as Citrix resellers, systems integrators, alliances and ASPs to exchange ideas, successes and strategies on how application server computing delivers "Digital Independence(TM)," the ability to run any application on any device over any connection, wireless to Web. The conference is a knowledge exchange on using IT investments as strategic assets that support, influence and transform the way companies do business in a world of accelerated change. Attend iForum 2000 to see demonstrations of the following new products: Citrix(R) MetaFrame(TM) Feature Release 1, Citrix NFuse(TM) 1.5 and Citrix Extranet(TM). For more information on Citrix iForum 2000, please visit the Citrix Web site at http://www.events.citrix.com/iforum/.> About Citrix

Citrix Systems, Inc. is a global leader in application server software and services that offer "Digital Independence" - 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. Its products, including MetaFrame application server software, NFuse application portal 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 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 www.citrix.com.