InfoWorld Recognizes Citrix Customer Mutual Service Corporation for Innovative Access Strategy

Business Wire, Nov 17, 2003

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 17, 2003

Leading Financial Planning Firm Uses Citrix Access Infrastructure

to Stay Ahead of Competition

Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS), the global leader in access infrastructure solutions, today announced that Mutual Service Corporation, a leading financial planning broker/dealer and investment firm, was recognized in the 2003 InfoWorld 100, an annual list of companies that demonstrate the most creative use of cutting-edge technologies to further their business goals. Mutual Service was selected for the InfoWorld 100 based on its innovative implementation of Citrix(R) access infrastructure.

"In today's competitive securities industry, the way a company leverages technology often emerges as a key differentiator," said Christopher Grant McDaniel, senior vice president and chief information officer for Mutual Service Corporation. "Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Server and MetaFrame Secure Access Manager have given us a world-class access infrastructure for our representatives and their clients, helping us move into the future, and succeed in the broker/dealer industry."

Mutual Service implemented Citrix access infrastructure to support compliance with government regulations by providing secure access to enterprise applications and information on demand. Faced with regulations such as the USA PATRIOT Act and the Anti-Money-Laundering Act, Mutual Service is using two products from the award-winning Citrix(R) MetaFrame(R) Access Suite - MetaFrame Presentation Server and MetaFrame Secure Access Manager - to confirm client identities, help ensure data confidentiality and monitor transactions in real time via a secure Internet connection. In addition, the integrated Citrix solution allows Mutual Service, a wholly owned subsidiary of Pacific Life, to centrally manage and quickly deploy Web-based and client/server applications to a widely distributed network of six broker/dealer firms and independent representatives in 3,000 offices.

"The InfoWorld 100 recognizes companies like Mutual Service that made the best use of technology to enhance their businesses," stated Steve Fox, editor-in-chief of InfoWorld. "Mutual Service built an innovative access infrastructure solution to meet critical technical and business objectives."

Every year, InfoWorld names 100 companies that have made the best use of information technology to meet their business and technical objectives. This year, the list of technologies implemented by winning companies ran the gamut from Web Services to Wi-Fi, with project budgets ranging from as low as $35,000 to more than $50 million. A full list is available at: http://www.infoworld.com/565.> As the foundation of the MetaFrame Access Suite, MetaFrame Presentation Server provides an exceptional environment for building highly scalable, flexible, secure, manageable access solutions that reduce computing costs and increase the utility of information systems. MetaFrame Secure Access Manager provides single-point access over the Web to a wide range of internal and external information resources, including applications, data sources, documents, Web content and services.

Citrix access infrastructure is used extensively within the financial services industry, including all 10 of the top 10 U.S. banks and all 10 of the top 10 U.S. insurance companies.

About Citrix

Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS) is the global leader in access infrastructure solutions and the most trusted name in enterprise access. Citrix software enables people in businesses, government agencies, and educational institutions to securely, easily and instantly access the on-demand enterprise, from anywhere, anytime, using any device, over any connection. Nearly 50 million people in more than 120,000 organizations rely on the Citrix MetaFrame Access Suite to do their jobs. Citrix customers include 100% of the Fortune 100 companies, 99% of the Fortune 500, and 92% of the Fortune Global 500. Based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Citrix has offices in 22 countries, and more than 7,000 channel and alliance partners in more than 100 countries. For more information visit http://www.citrix.com.

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