Citrix Delivers NFuse Elite With Key Industry Support; Leading Software and Service Specialists Add Value to Industry's First Channel Ready Portal Server

Business Wire, June 3, 2002

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 3, 2002

As part of its global launch, Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS), a global leader in virtual workplace software and services, today announced widespread industry support for its Citrix(R) NFuse(R) Elite access portal server. With the support of industry leaders such as Bantu, Documentum, eRoom, Mercury Interactive, SiteScape, ScreamingMedia and Stellent, Citrix is delivering on its commitment to add value to customers' NFuse Elite deployments and maximize their returns.

Launch Partners

Bantu, Inc.

"Instant messaging is becoming increasingly important to corporate users. Accessing Bantu's secure IM and Presence Platform from Citrix NFuse Elite access portal allows users to gain advanced collaborative capabilities that increase the workflow of an organization, and build enhanced customer and partner relationships," said Larry Schlang, president and CEO of Bantu. "This puts businesses on the leading edge of communication, and far ahead of their competition, by placing the power of instant messaging and presence awareness directly into users' hands through their NFuse Elite portals."

Documentum

"The Documentum Enterprise Content Management platform with Citrix's NFuse Elite access portal server gives our joint customers the tools they need to exchange and manage content across the enterprise, while enhancing operating efficiencies and reducing costs," said Nancie Williams, vice president of OEM/VAR and technology alliances for Documentum, a leading provider of enterprise content management. "NFuse Elite provides fast and seamless access to the Documentum platform to accelerate content creation and speed time to deployment."

eRoom Technology, Inc.

"Citrix NFuse Elite creates powerful opportunities for organizations to be more efficient by giving users immediate access to the specific information, applications and business tools they depend on to do their jobs," said Barry Ruditsky, vice president of Business Development at eRoom. "The eRoom Digital Workplace provides value-added collaboration services for Citrix NFuse Elite, bringing together projects, processes and people in a secure, centralized Web-based workspace that creates more productive, efficient and agile enterprises."

Mercury Interactive

"Mercury Interactive is pleased to expand its support of Citrix solutions to include NFuse Elite access portal server deployments," said James Hare, director of Strategic Alliances at Mercury Interactive. "Using Mercury Interactive's enterprise testing, tuning and performance management software, customers can optimize the performance of their NFuse Elite implementations regardless of scope or scale, to improve user satisfaction and maximize return on investment."

ScreamingMedia

"Citrix NFuse Elite access portal server gives enterprises a crucial competitive advantage by affording them the freedom and flexibility to conduct business regardless of time, device and location," said David Tamburri, executive vice president of Operations, ScreamingMedia. "The combination of ScreamingMedia's personalized, real-time content with Citrix NFuse Elite will enable customers to have access to mission-critical information anywhere, anytime -- significantly accelerating the decision-making power within the enterprise."

SiteScape, Inc.

"SiteScape is committed to meeting the demands of today's virtual workplace," said Richard M. Tahan, Jr., vice president of Worldwide Channel Marketing. "The combination of the SiteScape Forum collaboration software with Citrix NFuse Elite gives customers greater control over business processes and ubiquitous access to information across an extended business network, regardless of geographic or organizational boundaries."

Stellent, Inc.

"As organizations around the world try to maintain growing volumes of content from multiple sources, the need for effective communication between partners, suppliers, customers and employees is essential," said Dan Ryan, senior vice president of Marketing and Business Development at Stellent. "The combination of the Stellent Content Management System with Citrix NFuse Elite allows customers to deploy a content-rich access portal with a broad range of conversion and publishing options. The increased accessibility and enhanced manageability of data that customers receive enables them to communicate with more efficiency, predictability and accuracy."

About Citrix

Citrix Systems, Inc. is a global leader in virtual workplace software and services that provide access to applications, information, processes and people on any device, over any network, anywhere, anytime. Citrix makes today's digital office completely virtual -- instead of having to go to your office, the office follows you. Working with the world's top industry, integration and consulting partners, Citrix delivers enterprise-ready solutions to business challenges including application deployment, remote office connectivity, workforce mobility and business continuity. More than 120,000 companies worldwide use Citrix Solutions for the Virtual Workplace to give users more mobility, give IT organizations more flexibility and reduce the cost of computing.